The Frivolous Cake

0 The Frivolous Cake

A Freckled and frivolous cake there was
That sailed on a pointless sea,
Or any lugubrious lake there was
In a manner emphatic and free.
How jointlessly, and how jointlessly,
The frivolous cake sailed by
On the waves of the ocean that pointlessly
Threw fish to the lilac sky.
Mervyn Peake

Welcome to the silly part of my web site. There are a number of silly places you can go from here and this page is especially designed to help you make that choice. Simply follow these simple instructions:

Beg, buy, steal or borrow a piece of cake. If you really can't find cake, a flapjack or a biscuit will probably do. If you can't find anything sweet, there is a possiblility that toast might work. If you're really stuck, use the reflection of your nose in the computer screen.
Now, look at your cake. Build up a rapport with your cake. Memorise its every nuance, paying particular attention to any currents or cherries it might have.
Does the cake look a bit suspicious by now? Do you get the feeling that the cake is watching back and, not to put too fine a point on it, might be plotting something evil against you? Are you nervous about the thought of cakes lurking behind your back, watching your every move? If so, then you should visit the Conspiracy Theory of the Week.
"Look at those cherries. The one on the top looks just like a curled up fish. And come to think of it, the raisins remind me of baby octopuses. In fact, I see the whole cake as a metaphor for the riches of the ocean." If you find yourself thinking this, then visit my fish.
Do you have the urge to cleave the cake asunder with your magical broadsword, eating one half and tucking the other half under your skimpy body armour to save as provisions for your heroic quest? If so then you should try the Spamlist Fighting Fantasy Story
Are you considering whether or not to do an internet search for 'cake'? If so, then be alarmed by the search engine entries which have led to people briefly visiting my web site...
Are you speculating as to what the author of this page might be other than a cake-obsessive? Think again, here are ten reasons why I'm not.
Do you find yourself in need of guidance as to whether cake is good or not? Let me tell you what's warm
Have you found the whole exercise so boring that you've fallen asleep? If so, visit my odd dreams.
Are you heartily sick of cake? Try some non-cake related silly links

NB. Eve has made the cake, it is here. Sea bed.

Lynnette Dray ldray@ast.cam.ac.uk