Icing on the cake

[KIOWA]

I overheard my wife say to a friend today that “that was the icing on the cake” (it was about a good thing). And I thought (It happens, really) why would someone do that. I mean put icing on a cake. Icing? What the heck is icing. that’s weird. Frosting I can wrap at least a few of my limited number of brain cells around, but icing? It’s maybe like chop sticks. Do people ever chop anything with chop sticks? Maybe they stick things with chops? Where do this phrases come from? I think there really must have been space aliens here at one time.

Kiowa

[Jack Moon]

You drizzle icing over a coffee cake; you spread frosting on a yellow cake. Frosting is thicker, heavier and more sugary, sometimes obnoxiously so. Icing is less full, sharper (the flavors being more concentrated), and thinner.
Baker Moon

[KIOWA]

I had a concern that I would regret this post. Now I fearfully await responses from the likes of Bob_M, Greorious Gregory, Jeane (Oh God), Mayrsue (Heaven help us), and there are others, scary, very scary. How can I remove this post?

Tree Surgeon

[Val]

If your wife said the “icing on the cake” comment about you, then you are definitely in BIG trouble. Which I assume is your usual way of operating.

Why would you put frosting on a cake? Then the cake would be frozen and difficult to eat.

My mother used to say “doesn’t that rot your socks?” What does that mean. Does someone out there never wash their foot apparel?

[marysue]

KIowa, you ought to know about space aliens. I thought you were from Neergog!
You must be getting a headache with all these philisophical musings!
“Icing on the cake” can be good or bad depending on the flavour of the situation (cake) and it is better to slice than chop a cake. Either can be dangerous depending on the person wielding the instrument. LOL!

[Greg]

As a hockey fan, icing the cake would involve replacing the puck with a cake and shooting it across both blue lines or entering the offensive zone prior to the cake. That would result in a whistle and you’d have to bring the iced cake back to face off outside the blue line. I would think in this context, if you ice a cake too many times, it would look pretty smashed up and would begin to taste a little like hockey tape. Mind you, I have seen some Christmas cake that would easily pass as a hockey puck in looks and texture as well as taste. It sure would be a lot more pleasant taking a slap shot of the cake in the teeth. You’d simply lick your lips, swallow and continue on with a sugar high.

Does anyone really know what time it is? This takes the cake! I hear the bell sounding to go back to my room now and I have to get in before they lock the doors. It’s sure no cake-walk. Come to think of it, there are some folks in here who are here because they iced someone. OK, I’ll take my pills now! But it frosts me off to have to do so. I guess you think my life is a piece of cake.

Well, it’s sure been a slice.

Piece – or is that peace?

Greg

PS – You’ve heard the mathematical formula Pi R Squared? But pie are not squared, pie are round, cake are squared. Just something to think about. Who’s crazy now, huh – or eh?
Grake

[Jeanne]

I think you have to have icing on the cake in order to have a slice of heaven. Yep, pretty sure that is why.

[Jeanne]

Ain’t that a kick in the head?

[KIOWA]

I think all of you are out of contact with reality. And Jean, why would socks rot? That is so ridiculous. And as for hockey, what’s the point of playing if you don;t play off sides. That’s you best chance of scoring. And to have an ice fight. Hockey is great. 20% play time, 70% fight time, 10% penalty time. Why is the off side line blue. Is that like ice blue, or blue ice. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

[KIOWA]

I think all of you are out of contact with reality. And Jean, why would socks rot? That is so ridiculous. And as for hockey, what’s the point of playing if you don;t play off sides. That’s you best chance of scoring. And to have an ice fight. Hockey is great. 20% play time, 70% fight time, 10% penalty time. Why is the off side line blue. Is that like ice blue, or blue ice. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

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