God is good?

[Sudo]

Alice was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church ladies' group bake sale, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered it the morning of the Bake sale and after rummaging through cabinets she found an angel food cake mix and quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing and helping her son Bryan pack up for Scout camp.

But when Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured. She said, "Oh dear, there's no time to bake another cake." This cake was so important to Alice because she did so want to fit in at her new church, and in her new community of new friends. So, being inventive, she looked around the house for something to build up the center of the cake. Alice found it in the bathroom - a roll of toilet paper. She plunked it in and then covered it with icing. Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect!

Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and head for work, Alice woke her daughter Amanda and gave her some money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the minute it opened at 9:30, and to buy that cake and bring it home.

When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found that the attractive perfect cake had already been sold. Amanda grabbed her cell phone and called her Mom.

Alice was horrified. She was beside herself. Everyone would know, what would they think?? Oh, my she wailed! She would be ostracized, talked about, ridiculed.

All night Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people pointing their fingers at her and talking about her behind her back. The next day, Alice promised herself that she would try not to think about the cake and she would attend the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a friend of a friend and try to have a good time.

Alice did not really want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more than once had looked down her nose at the fact that Alice was a single parent and not from the founding families of the city, but having already RSVP'd she could not think of a believable excuse to stay home.

The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust old South and to Alice's horror, the cake in question was presented for dessert.

Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the cake, she started to get out of her chair to rush to tell her hostess all about it, but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said, "What a beautiful cake!"

Alice, who was still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank you, I baked it myself."

Alice smiled and thought to herself, "GOD is good."

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[SafariVista]

[Lori]

Sudo! I laughed and laughed and laughed :lol:

[coolchef]

way too funny!

[Stub1]

Thanks SUDO- I needed that!

[Mark Sanguinetti]

That was a good one. A very clean joke that was also very funny. Did you think that one up Sudo? Or is there a deep dark secret behind a seemingly innocent, yet funny story?

Edited November 13, 2006 by Mark Sanguinetti

[Sudo]

Fact is...

You guys are just egging me on, you do know, don't you?? Uh, does anyone remember the chili judging contest I posted way back in WayDale days???

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[Mark Sanguinetti]

No Sudo, but let me guess about that contest. Did the judging and the chilli winner have anything to do with the greatest flatulence after consumption?

[Belle]

Yes, and, when my Daddy was tasked to judge a chili contest last year, I re-sent it to him. Wanted him to be prepared, ya know?

[Sudo]

Dang Belle!

That was before you even left TWI then wasn't it?? Hmm... I'm thinking of posting it again for all the new folks but then.. I don't want to bore anyone with it either. Naw. Phttttt.. What the heck, huh??

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[Belle]

Why, yes it was, Sir Sudo. :P

I laughed my arse off reading it and would LOVE to read it again. And, those who don't care for repeats can skip the post. But I can't imagine anyone not wanting to read that again.