http://ask.metafilter.com/57310/Rings-on-the-candles/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Rings on the candles Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:35:21 -0800 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:35:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/57310/Rings-on-the-candles Question about birthday party scene in the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160338/">Guinevere</a>. During the birthday party scene, there was a jazzy rendition of a birthday song during which various party goers were dropping rings from their fingers over the lit candles on the birthday cake. Was there some symbolic reason for this to happen at the main characters twenty first birthday party? I'm thinking it was some coming of age sexual thing... post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.57310 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:24:04 -0800 JigSawMan rings candles birthdaycake birthday ceremony http://ask.metafilter.com/57310/Rings-on-the-candles#861996 Not sure exactly, but I've heard of a superstition that says that if you find a ring in a piece of cake it means you're going to marry (usually in the cake, not on-top of it).<br> <br> It might have something to do with that. I can't remember the scene off the top of my head. Good movie though. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.57310-861996 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:35:21 -0800 purephase