# (4) 29 Jun 2008, 10:12AM: HPPY TDA:
What the heck is up with the letters on these pieces of cake? Forget the depressing news story; Leonard and I came up with multiple explanations for the stock photo accompanying it.
- The letters are the first-name initials of the children; to indicate which piece goes to which child. Would work well on cupcakes.
- Something in a foreign language got written on the cake. What words can you spell with DYHTPPA?
- The cake got cut up, "Happy Birthday" got written on the cake with one letter per cake square, and we're now only seeing seven slices.
- Aha! "Happy Birthday" got written on the cake before it got sliced up; note the T, D, and A from "Birthday" with frosting on the bottom edge, and the P from "Happy" with frosting on the top edge. The most likely explanation.
Unless you have others.
