What Was Found Inside a Store-Bought Birthday Cake That Ruined a Child’s Party?
Blowing out the candles and slicing into a heavily frosted store-bought cake is the highlight of many a child’s birthday party. For a boy in Maine though, cutting into the cake put a damper on the whole affair.
According to WGME 13, the 2-year-old’s father Nathan Bibeau of Lewiston was cutting into the Elmo-themed birthday cake purchased from Walmart when half-way through he saw a blade poking out from under the cake.
(Image: WGME screenshot)
Bibeau said he contacted Walmart in Auburn immediately upon discovering a knife underneath the sheet-style cake but told WGME it ruined the festive atmosphere of the party.
“People started leaving and the family was pretty upset,” Bibeau said. “We’re not going to get that second birthday back ever.”
(Image: WGME screenshot)
Bibeau also told WGME he has been in contact with a lawyer, considering legal action, but that he “won’t hold a grudge” and will still shop at the store. He understands that mistakes can happen, but a mistake like this, he said, perhaps the store shouldn’t have hired that person.
Walmart told WGME to prevent this from happening again, they are removing this type of pairing knife from bakeries in stores around the country.
Walmart’s spokesperson said the incident “should not have happened” and that they are glad no one was hurt.
Watch Yahoo’s Odd News Headline’s report, which satirizes some of the drama surrounding the incident:
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Comments (285)
weepoorsoul
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:03pmNow I know where all my missing socks are…the Walmart bakery.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:29pmI thought it was going to be a condom or a finger.
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Baddoggy
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:32pmThe cake was intended for the prison…It was supposed to say happy birthday Raul….
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right-wing-waco
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:35pmHey what the problem… they got a free knife with the cake.
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TEIN
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:36pmAwwww….that Elmo cake was suppose to go to Joey at county jail!!! He is going be so peeved!!!
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Caniac Steve
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:47pmROFL Hysterically…but am glad No one was physically Injured
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galderan
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:09pmIf it happened to me, I would say “Hey!! Free Knife!!!”
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ltb
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:09pmOh goodie, Walmart put a knife in my child’s cake so I get to sue. I hate what this country has become.
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The_Pointy_End
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:20pmCake comes with its own knife for cutting it :)
Let me get this right – the knife in the cake ruined the party, but the one the parents were using to cut the cake did not.
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dwilco77
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:30pmThank God it wasn’t a paper gun. People might have died of fright. What a bunch of losers. I am so glad I missed that party. Not a milligram of testosterone in the room.
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GETLIFE
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:42pmOh yeah right. I’m at a friend’s kid’s birthday party and I’m just gonna leave because they find a knife in (under) the cake. “Sorry, but this party has become too dangerous. I’m leaving.”
Sounds like a bunch of libs.
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GETLIFE
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:53pmNo, really, if the adults let this ruin a two-year-old’s birthday party– they are the ones who aren’t doing something right….
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000degrees
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:56pmV Guard….was thinking the same. What a sad thing to admit……
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damnedifwedont
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:08pmERMAHGERD!!! ban all cakes! Ban all knives! Ban all birthdays!
Get a grip…sheesh…an honest mistake and the kid won’t remember this birthday anyway.
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Cthulu2180
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:23pmOMG!!! What if that cake was intended to be smashed on someones face and it Shish Kabob’d their brain like a zombie in the Walking Dead. Oh, the fear those poor party goers must have been overcome with. They may never eat cake again! What a huge joke! Like someone else said…Sweet, Free Knife!!!
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TEOTWASWKI
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:28pmBoo hoo hoo….give me the money……..like a two year old would remember this for more than a few minutes. This is all about cashing in on someones mistake.
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Libawho
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:14pmBetter knife then mouse!
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Dr Vel
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:39pmPointy_End I’m stuck on that one also. People started leaving? What kind of people were they? No one I would ever want to see again. They should thank the baker for getting rid of their more pathetic phoney friends.
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Snidely
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:57pmTHE_POINTY_END That was funny! Good point!
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TH777
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:08pmCome on people! These people are only trying to get some free money. Be a little more sympathetic and understanding! (sarcasm)
Like most of you have posted already….why would people leave because a blade was found in a cake? It’s not like a bomb was found in the cake. Doesn’t make sense at all. Sounds like a set up for free money.
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Stoic one
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:09pmWalmart buys it’s sheet cakes frozen from a bakery factory. The knife came from there NOT Walmart. Very few grocers have bakeries anymore.
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The Giver
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:07pmBADDOGGY- No stereotyping where you are concerned. “Whatever you do to the least of my brothers you do unto Me.”
Guess a child could have cut himself, but what are they going to sue for? For getting a free pairing knife?
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Abigail Adams
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:48pmI’m with Libawho. It’s a knife, not a mouse. I thought it was going to be something disgusting.
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TH777
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:53pm@The giver: No, of course not. They are definitely not suing for a free paring knife. We’re talking free money. Not a free knife. That picture with a knife sticking out of the cake means nothing to me except a planted knife for a lawsuit. Have you ever heard of the expressions “A picture is worth a 1,000 words”? Well I don’t trust this picture. The whole thing sounds bogus!
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Mil Mom
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 1:30am@Abigail Adams
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:48pm
I’m with Libawho. It’s a knife, not a mouse. I thought it was going to be something disgusting
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I agree totally, now if had been covered with blood, or a part of a finger still on it, it would have ruined the party. QUICK QUESTION what good does it do to remove that type knife from all WalMart stores? Are they likely to jump inside everything else bought at WalMart and ruin everything? I guess guns, SUV;s and now knives! Look out Glenn, these things must already have reached singularity. Look how they’re destroying lives and good memories!
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Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 2:25am“What Was Found Inside a Store-Bought Birthday Cake That Ruined a Child’s Party?”
Oh, you don’t want to know!
But that’s only because you don’t …. read ingredients:
“Carmine” & “Natural Red #4″ = Crushed Bugs
Known as carmine, crimson lake, cochineal, or natural red #4 on ingredient labels, this red food coloring additive is made from insects like the cochineal beetle. Frequently used in yogurts and beverages to give them a ruby-red color, a cochineal beetle can be a tough to spot on ingredient labels since it can be listed as a natural color.
“Castoreum” = Beaver Anal Glands
This bitter, very smelly, orange-brown substance is also known as castoreum. In nature it’s combined with the beaver’s urine and used to mark its territory. In the processed food world, it’s commonly used in both food and beverages, typically as vanilla or raspberry flavoring. Watch out though, you won’t find it on the ingredient list since processed food manufacturers can legally call it “natural flavoring.”
“L-Cysteine” & “Cystine” = human **** or dusk feathers
Called L-cysteine or cystine by the processed food world, this non-essential amino acid is made from human **** or duck feathers and is used as a dough conditioner to improve the texture of breads and baked goods. Again, since cystine comes from natural sources, you can eat “natural” and still have **** in your food.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
“All Natural … Really?”
http://www.bruc
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Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 2:31amWOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
“All Natural … Really?”
http://www.brucebradley.com/tag/all-natural/
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GETLIFE
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 3:55amAha! ZEE ARTEEST!
The knife is innocent and the cake is guilty!
Zee world is upside down.
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old white guy
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 5:58amwas anyone injured at the party by the knife that was left in the pan and covered by cake batter??? no, good, i didn’t think anyone was.
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rambosharley
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 6:29amI was thinking it was going to be something really disgusting insect or rodent related….what a YAWN!
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poorrichard09
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:13amThe cake was originally meant to be sent to the local jail! Got to the kids b’day by mistake. ;-)
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zorro
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:31amI think they’re just making a big deal of this. Seriously? People were so upset they began leaving? Give me a break. We’d have had a good laugh about it. They just want to sue and this is how they get to play the “poor me only $10M will help me” card. Freakin’ losers.
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JERSEYJUDE
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:43am@LTD…I agree with you 150%!!
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Use.some.common.sense
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:46pmThe Media did turn on Elmo a while back.. His career ruined, he’s clearly gone rogue.
That being said headline should read:
“Forsaken Elmo busted for concealed weapon at toddlers bday party”
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LetUsReason
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 1:40pmThe guy said, “We’re not going to get that 2nd birthday back.” Come on, man. Yes, finding a knife in a cake is bad news, but you’re just being overly dramatic in order to set yourself up for maximum compensation.
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DebateMe
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 4:47pm@GETLIFE
Hillarious what you wrote. I agree sounds like a bunch of squishy libs.
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pavepaws
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 6:49pmAt least it wasn’t a gun.
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Gumbercules
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 11:09pmNow I know why clowns throw pies and not cakes :S . . .
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:01pmWe have to remove assault cakes from stores for the sake of the children.
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antiprogressive
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:34pmExcellant!!!
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sndrman
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:41pm“won’t someone think of the children” mrs. lovejoy/ simpsons(when they were funny and not another wing of the democratic party)
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busterpuddles
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:29pmAdd birthday cakes to the growing list of deadly assault weapons.
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RIDEMODELS
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:34pmI would give up my Obama designed Gov Drone job….Just to have the freedom to design cakes at Walmart….and would be damn happy about it too.
I regret and reverse my vote for John (Turncoat) Mcain…
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scook84
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:09pmI just know someone has cake on their face over this!
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65Mustang
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:01pmWhat a pathetic set of parents who are just looking for a quick buck from a lawsuit.
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truthnstuff
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:26pmYou nailed it! Even if it actually happened, how about just moving the knife, which most likely the kid didn’t even see, and moving on. Suing and creating suits is becoming a cottage industry.
“he has been in contact with a lawyer, considering legal action” . Say it ain’t so.
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happ77
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:30pmThis is probably the guy on the VW commercial
teaching his son to throw a baseball, what a puss.
This family must have moved to Maine from
Mass.
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ihasa
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:39pmYep. ‘Where there’s blame there’s a claim’.
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Gamebouncer
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:46pmTotally agree with you here. Seems all people do now is see $$ signs as soon as someone makes a mistake. Great example for kids and our future. It’s going to be safer to sit in a corner with a bag over our heads rocking back and forth soon, just hoping we haven’t spoken or looked at someone in a way they don’t like cause we may just get sued!
“People started to leave after” Well no kidding? That’s when you end a party, after the cake is cut and eaten. Guess if you didn’t want to eat the cake (and I wouldn’t either)
Go back to Walmart, get your money back or a new cake if you want to risk it and then go hug your kid. Then leave it at that.
Unbelievable!
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battles
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:52pmToday it is un-American not to sue.
I had some elective surgery about 3 years ago and the surgery partly failed. It was just a matter of going back to correct it later after everything had healed. I could see that the doctor was becoming more and more of a nervous wreck every time I had to go back for post checkups. I finally said to him one day in his office that I wasn’t angry about the failure and that I know that although we do our best, nevertheless things happen anyway. It was like a locomotive had been lifted off his back afterwards. He was extremely happy to see me from that time onward. He, of course, redid the failed part free, although I had to pay the hospital cost. Later I developed a small basil cancer on my face and he reduced his normal $1250 fee to $250 for that problem.
However, if any government entity ever does a wrong to me in the future, that will be a whole new ball game – thanks to the constitution trampling liberal democrats.
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Cronpolis
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:56pmThis is how I make my birthday cakes with Knives in them. This way nobody will steal a piece! You should see the explosive cakes I make as well! MUAHAHAHA! Eat at your own risk! Make sure you put that on every box!
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termyt
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:00pm“Bibeau also told WGME he has been in contact with a lawyer, considering legal action, but that he ‘won’t hold a grudge’ and will still shop at the store. He understands that mistakes can happen, but a mistake like this, he said, perhaps the store shouldn’t have hired that person.”
Yep. He’s not holding a grudge. Of course his kid “will never get that 2nd birthday back,” so, you know, make sure he gets a few million so he never has to worry again and we can get back to life as usual. It’s only fair, after all.
To bad the kid is a boy. I hope there’s someone around that can teach him to be a man.
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:00pmPermanent victims is what I call them. They have grown up in a system that has taught them big business has deep pockets because they “screw the little guy” and only care about profit. So when a hot cup of coffee gets spilled or a kitchen utensil is found in a baked product or (the worst of all) a “green” nut is found in a bag of peanuts, it’s off to the nearest ambulance chaser to extract a settlement.
I am just wondering if the neighborhood will be hiring grief counselors to help all of the traumatized kids who had to see a knife laying flat on the bottom of a sheet cake?
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xduper
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:56pmYep. I’m sure one or both of the parents drive a Subaru, Saab or Hybrid. I would have just added the knife to my collection.
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yanki161
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:59pmEeeek! A knife! Everybody run for your lives. (He must have had a room full of liberals. He should have gotten his gun and made them come back. ha ha ha)
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00100111
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:18pmSo lemme get this straight. This female overreacted so much she went to the media and is considering a lawsuit? Seriously? Yeah, it “shouldn’t have happened” but mistakes happen. I highly doubt this was done purposely, and employee left a knife in a cake pan, poured the batter over it not realizing he left it in there. Stupid employee. Call the store, let them know what happened, demand your money back or call corporate or something. “Waaah, we’ll never get this birthday back”. Lady, your kid will be fine, he’ll have many more birthdays and will most likely laugh about this in his adulthood. Non-issue.
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rp454
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:52pmYeah. They were extremely lucky they saw the knife before it realized it had been exposed. Things could have turned out very tragically if the knife had been able to act first.
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Schteveo
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:49pmAnyone who knows what it’s like in a large, professional kitchen or bakery is NOT surprised by this, I’ll go so far as to tell you HOW this happened!
First, what was the bottom of the sheet cake in the picture, was actually the top while it baked. At some point, after the batter was poured in the pan, the knife was dropped into the batter. It would sink a little, during baking and most probably was NOT seen when the cake was flipped onto the serving / decorating flat. The cake was decorated, sold, and cut, before anyone found the knife.
There is another possibility in the world of events, as I’ve seen twice back when I worked in restaurants. The knife could have been slipped UNDER the cut cake BY the customer. As I said, on two occasions I had someone pull this on my in an attempt to get money from the restaurants, under the premise of give me $X00 and I won’t sue!
The first time was in a seafood restaurant where a parent complained that she’d found a screw in her daughters shrimp. When our Manager asked to see the shrimp, it was not a size shrimp we sold and it was done in the kind of rough, large grain breading that comes on grocery store style, pre-breaded, frozen shrimp. He sent her packing with a promise of calling the Police if she EVER returned.
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hebashen
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:59pmOver-react much?
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jadedinkc
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:20pmThe new “castroti”!
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AlansTigg
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:32pmmy words exactly!!
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Baddoggy
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:33pmWell..it was a crappy knife…
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Mudd
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:38pmThis was such a sad story, I cried while reading it and I’m now considering legal action against everyone involved, from Walmart to the staff at the Blaze, for ruining my day. I’ll never get another March 7th 2013 again. I wish I was never born.
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The Giver
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:36pmGuess in the old days the dad would have gone back to the store to RETURN the knife to its rightful owner.
MUDD- YES! Let’s make this a Class action lawsuit. I’ll never be the same either after reading this very sad story about the cake that could cut itself.
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Mr.LongMayItWave
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:57pmMy wife opened up a SubWay 6″ Sub wrapped with a 10″ knife.
My 2 yr-old is the one that almost grabbed it…. not my wife…
Did anyone get hurt? No.
Was it unexpected? Yes.
Worth a phone call to the store? Yes.
Did we return the knife? Yes.
Was the owner/operator extremely apologetic? Yes.
Worth a law suit? Not a chance.
Worth a News Story? HELL NO.
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happ77
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:25pmYou were supposed to get the 5″ knife.
You have to buy the 12″ sub to get the 10″ knife.
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Copper Catfish
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:47pmI’m like you. I would have returned the knife.
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KyleD
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:10pmA 10 inch knife in a 6 inch sub? Wouldn’t it have stuck out quite a bit? Not sure how nobody noticed it before you opened it.
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Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:22pmHapp you mean the 11″ foot long!
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:55pmA Pack Of Gum ain’t a Nickel anymore. BECAUSE someone Chocked on a Piece and Sued!
Guy’s Says he won’t hold a Grudge and he will still shop at Walmart. He is still going to file a Lawsuit though.
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afishfarted
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:02pmI was expecting a dead mouse or a syringe, or something like that. But a stupid knife ruined the party?!?! give me a break.
For pete’s sake, years ago, my dad bought a six pack of bottled Mountain Dew. One bottle had plastic inside–that plastic you find in a model that all the parts are attached to. Did it warrant a suit? HELL no. But today, a nation of woosies freak out. sheesh. A STUPID PARING KNIFE !!!
get a life
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jlightning1
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:05pmYou are right!! Whats the big deal?? hey what did they use to cut the cake? The story is crap.. If that is all it takes to ruin this birthday party Then it wasn’t much of a party to start with.. I think one of the guests put it there so that they would have an excuse to get away from this idiot dads idea of a good time.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:07pmThen there are those idiots who brush their teeth with Preparation-H and sue!
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:54pmWas it a gun shaped knife?
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RIDEMODELS
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:41pmDateline Florida…..A politician is trying to get a law passed to force persons to take Anger Management courses to buy ammo……How many times have you watched a teen ager throw an Xbox controller because he got mad at the game, because I have never witnessed anyone at the Range blow up over a good shot on a 200yrd target…..Wrong Anger Management crowd.
I withdraw my vote for John (traitor) Mccain…!!
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The-Monk
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:54pmLooks like they got Jesse Jr’s cake by mistake….
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:05pmHi MONK, LOL!
They need to put a sticker on those clear plastic cake covers that says. Caution, cake may or may not contain secret prize.
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Zipit
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:04pmNo Monk, but the guy was seated next to me yesterday with that sheet cake on his lap, on a flight from Birmingham to Bangor! New rules I guess! Slid right by the TSA!!!!!!!
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ICSPADES
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 5:58amSorry folks, I am calling BS on this one. Look at the knife and explain how the blue icing got on the edge without actually cutting through blue icing. If it had been on there when the cake was baked the icing would have melted. They slid the knife in there for a photo op.
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republic2011
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:53pmHe knows damn well that by threatening legal action this will never go to court. Wallmart will settle out of court to avoid the publicity. I am so tired of our legal system and what it has become. We went from a country of Constitutional laws and decisions to a case law haven for ambulance chasers. Tort reform should be a top priority; but it will never be, because the very people writing the legislation are attorneys and the special interest groups are attorneys. Law is not complex and it doesn’t need a PHD to interpret, as our Supreme Court Justices and lawmakers would have you believe. Our forefathers made the law very simple because it is more powerful when the people understand it. Progressives and elitists went down the path of making it complex so that the average person would have to hire attorneys because they feel too uneducated to understand the law.
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Cavallo
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:16pmWalmart hardly ever settles. Otherwise they’d be bled dry by all the BS.
They make you wade your way through court and sometimes counter sue.
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Southerner01
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:51pmFrom the Pictures, it looks like the knife is UNDER the cake. Probably someone flipped the cake onto the base without noticing there was a knife left on there. From the headline, I thought they were going to say something like a used condom. This really doesn’t seem all that bad.
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Cavallo
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:17pmMy thought would be FREE KNIFE… probably made up for about 25% of the cost of the cake.
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:48pmThe knife left under the cake did not bother the 2 year old. He did not know unless he saw his relative throwing some kind of fit over it. That is what you get for buying a birthday cake from Walmart. They are lucky they did not find a finger cut off in it.
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scook84
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:16pmI think someone ate that already… :-)
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:47pm.
What Was Found Inside a Store-Bought Birthday Cake That Ruined a Child’s Party?…..
A Naked picture of Michelle Obama Warning of the Dangers of Sugar?…..
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LAM2
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:09pmThank you for today’s laugh out loud laugh.
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Kisses6350
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:39amOkay, Spank. Your in time out for that one! lmaooooooooo
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Ironeagle
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:46pmWhoops, just a mistake…the child’s parents didn’t need to ruin the kid’s birthday.
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Skidd
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:57pmThat’s right. This is another story that illuminates the weakening of the mind. Complete chaos, feeding the media and potential lawsuits. Just like parents will do when their young children fall down and they tell the child, “You’re okay, that didn’t hurt.” They should have downplayed this.
Instead, they probably screamed, then fainted.
…..
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team1blazer
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:45pmSomeone needs to take the 2 year old away from these unfit “parents” before they can do more harm. Idiots like this don’t need to procreate.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:53pmNo $h1t!
Me and my son are so scarred that I think I will go spend some of the sue money at walmart
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checkingbothsides
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:44pmLOL, how stupid. I wouldn’t have even stopped eating the cake.
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widowofanAirForcevet
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:52pmLooks like they got the cake that was supposed to go to the local prison.
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RetUSAFVet
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:43pmFirst of all, the knife was not “IN” the cake. Someone inadvertantly put the cake ‘on’ the knife, probably getting it ready to ice. And since no one was injured, there was no harm. This is why we need a law against frivilous lawsuits, penalizing the LAWYER for even attempting this type of scam.
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Cavallo
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:42pmBibeau also told WGME he has been in contact with a lawyer, considering legal action, but that he “won’t hold a grudge” and will still shop at the store. He understands that mistakes can happen, but a mistake like this, he said, perhaps the store shouldn’t have hired that person.
Won’t hold a grudge but will drag your ass into court.
I’m sorry to say you don’t have a case. No injury, no loss. The likelyhood that anyone could be hurt by that is very very little.
Walmart fights every single suit to prevent this kind of litigiousness.
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walnutportconservative
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:42pmconsider… perhaps… it was a lost knife from the bakery.
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sta
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:41pmA knife under a cake made everyone leave? Is this family sure that maybe no one wanted to be there in the first place.
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CatB
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:50pmI don’t like to associate with STUPID PEOPLE .. good excuse to leave … idiot parents.
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Popp40
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:51pmYep they were looking for the first excuse to get out of there!!!
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huey6367
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:41pmThe adults ruined the childs birthday. The 2 year old could care less. He wants ice cream and cake. It was probably an accident from whoever made the cake. A knife feel into the the batter or was in the cake pan when the cake was made. And the adults overreacted. And this was in Maine. Who would think.
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quiltgal
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:45pmI vote this the most sensible post/reaction.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:39pmYes by all means sue because a knife was left in your cake,yes that’s the best possible reaction. Did anyone have their tongue cut out? No,just go for the PTSD angle there’s enough idiots in this country I’m sure your lawyer can find twelve idiots to agree with you that you’ve all been traumatized,almost like being in a war huh?
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Steelhead
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:52pmor……look they give away free knives with a cake, what a bonus
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OldSurfRat
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:37pm“Bibeau also told WGME he has been in contact with a lawyer, considering legal action, but that he “won’t hold a grudge” and will still shop at the store”
Ya know $h1t happen and just cause they do you dont deserve a check.
No blood no foul.
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:35pmoh. poor baby. poor little baby. party ruined by a knife sticking out of a cake? Not gonna get that birthday back? Hay! Parents! Your kid doesn’t even know he or she is 2 years old okay? They don’t have a clue alright? And, your guests started leaving? lame. What is the matter with you? You can’t run out to WalMart and buy another cake? Or a SAfeway and buy another cake? Good Lord! You are pathetic people! this is soooo lame.
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DLV
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:40pmWell for a two year old thats probably pretty scary.
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Ben__Franklin
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:42pmI could see how this could be a scam to hit the lottery, but your response says you hate the world.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:33pmDid Barney Frank jump out wearing a speedo? That would ruin anyones birthday party.
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huey6367
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:38pmthat just ruined my day.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:39pmDarmok
My eyes my eyes!!!
That comment just ruin mine and it’s 8 months away.
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chadred
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:46pmNow I will not eat cake after that comment. Is there a speedo big enough to fit him?
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:54pmThe Barney Frank Speedo diet, loose the weight in half the time.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:55pmDamn DARMOK, that really turned my stomach. Gotta go walk the dog and hope that I don’t throw up now.
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chadred
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:00pmMaybe the “Frank and beans” speedo diet. The just Protein and gas diet.
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rp454
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:53pmOh hell! Thanks Darmok.
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Mia Cav
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 7:35amBarney Frank – his hands wide. Thanks, Darmok – there ain’t enough eye-bleach in the world for that one.
But seriously, gang, I was expecting dead rodent, bleeding body part, head from a disco floor … this is just crazy that someone thought to call the local news *and* that the new channel went to the home to film it. This is how I imagine it would take place in the “real” world:
Newsroom: “Yes sir, you found a what in your cake?”
Loser: “A knife, send a crew to see how this ruined my son’s party. People left!”
Newsroom: “Was there blood on the knife, flesh or any kind?”
Loser: “No you jerk, it was a paring knife. Get down here!”
Newsroom: “So you got a free paring knife with your cake. Congratulations! We are investigating Benghazi and drone strikes on Americans and don’t have the spare reporters for your lame reaction to an error. Wish your son a happy birthday from us.” /hangs up/.
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