Uncle Miller was an engineer. When Uncle Miller did anything it had to be done with great precision. Because of this propensity the family always allowed him to cut his own birthday cake. If someone else cut it they'd never hear the end of how one piece wasn't cut straight or someone's pieces was larger than another's. Do you know an Uncle Miller? The one who stands alone in the kitchen yelling, "Hey, who cut this pie?" and then proceeds to grumble because a piece was cut at the wrong angle? If you do know someone like this I recommend you buy a loaf of uncut bread and cut the first piece at a horrible angle. It will drive them up the wall.
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Click on image to see it larger. And I just wanted to say that I never said collecting was pretty, nor is it an art form. It is what it is and that's all that it is....
Truth...have no idea who this man is. I do however know what it sounds like when a person with such a propensity discovers a fresh loaf of bread cut at an angle. I snicker every single time.
This photo is from the box of photos bought on Sunday at the flea market. A gem.
And for those who haven't been around here long, those who have missed some of my cake cutting collection, check out the following posts from last year:
It is a category. I must collect.
When at the flea market on Sunday a seller, aware I collected photos, asked what kind. Since there was another buyer standing next to me and I didn't want to give away my secrets I said, "Pigs eating watermelon. I collect photos of pigs eating watermelon." They both laughed. A ha, they were playing into my plan. They thought I was nuts. I then said, "I have one. I am looking for more. It is a category. I must collect." It was then that the other buyer decided to leave. Perhaps he thought "it" was catching.
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I don't know anybody who cares much about how the bread's cut. Around here, we just rip it off in jagged pieces.
ReplyDeleteI love your line about the pig eating watermelon.
Fun page. Thanks for the laughs!
ReplyDeleteI checked. I can't find any in my files of a cake being cut.
I do have a series of a girl standing with her annual birthday cake ages one through 14. I counted the candles. After going to all that trouble, saving a picture from each year, the negatives turned up at an estate sale.
well I love your cake cutting category..that and the watermelon crack me up! This gentleman must have been 76?? He looks like he will eventually get it done.
ReplyDeleteWe all have our missions..I have started several categories..kids in chairs and ladies with hats..now I am searching for ladies in glasses.. strange isn't it? :)
What? In your fabulous collection you have no cake cuttings? I'm stunned! However, having one kid through 14 years of cakes is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteIt is strange how something becomes a category. For collectors I think it's an illness. You figure if there's one there have to be more. Cutting the cake can be found. The pig...not so much. I find a lot of kids standing on boxes. That's pretty common. Don't find a lot of them sitting in chairs. Nor now that I think of it do I find a lot of women in glasses. I have some. Mostly women in the 60s with the winged glasses. A few early century with the wire ones. Good luck on your hunt. Go forth and find!
My mother was the middle of three children with two brothers. The oldest, Chuck, was the scientist. The youngest, Ed, was the musician. My mom, Alice, was "the middle child" in all ways and more. They grew up in the Depression, so things were used until used up, so to speak. When the kids were given a gift of a candy bar (1 for the three of them) Chuck would take it into his "lab" - the attic gable room - and carefully measure, weigh and divide the candy into three equal parts, and you can be certain they were EXACTLY equal. He was like that to his very last day a couple years ago, although somewhere along the way, he'd had the calling and became a minister. A scientific minister. WTH??
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I so love this story. The idea of a young scientist meticulously cutting a chocolate bar so it's evenly divided. Very funny.
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