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TwilightGardener

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2. This whole fad has come and gone and I haven't had a cupcake since

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:58 PM

Jul 2014

I made some Duncan Hines with chocolate frosting for my birthday boy's fourth grade class ten years ago. What a dumb business idea. Who gets that fucking excited over cupcakes?

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The Cupcake bubble has crumbled [View all] liberal N proud Jul 2014 OP

This is what happens now.... vi5 Jul 2014 #1

This whole fad has come and gone and I haven't had a cupcake since TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #2

The same people who sat in 45 minute lines to get Krispy Kremes LondonReign2 Jul 2014 #4

H.L. Mencken: "Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people." closeupready Jul 2014 #6

45 minutes? rickford66 Jul 2014 #15

Mixing metaphors like a Catholic bear in the woods. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #3

DUzy! CrispyQ Jul 2014 #7

Seriously? Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5

Fads come & go and sometimes come back again-- like frozen yogurt? hlthe2b Jul 2014 #8

smoothies, juice bars, cereal buffets...I think ice cream remains a constant... Phentex Jul 2014 #10

Ice cream shops endure because they have a solid place in American culture TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #16

I miss the ice cream shops enlightenment Jul 2014 #17

Yeah. I remember the frozen yogurt boom. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #14

Now if we could only get rid of those damn "cake pops" DinahMoeHum Jul 2014 #9

They look like a lollipop that got dropped under a couch cushion. nt LisaLynne Jul 2014 #11

Those things are vile! winter is coming Jul 2014 #12

I just looked it up and found Kingofalldems Jul 2014 #13

it was their refusal to sell scones that did them in... lame54 Jul 2014 #18