Cupcakes got banz0red

[Computer5k]

Duxbury schools banish birthday cupcakes
By Herald staff
Friday, June 4, 2004

Birthday kids at Duxbury's Chandler School next fall will get dragon stickers, special seat covers and starred birthday sashes they can wear all day.
But no cupcakes - they're bad for you.
The tradition of cupcakes at school birthday parties died last month when the School Committee unanimously ratified a new handbook that redefines the way students celebrate in class.
``I'm a little saddened,'' said Chandler parent Nancy Krahmer, who favors healthy eating but mourns the loss of the childhood ritual.
School officials made the change, part of a district-wide move to improve student health, after a poll of parents found nutrition to be one of their top concerns, Chandler School Council member Ann Kalous said.
Frequent classmate parties once had students consuming numerous unplanned cupcakes each school year.
``It would be 23 times during the year that other families would not be anticipating that their kids are going to be eating something sweet,'' Chandler Principal Deborah Zetterberg said.
The new system will substitute copious special attention for frosted goodies, Zetterberg said. In addition to the sash, seat cover and dragon sticker, each birthday kid will get a birthday pencil.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=30551

Clearly not letting someone have a few cupcakes every year will make them healthy.

 

[Crushenator 500]

well, that sucks . them kids must hate that. imagine having a birthday when you're like 5, and wanting to go to school, and having a bit of a party, and instead of getting a cupcake or something like that, you get a friggin pencil :x

come on, people, its just a goddamn cupcake ffs.

 

[Fat Tony!]

Erm question. Ive always wondered what a cupcake actually is, is it a fairy cake?
/me is confused, why must the americans make up new words for everything

 

[Crushenator 500]

Erm question. Ive always wondered what a cupcake actually is, is it a fairy cake?
/me is confused, why must the americans make up new words for everything

yup, its a fairy cake : http://images.google.com/images?q=cupcake&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[Computer5k]

It's a cake the size of a muffin

 

[Fat Tony!]

aha, so basicly its a mini cake :O. Why ban mini cakes? what about the huge cake with the candles and shit that never gets eaten, its too damn big so its a waste. They should settle with sandwiches. Much nicer