Comments on: Maker of 10-lb marzipan pig decides it's too gruesome to give to his daughters

By: Palomino

Palomino — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:51:00 +0000

I see 100% edible talent.

Put a butterfly on the end of its nose and call it “cute enough to eat”.

By: CountZero

CountZero — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:04:00 +0000

“For God’s Sake, won’t someone think of the children!”
Oh, wait a minute…
Thank you, everybody; I was having a really shitty day, until I got to this post. It’s just had me laughing out loud. Excellent work, Jonas, little kids need to be scared shitless every now and again.
My kid brother used to watch Dr Who through the crack in the kitchen door…

By: BombBlastLightingWaltz

BombBlastLightingWaltz — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Wow, he really went for total realism. Who wants the ‘end’ piece?

By: cellocgw

cellocgw — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:26:00 +0000

This is what http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0436243/face-scanning-vending-machine-denies-children-access-to-pudding child-proof vending machines are for

By: Robert Baruch

Robert Baruch — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:40:00 +0000

Well, I’m just going to say something nice. The detail on that thing is incredible. And the… the… oh, who am I kidding, it’s a horrible offense against nature (runs away crying).

By: BikerRay

BikerRay — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:04:00 +0000

Not sure if it’s marzipan, but this main course has a certain appeal…
http://goo.gl/VR4K5

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:32:00 +0000

Jonas writes, “I’m not quite sure what I should do with it.” MONETIZE IT!

By: MarcVader

MarcVader — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:31:00 +0000

I wonder if he could have made it look more like a block of tofu.

By: jonaslaberg

jonaslaberg — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:15:00 +0000

No, I made it from 500g-packets. If you look at the second photo in the set you can see them.

Whereas we do have a butter shortage here in Norway, we are not missing marsipan. Those 10kgs came to about 280NOK or 60$.

And true enough like someone pointed out above, it’s 10 kgs, not lbs. and the girls are not my daughters, they’re daughters of friends. And they are in for a surprise, as the mum saw the pig and think they can ‘stomach’ it (although probably not literally), so they’re getting it after all. She promised to take photos.

By: Osloianer

Osloianer — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:52:00 +0000

Hopefully, they’ll bring it to school.

By: Miss Demeanor

Miss Demeanor — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:20:00 +0000

I want this sooo bad, is that wrong? I think my kids would be ok with it, I know that’s wrong.

By: hipdadiddy

hipdadiddy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:40:00 +0000

Only thing I find repulsive about it is it’s made from marzipan. Yuck!

By: Randy Walters

Randy Walters — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:44:00 +0000

Great work, Dad, and nice thought – but good call, too.

By: V

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:43:00 +0000

ha – that would be worth several therapy sessions….

By: Sekino

Sekino — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:42:00 +0000

I guess I’m the only one chuckling at the thought of the two little kids running around shrieking like banshees once they saw their ‘cake’. They’d have a blast and you know it! It kinda looks like a skinned ‘Stitch’ from Lilo and Stitch…

By: guanto

guanto — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:31:00 +0000

Nah… about $100 if you buy it at a grocery store here. Something tells me you wouldn’t buy 10 kg of that stuff in 500g packets though; it’s probably a lot cheaper at wholesale prices.

By: Red Leatherman

Red Leatherman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:13:00 +0000

Odd looking thing for sure, I had to do a google on wtf marzipan is and then googled marzipan pigs and saw some pretty cute things then I saw this link titled “Repulsive Marzipan Sculptures http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/artist-makes-stomach-turning-art-out-of-marzipan.html
probably one in there NSFW.
Anyhow, Jonas Laberg hasn’t won the prize for the most creepy ever but I’ll sleep better tonight knowing that he decided not to give it to his five and seven year old girls.

By: sam1148

sam1148 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:12:00 +0000

That would be awesome as a red velvet cake. (Like the Bleeding Armadillo Cake in Steel Magnolias).

By: General Specific

General Specific — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

That’s super-gross, but it’s exceptionally good work. Nice job!

By: Julie Neff

Julie Neff — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:46:00 +0000

Happy Hogswatch!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:37:00 +0000

Like marzipaté and marzichitterlings?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:22:00 +0000

But deciding that they shouldn’t have it will make them want it that much more.

By: Paul R. Potts

Paul R. Potts — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:20:00 +0000

Sometimes extreme realism is not your friend. I generally don’t like my candy items to have large, inflamed anuses, for example.

By: Eric Limer

Eric Limer — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:10:00 +0000

Looking at the source, I’m pretty sure it was 10kg. The girls don’t seem to be his daughters either. The headline is just all kinds of wrong.

By: CLamb

CLamb — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:52:00 +0000

I keep thinking that if I were to cut it up to eat it I would find marzipan pig organs inside.

By: Happler

Happler — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:50:00 +0000

It is the internet, if you are not offended, you are not digging deep enough.

By: Dean Putney

Dean Putney — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:32:00 +0000

I really hope this is the most repulsive thing I see all day, but knowing my web browsing habits, I highly doubt it will be.

By: michael b

michael b — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:24:00 +0000

There’s a nightmare wrapped up waiting to start breathing.

By: awjt

awjt — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:14:00 +0000

Turn it into marzipan bacon and sausage!

By: semiotix

semiotix — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:58:00 +0000

It turned out pretty evil.

Boy, if I had a nickel for every entry in my lab notebook that ended with that…