I'd seen it on the occasional sitcom. I'd read about it. But I never for once believed that people really did this. Seems I was wrong. I confess to being baffled. Who does this? Why?

I checked in a few chat sites, visited a few blogs. The discussion is lively, to say the least, and detractors outnumber fans by a long stretch. Fans claim it's "traditional". Traditional to whom? For how long? I do not know a single person who has done this at their wedding.

Fans further claim it's "harmless fun". Hmm ... Seems like nothing more than a sublimation of aggression to me. While there are all sorts of ... creative ... things I can imagine doing to my beloved, cramming cake up his nose just isn't one of them. And harmless? Try telling that to your hair, your make-up, and your clothing.

And mostly -- have they no idea how totally TACKY this is?