Don’t Pass the Cake
We’re belatedly catching up with England’s Chris Morris, thanks to an account by Christopher Tayler in the London Review of Books.
Tayler is reviewing Morris’s latest film, Four Lions, about which he has mixed feelings; but it’s his description of a 1997 film called Brass Eye that caught our attention. It was one of a series of Morris parodies, and in this one his team succeeded in conning some noted politicians and celebrities into crusading against a non-existent menace.
One member of Parliament filmed a heartfelt warning against a fictitious drug known as “cake,” which affects “the part of the brain called Shatner’s Bassoon.”
Cake arrived in London from Czechoslovakia, where it was responsible for an epidemic of “Czech Neck,” in which the neck swells up and engulfs the breathing passages, causing suffocation. That’s why they had to break up Czechoslovakia.
Enter “Chris Morris Parodies” on YouTube and you’ll find this urgent cri de coeur and a number of others.
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It should be noted that it is habitual – not occasional – use of cake that causes Czech Neck. Those who confine their ingestion of cake to their birthdays and a few other festive occasions experience no swelling of the neck, though of course their stomachs and buttocks are another matter.
Comment by Corner Druggist — May 30, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
Still, should you experience a sugar high lasting more than four hours, you should seek immediate medical attention
Comment by Al — May 30, 2010 @ 12:54 pm