It's a birthday, there's going to be cake. It's going to be loud and surely it's going to scream happy birthday, so why a Happy Birthday cake topper? Well. Imagine the shame of walking into the wrong room at a venue in which two prestigious celebrations are taking place simultaneously, say, a birthday party and a retirement affair. Both celebrations have equally flamboyant cakes. The cake is, after all, the focal point as you enter the room. Under these circumstances, a strategically-placed 40th birthday cake topper would have saved the day. Cake toppers save lives, too, you know. Picture this: a helpless guest crashes to the floor. A desperate cry for a doctor. A quick-thinking partygoer wrenches the cake topper from the frosted flowers and uses it to create a puncture for an airway stent. The patient is stable and shaky applause scatters across the room. You'd bettter have a birthday cake topper, just in case.