Publix censors graduation cake to remove the cum from "Summa Cum Laude"

Does that one sign say “1st Taste?”

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Always popular in central Iowa -

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Simple misunderstanding. They actually put the cum inside the cake like a Bavarian cream filling.

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I had no idea either.

And this is why we can’t have nice things.

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FINE! I will. And I’ll take my Western civilization with me!

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Talk about ‘circumstances beyond your control’…

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(also @pucksr )

Theoretically, with an A+ in everything, it’s possible to get a 4.3. OK, 4.5 if you get an A+ in everything and attend a school with no minus grades (IIRC, one of my instructors in college used that system). So the parent made a typo and meant to say 3.79 GPA, which is pretty damn good.

ETA: @Bloo points out that some high schools use a 5 point scale, just to confuse the heck out of people used to a 4 point scale. 4.79 out of 5 is certainly cum laude territory.

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Happy Wedding Graduation!

(am totes magotes gonna start referring to divorces as wedding graduations)

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Oh, cum on, Melz2! There’s no need for that kind of ejaculation around here.

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Are you cumplaining?

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You’re cumpletely missing my point.

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My apologies, if I’m making you uncumfortable.

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Sum cum laud? I can see why the cake maker might find that offensive.

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Actually some school systems use a scale that goes to 5, and an ‘A’ in an “advanced” or “AP” class will net you a 5, a ‘B’ a 4, etc. so it is theoretically possible to get to 5.0

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TIL… I am way out of touch. Also not so much ew… but why?

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I looked this up - yes I have no life and am an unrepentant pedant:

https://ed.sc.gov/newsroom/news-releases/10-point-uniform-grading-scale-approved-by-state-board-of-education/10-point-grading-scale-conversion-chart/

They seem to grade on a 5 point scale, so that is something like 98 average (or a 93 for honors, or an 88 for AP/IB).