{"id":1308,"date":"2014-03-17T05:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2014-03-17T16:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T02:13:13","slug":"dobash-and-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1308","title":{"rendered":"Dobash and divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"witch-sized\"<\/a>The wife can be an incredibly cruel person.
\nOne of the worst.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I wonder how I could have missed her faults when we first met.<\/p>\n

After all these years I thought I knew how to get what I wanted from her.<\/p>\n

The woman’s a constant surprise.<\/p>\n

Divorce is out of the question.<\/p>\n

What lawyer would take a case built around…Dobash Cake?<\/p>\n

Share my pain while I explain how she broke my spirit and sent me to the back room, alone and crushed.<\/p>\n

The kids come over (usually) every other weekend.<\/p>\n

It’s the only time I get to eat high-class because she goes all out for them.<\/p>\n

She cooks up a storm and it’s just wonderful.<\/p>\n

Outside of putting them to work fixing things, a great dinner is the best reason for kids.<\/p>\n

Then it’s back to leftovers and stuff made with chicken.<\/p>\n

One set of kids were busy Saturday but the other set showed up at Restaurante Harrington.<\/p>\n

The little lady made a provisioning run for dinner and returns with lots of various stuff including…the biggest Dobash cake I have ever seen.<\/p>\n

It’s important to understand\u00a0I love Dobash more than anything, except maybe for my dog that died last year.<\/p>\n

To be in the same area with a Dobash is like a 16 year-old with raging hormones in the same room as the most desirable woman in the world.<\/p>\n

Not that I remember how that is.<\/p>\n

The government won’t admit it – but it belongs at the top of the food pyramid and is a necessary item for healthy living.<\/p>\n

I looked at this thing taking up half the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n

The aroma of chocolate Dobash made my head swim with desire and anticipation.<\/p>\n

Did I mention it was really big?<\/p>\n

A small piece wouldn’t be missed and someone needs to test it.
\nWouldn’t want the kids to get sick.<\/p>\n

I circled around it several times weighing the advantage of a bite of lovely Dobash cake verses the pain if I get caught stealing.<\/p>\n

Being forthright, I decided to actually ask rather than steal a piece.
\nAnyway, that would be hard to hide.<\/p>\n

I love it when a plan comes together.<\/p>\n

So, batting my eyelashes and looking as cute as I could I said to her, “That’s a big cake. How about just a small taste?”<\/p>\n

The heavens opened up and the wrath of the wife poured forth.<\/p>\n

“It’s for desert. You stay away from it!”<\/p>\n

In other words, go away.<\/p>\n

Which I did, until dinner where the cake awaited\u00a0those that ate all their vegetables.<\/p>\n

Finally, six long hours after she brought it home – the moment arrived.<\/p>\n

It was crap.<\/p>\n

It came from Zippys Napoleon Bakery and it had just one layer.<\/p>\n

\"Real-Dobash-sized\"<\/a>That’s not a Dobash cake.<\/p>\n

A real Dobash cake has two layers with a ton of chocolate pudding type stuff in the middle.<\/p>\n

Every bite is supposed to have chocolate yummy stuff overwhelming your brain cells.<\/p>\n

This was nothing more than a big, flat cupcake with a very thin layer of frosting.<\/p>\n

Zippys has been letting me down a lot lately.<\/p>\n

The wife and I made up – she was only looking out for me, wonderful person\u00a0she is.<\/p>\n

But Zippys\u00a0should know it’s not a good idea to make me grumpy.<\/p>\n

The war is on.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: The wife says. “Your blog is wrong.”<\/p>\n

I never knew she read it – I need to start being careful.<\/p>\n

Anyway, she says the Dobash came from Sam’s Club, not Zippys.<\/p>\n

Technically she’s right and I bow to her innate sense of fair play and accuracy.<\/p>\n

Napoleon’s Bakery is owned by Zippys.<\/p>\n

It sell cakes and pies in Sam’s Club and probably Costco too.<\/p>\n

So it made a crappy one-layer Dobash for Sam’s Club.<\/p>\n

I think it made it with one layer so it didn’t have to put the yummy, chocolate goodness in the middle and could sell it cheaper.<\/p>\n

The same thing Zippys did to the Chef Salad I used to buy before they cut back on the good stuff.<\/p>\n

That’s what I think and I think I’m right.<\/p>\n

No matter where it came from, it was still crappy and I’m still grumpy at Zippys.<\/p>\n

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