mom upset that girl christening cake teddy bears has "crease" between legs

[Liberal_in_LA]

A mother is demanding a refund for a christening cake that had teddy bears with 'female genitals'.

Sharon Green says she was horrified when she picked up the cake for her three-year-old daughter Tahlia Rose's christening and saw that it had a "crease" that makes the teddy look like it has female genitals.

Mrs Green complained and demanded a refund, but she has not been given her money back.

In fact its makers, Occasion Cakes, claim Mrs Green, aged 45, has made a "bizarre and distasteful" connection.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-slams-inappropriate-teddy-bear-5918707

[Renew Deal]

1. She's right. It's weird.

Not sure that anatomically correct bears are needed.

[MineralMan]

2. Of all the stupid whines I've heard, this one takes

the cake, literally. Moronic.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. would u be comfortable presenting that cake to guests?

[MineralMan]

7. Sure. Why not?

I wouldn't be comfortable spelling "you" as "u."

I don't do txt spch.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. lol. sorry

[MineralMan]

17. Any guests I know of actually know that

people have genitalia. So, the cake has a little girl bear cub on it. I fail to see the problem.

[Liberal_in_LA]

31. "It is not just me who thought this, it was a talking point at the christening — everyone was commen

"It is not just me who thought this, it was a talking point at the christening — everyone was commenting on it."

[MineralMan]

32. Uff da! An entire party of strange people.

Well, there you are.

I notice that the poll at that paper is 88% no on this being a problem in any way.

Sensible folks.

Wigan, Lancashire. I think I'll skip that on my next trip to the UK.

[enlightenment]

19. I wouldn't have a problem with it

because it is a cake. With teddy bears. Probably a pretty tasty cake, since the bakery has been in business for 30 years.

That lady needs to pull her head out of the gutter and stop seeing "naughty bits" everywhere she looks.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. No. I would not.

Because, for one thing, they'd be like "Why the fuck are you having a Christening? Last time I checked, you were a Part-Jewish Buddhist Taoist Atheist*"



* it literally depends on the weather.

[Warpy]

60. Moronic is right

If the screaming meemie hadn't complained about it, likely no one would have noticed. After all, when you're making that sort of shape, you're going to have seams.

Since that is a closed seam instead of an open flap with anatomically correct genetalia within, she has no leg to stand on, just the exposure of a mind residing in the gutter for all to see.

The kids in attendance certainly wouldn't have noticed.

Lady, and I use the term advisedly, sometimes a seam is just a seam.

[HPXYZ]

76. She's a weirdo!

[Romeo.lima333]

3. the child is 3 she's not gonna notice

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. adults will

[Romeo.lima333]

13. the adults should be adult about it and realize the child wont notice a thing and

relax about it

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. here is how she handled it.. she covered up the "crease"

[KittyWampus]

24. that's actually worse than the crease.

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Those bears shit flowers!

It's kinda cute, isn't it?

[dixiegrrrrl]

49. Having no clue, I suppose, the significance of "flowering" to a female.

And drawing eyes to that area of the bears.

[Jamastiene]

83. I think so too. n/t

[LittleBlue]

29. Lol that is almost as bad

The symbolism of pink flowers and female genitalia is as old as humanity.

Those creases are also bizarre. Find a new bakery.

[Dorian Gray]

71. LOL

She put flowers there?

HAHAHAHA

[Jamastiene]

81. Exactly.

By making such a big deal about it, she is drawing attention to it and to her own dirty mind.

[Contrary1]

23. The makers of the cake gave her extra flowers to cover it up...

"She said guests the event at Beeches Hotel in Standish kept moving the flowers and poking fun at the cake."

How would the guests have even known, unless the woman pointed it out to them?

[MineralMan]

20. Actually the 3-year-old girl will probably

say something like, "Look, the little bear is a girl too, just like me."

Three-year-olds know their own anatomy, for pete's sake.

[SaranchaIsWaiting]

36. Mr. Mineral, you are right on on your commentary on this.

For the love of dog people are so... you can fill in the blank.

[elehhhhna]

6. I think it represents a seam

They're well made representations of true teddy bears with the separated arms and legs

[MineralMan]

11. It's a cake for a little girl, besides.

It's a little girl bear cub, for goodness' sake. Heaven help anyone who gives that kid an anatomically correct doll.

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. you are right.. statement from company

The spokesman said: "The small bear on top of the cake is exactly that — a teddy bear — and the crease on its stomach is supposed to represent the seam where the bear is sewn together.

"We have been making girl and boy teddies this way for 30 years and no-one has ever drawn such a bizarre, and, quite frankly, distasteful, connection.

[Snobblevitch]

34. If the crease was representing a seam,

shouldn't the seam go all the way to the neck?

[elehhhhna]

39. stop already

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Maybe they reversed a Plumber Bear body.

I blame the bear's manufacturer for lack of quality control.

At any rate, this has got to stop.

[csziggy]

64. No, there could just be a dart to shape the tummy of the bear

It would depend on the pattern for the teddy bear.

If you look at the teddy pear pattern on this page - http://kinnyfactory.deviantart.com/art/Teddy-bear-sewing-pattern-353865713 - the front and back are not split all the way up the middle. They are split only on the lower part which is brought together and sewn as a dart to shape the tummy and bum of the bear.

There is a picture of a completed bear from this pattern at http://kinnyfactory.deviantart.com/art/Pink-teddy-bear-pattern-413501957

There is a small crease between the legs of this bear, just like the ones on the cake.

The woman objecting to the cake is an idiot with a dirty mind.

[Snobblevitch]

74. A dart???

You mean like voodoo? This bear is getting even more creepy.

[csziggy]

75. A dart is a triangular fold in fabric to shape a garment or other item.

[Snobblevitch]

79. I knew that. I was attempting humor.

My brother's MIL was great at making teddy bears. The legs, arms, and head moved. I don't recall and seams in the swimsuit area though. Wait a second, I think her bears were clothed.

Speaking of clothed...why does Donald Duck wear a towell around his waist when he gets out of the shower. He doesn't wear pants.

[vankuria]

58. You're right

Was just looking at my nieces teddy bear she keeps here and it has the same seam in that exact spot.

[jberryhill]

72. That was my first thought when I saw the picture

It's the seam where the Teddy Bear is sewed up.

I can see what she means, since it was pointed out, but I don't think it would have struck me as anything other than a seam.

[jberryhill]

73. Yes, that's where they put the seam in

[Arugula Latte]

8. The way the mom is looking at the poor bear with such disdain ...

is just cracking me up.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. it is teddy bear porn!

[KittyWampus]

12. and then cut down to the close up of the teddy bear smirking...

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. now you are making me laugh

[Arugula Latte]

43. Lol!

[fizzgig]

14. first world problem

yes, i would eat that cake, and, yes, i would serve that cake.

i don't go looking for genitals on cake decorations and think there's something weird about people who would.

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. poll at end of article... people agree with you 88%to 12%

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Parents, screwing thing up for their kids,

as usual.

Chill, lady. (And look in the mirror if you want to see creases)

[fizzgig]

21. there's no reason to disparage her appearance

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. That's funny.

That's what she did to the poor little teddy bear.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. ouch!

[petronius]

18. I just did an image search on "teddy bear" for comparison, and honestly,

I think I'm a little scarred now. I never made the connection before, but now I can't unsee it...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. .......

[dixiegrrrrl]

50. LOL!!!!!!

[KittyWampus]

53. Looks like Ma Joad with the red ribbon on...

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. Guess what, Kitty? It is!

Good eye.
Jane Darwell was in both Grapes of Wrath and GWTWind.

[SaranchaIsWaiting]

33. teddy bear crotches: Most Important issue of the day for too many.

[Frustratedlady]

47. Amen!

Keep this article for reference when that child reaches 18 and has a warped mind from Mom's influence.

The flowers were definitely not an improvement! I'm more concerned about why Mom's first impression was genitalia rather than a seam.

Chill, Mom!

[Rex]

35. OMG! The bears have vaginas!

WHO THE HELL TO WE BOMB OVER THIS ONE!?!



I'm looking at YOU Awkwardly Close Lion and Blue care animals!

"If you don't hand over your lunch money, Blue gonna mess with your mom's mind!"

[malaise]

37. I want to be on another planet

far from these lunatics

[daleanime]

48. +1

[elleng]

38. because the 'mom's' genitals don't, I guess.

[Eleanors38]

40. Well, consider the alternative.

[Lochloosa]

42. What? No dirty pillows?

[Warren DeMontague]

44. The thing has a crease on its right foot, too.

I think someone has a little too much time on their hands.

[struggle4progress]

59. Whoa! That's just sick! I would really have blown my stack over that one!

What kind of perv makes these little bare things anyway? Really! What could the manufacturer have been thinking, creasing the foot that way? What's going to go through the poor child's innocent young mind when she sees that? She'll be scarred for life! She'll grow up and want to marry her smartphone or something! It's an outrage: that's what it is!

[Warren DeMontague]

61. Maybe it's a Dick Morris thing.

Not my bag, but hey.

[orpupilofnature57]

51. MOM NEEDS TO GET A LIFE .

[intheflow]

57. And also get her mind out of the gutter.

[LiberalElite]

52. When I looked at it I just saw a seam nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. I just love these middle class first world problems

reminds me of discussions of a word...

[orpupilofnature57]

67. + 1000 Well Put !!!!!!

[Person 2713]

56. Lady is a pervert with sex on her mind. The bakery should sue her

[whatchamacallit]

62. Bear Toe

[orpupilofnature57]

66. + 1000 !!!!!!

[Texasgal]

63. I think Mom has a weird mind

it looks like a fucking BEAR to me! UGH.

[csziggy]

65. It's not even a REAL bear, FFS

It's a fucking representation made out of icing of a fucking STUFFED BEAR!

Does she object to Donald Duck not wearing pants? Or Minnie Mouse flashing her undies all the time? Neither of those characters are real, either!

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. Now you tell me

[Aerows]

68. What a wonderful world this would be

if all we had to get outraged by was bears on a birthday cake.

[zappaman]

70. The most disgusting thing I've ever seen.

Looks like marzipan.
I hate marzipan.

[jmowreader]

77. The obvious question needs to be asked

How did someone so squeamish about genitals, possible genitals, lines on little teddy bear statues that might or might not be genitals, etc., have a kid in the first place?

[Bettie]

78. Some people need a lot of therapy

religious people, in particular, see sex everywhere and in everything.

[Jamastiene]

80. First world "problems"

If she was going to be that damn picky, she should have requested the bear have clothes on. Maybe a long dress with long sleeves and a super tight collar and no buttons would suit her more.

Gratz, kid. You just learned how picky and silly your mother is. I pity the life you will live under her paranoia. I predict turbulent teen years for you. She is going to see perversion in everything you and your friends do. Poor kid.

[Tien1985]

82. Does she not sew?

It's a seam.

People are freaking weird.


Sewn teddy bear with a seam:

[3catwoman3]

85. This creepy mom needs an anatomy lesson.

From that seated posture, those bears would be sitting on their genitalia, if they had any, thus covering them up. Those horrifyingly inappropriate creases ( ) are on the lower abdomen, not the perineum.

[MisterP]

86. it's definitely rather vag-like *smooths it with butter knife* you people have too much money

[Omaha Steve]

87. Has mom ever been to a zoo?

[Baitball Blogger]

88. Sometimes a seam is just a seam.

Or not. I could support the mother's position. Way too much creative license.

[kentauros]

89. Well, it could have worse,

much worse:

[font size="4"]Baby Bears All![/font]
July 26, 2012

Yesterday I offered to buy John some nipple pasties, but before you judge, it wasn't for anything "weird." It was just to cover his nipples.

You know, when he goes running. Because they hurt. His nipples, I mean. When he runs. I like talking. In short, choppy sentences. Like this.

Which just goes to show, well, everything except the nipples. But also that you should never make snap judgements on anything.

Take this cake, for example:



At first glance, it's just a pink bear with a little black nose being shunned by three invisible, barefoot ghosts.

BUT, look closer, and you soon realize ...



SWEET BETTY CROCKER, THAT BEAR IS EATING A BABY!!

Which explains why the ghosts are shunning him, if you think about it. After all, eating babies is never something you want to encourage - is it, bakers?

Of course, after a fifth or sixth glance you might start to think that isn't a bear at all, but rather a knitted pink snow suit with an unfortunate child stuck inside...being shunned by three invisible ghosts. Which makes SO much more sense for a baby shower. o.0

Right, I take it back: in this case, a snap judgement really IS the best option. It's a bear. And I like men who wear pasties. Because I'm a weirdo. A fun, fun weirdo.

[Adrahil]

90. Made me think of this..

[Generic Brad]

91. Why not just shove a breadstick into the crease?

Then it will not look like a crease anymore. Problem solved until someone notices the breadstick.