A South Carolina woman isn't happy a grocery store censored her honor graduate son's cake, which was supposed to include the Latin phrase "Summa Cum Laude." Cara Koscinski told The Washington Post she ordered a cake online from Publix that was supposed to say "Congrats Jacob! Summa Cum Laude class of 2018."
She says the online message box did not like the word "cum," the Latin word for "with." The computer marked it as a naughty word and substituted it with three hyphens.
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Let them eat cake
by Swift » Thu May 24, 2018 2:10 am
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/summa-cum-laude-cake-censored-publix-grocery-store-mom/
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In wilderness is the preservation of the world. - Henry David Thoreau
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
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Re: Let them eat cake
by Thumper » Thu May 24, 2018 11:17 am
Yeah, I heard that on the radio yesterday.
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Re: Let them eat cake
by SciFiFisher » Thu May 24, 2018 6:44 pm
This is a compelling reason for why we need a well educated population.
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Re: Let them eat cake
by geonuc » Fri May 25, 2018 3:49 pm
SciFiFisher wrote:This is a compelling reason for why we need a well educated population.
Fat chance.
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Re: Let them eat cake
by code monkey » Wed May 30, 2018 6:08 pm
geonuc wrote:SciFiFisher wrote:This is a compelling reason for why we need a well educated population.
Fat chance.
oh, we won't get one but it's a demonstration of why we (desperately) need one.
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come gentle night. come loving black browed night
give me my romeo. and when he shall die
take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all will be in love with night
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