January 27, 2011

Chocolate Cake in a Crapper...



My love of unusual and under-the-radar holidays continues, and today we have two, yes two, to celebrate!

Today is Thomas Crapper Day, which commemorates the death of Thomas Crapper (Jan 27, 1910). Though Crapper did not invent the flush toilet (it had existed for the previous century) he perfected the flush mechanism, so he basically made the toilet what we know it to be today. And his name became synonymous with the toilet forever. Not sure why we have this holiday, but we do. How are you going to celebrate?

Today is also National Chocolate Cake Day, which has three objectives: To bake a chocolate cake, to decorate a chocolate cake, and to eat a chocolate cake. Not sure I will do either, as I am trying to take off a few pounds. And I prefer carrot cake. My extensive research did not find the creator or the origin of this day. I suspect Duncan Hines.

Let's hope that Chocolate Cake Day and Thomas Crapper Day are not in any way related...

14 comments:

Gigi said...

LOL!!! Loved that last line!

BeckEye said...

Well, if I eat chocolate cake, I will most definitely have to use the crapper.

pattypunker said...

i'm licking the screen. (yes, the bottom pic, it wasn't that kind of night.)

Elly Lou said...

Heh. Patty. She takes the cake. The chocolate kind. And I don't usually say nice things about toilet lickers.

Jim said...

Everyone is talking food today! All the bloggers are doing it! Brahm, that cake is to die for! I like this whole idea of having CC Day. I can do that!

Lauren said...

Oh! Now I'm going to have to make a cake in a cup. I'm too lazy to go all out but not celebrating chocolate seems so... unusual.

Kevin said...

And you really did not bake a chocolate cake to celebrate chocolate cake day ... sheesh.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

@Gigi -- glad you liked it!

@Beckeye -- yep, that's the exact connection I so did not want to see...

@patty -- as long as its the chocolate cake pic you are licking, then is all good with me.

@Elly Lou -- well said indeed.

@Jim -- the cake is not mine, and I gotta find these other blogs. And thanks for stopping by!

@Lauren -- I could go for cake in a cup too.

@Kevin -- yes, honey, you are so deprived....

injaynesworld said...

That cake looks so rich. Cut me a piece and pour the coffee, please. :)

Vodka Logic said...

Love the picture of the toilet.. to celebrate I am going to visit mine and leave a present..

I may just bake a cake.. trying to drop a lot of pounds here so will probably not.. gee thats no fun

Bodacious Boomer said...

I just realized that I missed Chocolate Cake Day. I am bummed.

Clipped Wings said...

Drats!!!Missed Thomas Crapper Day and chocolate cake day. Perhaps next year I'll celebrate by eating an entire chocolate cake and using the crapper all day. I'm with you on carrot cake...mmmmmmm!

lovesmukiwa said...

That toilet is just scary, and believe me I have seen some scary toilets in my day...

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

@vodka -- too much information, I think!

@lovesmukiwa -- okay, I so do not want to see any scarier toilets!

@Clipped Wings -- next year sounds, uh, quesionable. Have a craving for some carrot cake now!

@Bodacious -- make today cake day!

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