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How come you didn't tell me I look like a crazy birthday cake in this shirt?

— Willow ‧ Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A stack of colourful knitted sweaters decorated with pompoms resembles a tiered cake against a plum background.
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The speaker compares their shirt to a crazy birthday cake and demands to know why they were not warned. The extravagant comparison turns an outfit into something absurdly decorative. The complaint adds a second joke by making someone else answer for the speaker's embarrassing appearance.

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