For some strange reason, I have a bunch of funny thoughts and memories all tied to Dairy Queen. My sister had her first (non-babysitting) job there, and I lived for lime Mr. Misty’s back then. To this day, a chocolate-dipped cone is still one of my favourite summer treats. And coincidentally, I just came back from a little get-together with friends where we ate DQ cake — I frikkin’ love that chocolate cookie layer!

So what on earth do the following photos have to do with all this???

Well, these are all snapshots of a DQ cake design catalog. I took these pics LAST WEEK.

A few years ago at a local DQ, I saw one of these catalogs out on the counter and flipped through it. Inside was a design of an Asian man wearing a pointed hat, with massive buck teeth, and a pagoda in the background. As a joke (and as a bit of a statement), a friend and I ordered that exact design for a buddy’s birthday cake. I couldn’t believe they honoured the request; the poor kid who took my order wasn’t too sure what to make of the situation.

Anyway, that particular design wasn’t in the catalog I took photos of — I think they took out some of the more outdated pages (!!!). I’m even excluding a couple of shots that I took, just in case your kid is looking at this.

The next time you’re at a DQ, ask to see the cake design catalog… hours of entertainment, laughs, horror and incredulity.

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