Go Big, Go Home
I was sitting on the porch at 10 am when I saw my neighbor’s teenager approaching.
“You’re home early,” I said.
“They sent me home.” He shrugged. “I brought a cake in for my birthday.”
“You got in trouble? For a cake?”
“It was a big cake. Seven feet tall. I wanted enough for everyone.”
“And?”
“And I used firecrackers for candles.”
“Oh.”
“I thought they were like sparklers! I didn’t know they’d explode.”
“Is everyone okay?”
“Yeah, but the principal got . . . messy. I just wanted it to be an unforgettable day.”
“Well, sir,” I said. “I think you succeeded.”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Hahaha! A day that will live in infamy!
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I so love how you quoted FDR, and how fitting it is. 🙂
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Right? It’s a great quote applicable to so many things that blow up in our faces.
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And it’s obvious you know your history. Sure wish it would catch on. David, by the way, is a great reader as well. 🙂
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The title is perfect. lol
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Thanks, Dawn. Sometimes you have to think about a title for a while and sometimes they just present themselves to you.
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So true!
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This is a riot. Love how innocent she sounds Love that the teacher got a little messy. A 7 foot cake exploding. I’ll bet. And Rochelle’s cake makes me want some for breakfast. Screw eggs. This was great David, as usual. 🙂
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Thank you, glad you liked it. When it doubt, go big or go home tends to be my motto for the absurdity levels in FF stories. 🙂
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Enjoyed the mess and the cake
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Thanks!
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OMG. The teenager is a genius. Did you get a piece of this exploded out cake?
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5-second rule. If you can scrape a piece of exploded cake from some surface fast enough, it’s all good. 🙂
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You can have your cake and heat it too
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haha, nice one.
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There’s unforgettable and then there’s “unforgettable. “
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so true. 🙂
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really good story and you could feel the mood of things gone wrong. Also, this was perfect because that cake does look like it could be seven feet high!
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The cake in the picture is quite something. I could see the thick icing splattering quite satisfactorily if it were to explode.
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hahah – great imagination and so fitting for that cake
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A seven foot cake!
When you think you are doing a great deed and it backfires, no one forgives. It’s the way of life.
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It’s the sort of thing that takes some time to mature, I guess. He’ll be a legend in a few years.
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I heard of people having a big “blow out” on their birthday, but I thought it was just gas. 🙂
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haha, there must be a “blow out” spectrum for a single fart to a ballistic missile attack on a neighboring country. Not that I want that for my birthday, but…
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That is so funny- really enjoyed it 😅
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Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Unforgettable indeed! They’ll be talking about it for years to come. Cute story!
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Thanks, Brenda. I’m glad you liked it.
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Sounds like the best kind of party to me. Imagining the students going home covered with rainbows and big smiles on their faces.
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They’d have to nip that in the bud before more kids try it with bigger cakes. The town consumption of laundry soap shot up after that I’m sure, haha.
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lol 🙂
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Those are the things one remembers! I can visualize the cake exploding all over everyone, it’s hysterical. I was the sort of teacher who would at first laugh at my students antics and then remember I was their teacher and supposed to be seriously upset.
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Yeah, I used to be a teacher and I think I’d react that way too.
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That cake will be a school legend. Too funny, poor kid.
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From then on, there will be a “no cake from home” rule because of that kid. 🙂
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just saying, how could a kid bring a seven-foot cake to school, complete with firecrackers as candles? he must be pulling her leg.
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Something like that would undoubtedly make the local news so she can probably find out that night. 🙂
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Dear David,
A memorable day for sure. Sounds like everyone got some cake in one form or another. Too funny.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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