I am going to share something that pesters me a lot on birthdays – mine or someone else’s as well.
Its the not-so fun ritual of applying cake all over the birthday person’s face just after he/she cuts it. Someone just cuts a big sliver slyly and applies it all over the face sudenly – I mean for gags like this don’t we Indians have a perfect festival called Holi?
Ewwwwwwwwwwww
I mean why why why waste an awesome cake by applying it on the face????????????????
Reasons why I am totally against this are:
1. My parents always taught the importance of having food in our lives. Whenever I have declined to drink milk or eat my fruits I have been reminded gently of how fortunate I am to have the luxury of enjoying my meals.
2. My dad specially always told me one thing which I still remember clearly. He told me that if we waste food in our life, we have to pick it up from our eyelashes in hell. I was always scared of this as the visual itself is quite scary so I try my best to never wastefood.
3. We are very fortunate to have the luxury of cutting cake and celebrate birthday in grandeur style so why waste in name of a not so funny gag. 
4. It spoils the floor/carpet. The poor birthday person/host spends hours and hours to cook and tidy up the house before the party and the gag just makes it messy.
5. If you have to go out somewhere straight after the gag, the quick wash doesn’t clears the smell of cream and eggs from your face,hands, neck and most important your hair. (Happened to me on my 20th, I went out for lunch after my friends smeared cake in large chunks all over me and the smell just refused to go and unfortuantely I had second party in the evening and the smell of eggs and cream made me nauseous)
6. In my case, I generally make birthday cakes for people who are special to my heart and if someone attempts to do the gag with my labour of 6-7 hours man I will be disappointed.
While we are on the topic of cakes, on my bro’s 9th birthday I sat on his cake! And yeah offcourse by mistake…the power went off…he was very angry; well obviously 
and my grand dad went out and after lots of efforts finally found a new cake from a bakery!!!
People think I am too uptight when I show my disapproval for this gag, they think I am too sophisticated and killjoy to enjoy the fun behind the gag. To me its plain silliness and lack of maturity.
What do you think? Is it really fun to do this or am I really being too uptight and killjoy?
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Posted by Mridu on June 29, 2009 at 12:29
I dont like cake smearing …totally agree with you!
Posted by fruity on June 29, 2009 at 14:01
@ mridu – thanks sweety…I knew you’d support me….
Posted by Harsh on June 29, 2009 at 17:07
Posted by Suda on June 29, 2009 at 18:40
I voted for 3
Happy birthday!! 
Posted by fruity on June 29, 2009 at 21:10
@ Harsh – Hmmm yeah may be!!!!
Posted by fruity on June 29, 2009 at 21:11
@ Suda – awwwww….I will make a cake for you…and throw a party as well..what say you?
Posted by Abhinav Bhardwaj on June 29, 2009 at 22:57
yes smearing process have some irresistable power, which increases the fun amplitude of birthday…
No doubt it is wrong!
Posted by Chiranjib on June 29, 2009 at 23:18
3
Posted by fruity on June 29, 2009 at 23:21
@ Abhinav – Yeah the power is irresistable……but in my view its wrong!
Posted by fruity on June 29, 2009 at 23:22
@ Chiranjib – Yeah right!! Time is like this…jeezzzz
Posted by Reema on June 30, 2009 at 06:43
A simple No would have sufficed
Posted by Amit on June 30, 2009 at 08:35
Even I don’t like doing it. last time, we almost burnt up the carpet.
Posted by fruity on June 30, 2009 at 09:44
@ Reema – thanks for the support
Posted by fruity on June 30, 2009 at 09:45
@ Amit – How on earth did you do that???? Birthday Candles I suspect!!
Posted by vjkrishna on July 1, 2009 at 11:29
I too hate the smearing ritual. It is no fun. It is disgusting and annoying. It’s a big downer. That kind of discourages you from being in your best dress on that day. Anyway, I think I’ve grown too old for these things!
Posted by fruity on July 1, 2009 at 13:00
@vjkrishna – thanks for your comment and welcome to my blog.
I liked the point that you raised abotu the dress. How did I miss this one?
Its not the question of age I think, after all whatever the age may be we are never too old to blow the candles, make a wish and enjoy the yummy cake?
Posted by Ishmeet on July 5, 2009 at 22:44
No, I don’t think you’re being uptight or killjoy. I absolutely hate this ritual too. I don’t know what fun one gets out of it. I mean, you spend ages trying to look good on your birthday and in the end you end up with a cake smeared face and ruined clothes. I remember how several times I would refuse to cut the cake until certain people who I knew would do this would promise me that they won’t. But they never kept their promise. So I resorted to cutting the cake, running towards the bathroom before anyone could lay their hands on me and lock myself there. Talk about fun on your birthday. :-/
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Posted by Ronak on July 7, 2009 at 01:37
Completely agree with you…
I really dont know how this custom originated, but is surely a thing we can live without…
In fact, just a few days ago, I wrote a blog against food wastage.. you can check it out if you find time..
Posted by Avada Kedavra on July 7, 2009 at 07:19
hmm that’s true and my bdays used to be one of the “wildest” bdays..