Free Throws

A while back one of our readers suggested a fun activity for the next book tour: set up plain frosted cakes, and let contestants hurl various bits of candy, flotsam, and ribbon at said cakes. Whichever looks "best" wins.

Unfortunately, I think some wreckerators out there took this as career advice.

And believe me: there are no winners here.

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Wow. I didn't know you could get that kind of distance out of mini marshmallows.

You know what they always say about edible splatter paint!:

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Nothing, actually. They're all too busy trying to avoid the pieces with the poo-colored jelly beans.

Here's one that made use of the drop method:

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Most of it even landed on the cake!

Of course, when you're lobbing across such great distances, some breakage is to be expected:

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Boops.

You can see that a lot of throwing went into this one:

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(Psst. Throwing up counts, right?)

Hang on a sec, something's wrong.

This one's making me hungry:

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Mmmm.

Curse you, Wreckerators, and your nefarious mind-washing piles of

whipped cream and berry goodness!

I mean, what next? Will a professional chef on a national reality show get in on the act??

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[holding head] We're too late! AAHHHH!!

Thanks to Jill N., Ashlee M., Cassie G., Julie V., Kimberly B., & Elizabeth L., who all get to be first in line come book-tour-throwing time.

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P.S., Speaking of books, I just found one right up our wrecky alley:

A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking

I don't even need a synopsis. I'm sold.

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And from my other blog, Epbot: