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Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

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    #32
    BlueJohn
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    http://www.titaniumteddybear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stephen-fry-on-being-offended.jpg


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    #33
    rubadub
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    Typical stupid woman.

    Before anybody gets offended or dares to call me a misogynist, I'll have you know my sister is female, so shut your face.


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    #34
    Pug160
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    Not really offensive. Classless is the word that springs to mind. It's not exactly the sort of name I'd imagine a sophisticated person would come up with. It was originally the name of a drink the Yanks invented, wasn't it?

    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    Im more annoyed at the hypocrisy involved. Make some plane hijackers, pearl harbour bombers or 9/11 tower droppers and they would want you dead.

    I think the problem with a lot of Americans is that it's just sheer ignorance rather than malice. ''Car bomb'' is a very crude name though, so maybe ignorance isn't a good excuse, as it's obvious what it's referring to.


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    #35
    anncoates
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    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    How do you make them?

    Lots of jellynite.


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    #36
    Tornaxx
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭Tornaxx


    polydactyl wrote: »
    From all reviews they are yumm but just badly named. Not linking to the womans FB page but here is another bakery that got in trouble

    From that first link:
    Other customers and friends also commented on the name.

    "I actually had a friend's British fiance tell me it was offensive," Feinberg said.

    I presume Feinburg is a Jewish name. Or is it really Sinn Féinburg? Eh? EH?


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    #37
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Ah it's in pretty bad taste, even if the cupcakes are delicious.

    Seriously though, I don't get people being really offended, but I can understand people being a bit "wtf?!"


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    #38
    polydactyl
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    You are right. It was really a WTF moment but when I questioned it and all the Americans jumped in with their " oh it's ok dear I am Irish too so its fine" then I got offended... Irritated by the name offended by the ignorance and hypocracy of the people defending it...they got mighty annoyed when I suggested it was the same as twin towers cupcakes and told me " oh you are being ridiculous now" ..... I admit to posting that to see their reaction.But hey what more did I expect on a baking forum full of middle America stay at home moms.


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    #39
    remsburgsgirl
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    Offended by an American, lol


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    #40
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Some people find drinking alcohol offensive. Do you worry what they think?


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    #41
    Mech1
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    It would be too sweet for me, I prefer plain.

    9/11 Hot plain cakes breaking up a bit, would be more my taste.


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    #42
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    BlueJohn wrote: »
    http://www.titaniumteddybear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/stephen-fry-on-being-offended.jpg
    Yet, he has written an open letter to the British government regarding the Winter Olympics in homophobic (as a result of state policy) Russia... so it seems, despite that annoying quote, he isn't immune from taking offence.


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    #43
    dpat1l
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭dpat1l


    Personally I think you're dead right.... I wouldn't so much take offence as I would be insulted at the ignorance of some people. If she was in the least bit "Irish through marriage" she would see where you're coming from and I think she should understand - definitely not try to justify it! It's a bit over the top if you ask me


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    #44
    h2005
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    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Yet, he has written an open letter to the British government regarding the Winter Olympics in homophobic (as a result of state policy) Russia... so it seems, despite that annoying quote, he isn't immune from taking offence.

    I think that`s slightly different to what he meant by his quote. One is about speech and the other is about openly homophobic laws.


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    #45
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    h2005 wrote: »
    I think that`s slightly different to what he meant by his quote. One is about speech and the other is about openly homophobic laws.
    IMO his quote just meant stuff he doesn't agree other people being offended by... but when it comes to stuff he's offended by, it's fine to be offended. He's a hypocrite. Yeh I know, some people just look for offence, but other times people don't choose to be offended, they just are, and it's arrogant to dismiss it.


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    #46
    h2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭h2005


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    IMO his quote just meant stuff he doesn't agree other people being offended by... but when it comes to stuff he's offended by, it's fine to be offended. He's a hypocrite. Yeh I know, some people just look for offence, but other times people don't choose to be offended, they just are, and it's arrogant to dismiss it.

    The context that quote was given in was about speech it wasnt about anything else.


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    #47
    Royal Irish
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    I just had a google for it and had a wee read of the comments on the Irish car bomb cupcake.

    Some lady called Catherine complained about the name and here was a reply to her.
    And “Catherine” wants to complain about people supporting the IRA go post it on their facebook page or something

    lol, Muricans.


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    #48
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    h2005 wrote: »
    The context that quote was given in was about speech it wasnt about anything else.
    Well I'd find it hard to believe he wouldn't take offence at homophobic or anti-semitic or anti intellectual speech.


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    #49
    HellboundIRL
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    I think we're too easily offended these days.


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    #50
    Royal Irish
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    HellboundIRL wrote: »
    I think we're too easily offended these days.

    How dare you think people are easily offended these days.


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    #51
    h2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭h2005


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Well I'd find it hard to believe he wouldn't take offence at homophobic or anti-semitic or anti intellectual speech.

    You`re probably right to be fair.


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    #52
    Bozo Skeleton
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    I work in a bar. The only people, ever, who order a Black and Tan in Ireland are Yanks. I get offended at this, because they are a god damn pain in the ass to pour. (Half Smithwicks, half Guinness.)
    I wonder where they get the notion that this a traditional Irish drink?


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    #53
    Rosy Posy
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    DavyD_83 wrote: »
    If this thread has proven anything it's that we need a definitive 9/11 dessert recipe.

    It doesn't have to be tasteless, and involve towers and explosions, but it could be.

    So where do we start? Cupcakes, biscuits, jelly, meringue.....?

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    #54
    Bozo Skeleton
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    Rosy Posy wrote: »
    3060107914_e801166142_z.jpg

    You'd probably need to use plain flour to make that cake.


    I'm going to hell.


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    #55
    Maximus Alexander
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    Those cup cakes are good, but not as nice as my Yankee Plane Bomb pie.


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    #56
    wendell borton
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    polydactyl wrote: »
    From all reviews they are yumm but just badly named. Not linking to the womans FB page but here is another bakery that got in trouble

    The store finally settled on "Lucky Leprechaun" for its cupcake name, the site reported.

    I find that name more offensive.


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    #57
    mike65
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    Americans are offensive.


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    #58
    the purple tin
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    'Mafia Sausages' now with even more made man goodness :pac:


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    #59
    ash23
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    If you get offended by that then you must also be offended by the following names of drinks

    Brain Hemorrhage - for people who have had one or know someone who did
    Jaeger Bomb - bomb. 'Nuff said
    Bloody Mary - Anyone who knows someone called Mary who died a violent death
    B-52 - Anyone who died in a B-52 plane crash
    Snake bite - obvious enough

    There's loads more but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

    Too much sensitivity me thinks!

    I recall working in a bar and being asked by a group of Nordies for a pint of "Derry". Had no clue what it was but they explained it was a pint of Smithwicks with a Guinness head. I'd known that as a black and tan or a pint of special. They knew it as a pint of Derry because when you add the Guinness head, if you don't do it carefully it "explodes" (like when you open a bottle of soft drink that's been shaken).

    It's not just the Americans who use these drink terms.


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    #60
    c_man
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    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Ask her for recipes for:

    Drone Strike Doughnuts.

    Glazed with children's tears.


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    #61
    Gummy Panda
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    Where are these cake samples?


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