Funny Cake Saying - Difficulty Level - Stroke

May 23, 2019 3:12 PM

We're having a "Screw you stroke, I'm still kicking" party for a dear friend who suffered a massive stroke last year. We want to put something funny on her cake - I am all tapped out. Give me your best stroke humor!

Friend has a rather black sense of humor. Our group chat for party planning is called "I survived a massive stroke and all I got was this crappy hand tremor" if that helps give a tone to the event.

It's a very much fuck you, irreverent kind of tone. I got her several adult coloring books with many curse words to help with her fine motor skills .

What funny stroke related saying can we put on her cake?

posted by Suffocating Kitty to Writing & Language (16 answers total)

Still Here, Bitches
posted by bleep at 3:14 PM on May 23, 2019 [6 favorites]

Not Today, Satan
posted by bleep at 3:16 PM on May 23, 2019 [20 favorites]

Stroke of Luck
posted by kitty teeth at 3:16 PM on May 23, 2019 [7 favorites]

Inspired by Game of Thrones:

What do we say to strokes?

Not today.
posted by WaspEnterprises at 3:28 PM on May 23, 2019 [1 favorite]

Might be able to do something with CVA. Like

Cruddy
Vein
Alert

or

Crap
Vegetable
Anyway
too much?
posted by phunniemee at 3:28 PM on May 23, 2019

Either a scull boat (get it?) or a kitty. Or both of those. Things one strokes, when one is the agent rather than the victim of said activity.

Other stroke things: grandfather clock; pen; lightning.
posted by amtho at 3:36 PM on May 23, 2019 [1 favorite]

I mean, "Different strokes for different folks" is pretty obvious. You've done that already, right?
posted by cocoagirl at 3:47 PM on May 23, 2019 [7 favorites]

Best answer: “Thank god the only thing slurring your speech today is booze.”
posted by suncages at 3:54 PM on May 23, 2019 [4 favorites]

I'm personally a fan of "Not Today, Satan," but maybe ask her? My dark sense of humor about my brain injury is a personal thing, so maybe don't guess what works for her - some of these suggestions might not land right, so it may be best to make sure in advance.
posted by Little Dawn at 4:09 PM on May 23, 2019 [5 favorites]

with the hand tremor aspect would it be appropriate to have whatever winds up on the cake done in really shaky hand writing? something like this?
posted by bowmaniac at 4:23 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]

If she has a hand tremor, how about "Shakin' Not Stirred"?

Zombie humor for re-animated braaaaaaaains?
posted by basalganglia at 4:59 PM on May 23, 2019 [4 favorites]

One stroke over par.
When I heard about your stroke, I nearly burst a vessel.
No, anYOURysm!

Good on your friend, sounds like they've got a good attitude for recovery.
posted by biogeo at 5:23 PM on May 23, 2019 [4 favorites]

good thing you got a stroke of genius...
posted by cabin fever at 11:27 PM on May 23, 2019 [1 favorite]

Maybe recreate the album art for The Strokes’ album Is This It but retitle it somehow. (This Is Shit?)
posted by coppermoss at 3:22 AM on May 24, 2019

These are awesome.

I had a meeting about raising money for stroke research yesterday and someone randomly said "I love stroke!" and it made everyone laugh for a loooong time.

Or, just put a picture of some rowers on it. STROKE! STROKE! STROKE!
posted by wellred at 5:27 AM on May 24, 2019

I feel like a bad person suggesting this, but you could have an ecstatically smiley face under the banner "HAPPY STR[gibberish wavy line]," where the rights side of the face is a neutral expression.
posted by pykrete jungle at 6:03 AM on May 24, 2019 [3 favorites]