I smell carrots
A British Columbia cafe owner Ted Martindale, of Quesnel B.C., celebrated his 80th birthday by baking and assembling a carrot cake. Ted, the owner of Granville’s Coffee in Quesnel, teamed up with multiple local bakeries to assemble his birthday cake, which contained over 1,760 pounds of carrots, 700 pounds of butter, thousands of eggs and nearly 2,000 pounds of icing. Martindale said it took over a month to bake the 430 individual cakes that made up the final product. The massive volunteer effort was a ‘fun thing’ for the whole town. It took over a month to create the massive final product. He had to use a local grocery store’s freezer to store them. “It’s almost like brick masons here assembling this whole thing,” the coffee shop owner said. She said the final design of the icing reflects wildflowers and vines that makes the viewer think of B.C.’s greenery. “Quesnel is so near and dear to my heart … this is something else to put us on the map,” she said.
Josh Blanc, who works as a handyman at Granville’s Coffee, said the cakes were baked in batches of five — and he managed to fit them all in a van to bring them down for final assembly. “It’s pretty special, I suppose. Something to look back on in future times,” he said of the project. We wound up with three pallets of cake.” Martindale said that in total, the project used roughly 1,800 pounds of carrots, including raisins. In addition to the carrot cake, which was unveiled Wednesday at the seniors’ community center in the city of around 10,000 people, Martindale’s birthday celebration also featured nearly 100 racks of ribs and 150 sandwiches for the community. He said none of that will go to waste, with any remnants being donated to the local food bank.
“To be honest, I kind of wasn’t surprised. Ted is a guy of grandeur gestures. So it was right along the lines with something that he would do.” Ted said he was footing the bill for the massive cake himself. “Who else is gonna pay? I don’t have a government grant … but I don’t mind. It’s a big community thing, and I’m glad to do it.” “I can’t imagine there being a bigger birthday party than I had unless there’s royalty or something,” he said. “There must have been 2,000 people who showed up here. Yesterday, I had a lineup down the block, you know, to get in to see this cake.” “I just want to thank Phunky Fork and Tiny Treats, which are local companies who did the decorating. Without them, I couldn’t have pulled this off,” Martindale said. “And then, of course, our staff, I mean, it was a huge project.” Ted’s cake was crowned the world’s biggest.
May I have another piece, please?
Frank: “Another Birthday, it is so hard to grow old alone.”
Ted: “But what about your wife?”
Frank:” Yes, I am married, but she has not had a birthday for 15 years.”
When I was young, I always felt like a male trapped in a female’s body.
Then I was born.
The first lady bent over and whispered to her lady friend, “You see that redhead over there? She is celebrating her 29th birthday.”
Her friend responded, “Better late than never.”
Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday and everybody complimented him on how spry and well-preserved he appeared. “Gentlemen, I will tell you the secret of my success,” he cackled. “I have been in the open air day after day for some 75 years now.”
The celebrants were impressed and asked how he managed to keep up his rigorous fitness regime. “Well, you see my wife and I were married 75 years ago. On our wedding night, we made a solemn pledge. Whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go outside and take a walk.”
March 30th Birthdays
1968 – Celine Dion, 1964 – Tracy Chapman, 1979 – Norah Jones, 1981 – Katy Mixon
1945 – Eric Clapton, 1853 – Vincent Van Gogh, 1972 – Mark Consuelos, 1985 – Justin Moore, 1930 – John Astin (Gomez Adams)