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Screaming when you cut a birthday cake

307 replies

Cammel · 23/01/2022 21:09

I remember me and my friends doing this as kids, but DH doesn't think it's a thing. Was it just my friends or does anyone else remember doing this?

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Bwix · 23/01/2022 21:40

Yes, always a thing at boarding school in 90s

DobbyTheHouseElk · 23/01/2022 21:41

Yes. Definitely a thing in the SW. 1980’s

WitchDancer · 23/01/2022 21:41

Never heard of this. I think I would be very freaked out if someone started screaming when I knife was being used Confused

Gonnagetgoing · 23/01/2022 21:42

Grew up 70s/80s never did this

SleepingDoglets · 23/01/2022 21:42

We’ve always done it.
It’s the right and proper way to cut a birthday cake.

MaxNormal · 23/01/2022 21:43

Yup- South Africa in the late 80s / early 90s

God really? Same-same and I've literally never heard of this!

flashy44 · 23/01/2022 21:43

Nope

WhenISnappedAndFarted · 23/01/2022 21:43

No, never heard of that.

TheLazyBeagle · 23/01/2022 21:43

But… why?! What is it supposed to signify?

RaskolnikovsGarret · 23/01/2022 21:45

Foot on the table while you are cutting?? That must be a joke.

ConkerBonkers · 23/01/2022 21:45

No and north of England 1980s

DobbyTheHouseElk · 23/01/2022 21:45

Everyone screams. Not just the one cutting the cake.

mynameiscalypso · 23/01/2022 21:46

@TheLazyBeagle

But… why?! What is it supposed to signify?
For us, it was just part of the fun/excitement. Everyone sings happy birthday, birthday child blows out the candles and cuts the first slice and everyone does a fake scream/cheer.
FrogIAm · 23/01/2022 21:47

Nope

UpDownRound · 23/01/2022 21:48

Yes, Scotland in late 80s. I hated it and never did it myself.

Valkyrie40 · 23/01/2022 21:48

Is this like the thing of smushing a handful of cake in your new spouses face at the wedding? I believe it's a Jewish thing? I could be wrong though!

Snowiscold · 23/01/2022 21:48

@TheLazyBeagle

But… why?! What is it supposed to signify?
It doesn’t signify anything. It’s just what you do. In my day, the birthday-cake person would make a silent wish when they blow out the candles. Now everyone yells when the cake is cut. It’s Celebratory.
ClutterofStarlings · 23/01/2022 21:49

@OhFuckBloodyHell

No. Definitely not something I've ever encountered, I grew up in 80s/90s.

Those who do remember it, was screaming a normal thing to show excitement / whatever? Any hint of a scream from me or DB and we got a resounding 'Trago! That is enough! Calm down!' which may have something to do with it!

I do remember the screams being quite muted, I expect for exactly this reason - we weren’t really allowed to scream.
Callingallskeletons · 23/01/2022 21:49

Wtf 😂 no never heard of it, that would have driven me crackers though

transformandriseup · 23/01/2022 21:49

I have never even heard of this.

user1493494961 · 23/01/2022 21:50

Glad it passed me by.

DistrictCommissioner · 23/01/2022 21:50

We never did this - 1980s NW.

DH did - 1980s London. Does seem from this thread to be a SE thing.

scaredsadandstuck · 23/01/2022 21:51

South London late 70s/80s kid. Never heard of this!! Is it a posh thing?

amusedbush · 23/01/2022 21:51

I’ve never heard of this and it sounds awful. I’d rather never eat cake again than have people scream as it was cut Confused

In fact, I think I’d rather never eat again, full stop!

YesitsBess · 23/01/2022 21:52

1980s London kid. I have...never heard of this?