26Feb / 2002

Overheard at Life’s Cafe

Life: “Hey, Mig. How’s it going?”
Me: “Eh, not so bad, Life.”
Life: “Hows about a slice of cake?”
Me: “Whatcha got?”
Life: “Hows about a Sacher torte?”
Me: “That sounds good. Gimme a big, fat slice.”
Life: “Here ya go.”
Me: [takes bite] “Ehhhh! This isn’t Sacher torte!”
Life: “Heh.”
Me: [chews a little more to be sure] “This is Sacher-Masoch torte!!”
Life: “Heh, heh.”

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2 responses to “Overheard at Life’s Cafe”

  1. francis s.

    I’m glad someone thought my joke was funny. I was so pleased with myself and then it seemed like no one got the joke really.

    But of course, you live in the land of the ur-Sacher torte!

  2. Mig

    Oh, I’ve been chuckling about that ever since. There’s a big feud on in Vienna (or at least there was) over who had rights to the name “Sachertorte” since the Cafe Demel, I think, claims to have invented it, while the Hotel Sacher also sells one. Not to mention your generic Sachertorte in every cafe.