On Sunday afternoon Australian Twitter user Kate Iselin asked a perfectly innocent question...
And unwittingly fired the first shots in the Great Scallop War of 2014.
Team Scallop came out swinging.
Set about creating innovative weapons...
Conscripted some allies...
And even threatened to take the fight... OFFLINE.
But Team Cake would not be beaten.
They looked to history for the answers...
Questioned the enemy's integrity...
And resorted to desperate measures.
Innocent bystanders volunteered to fight for what they felt was right.
The whole country was divided.
Even politicians took sides.
Latecomers tried to create new factions...
And in the end, both Team Scallop and Team Cake fought dirty.
Finally, there was a desperate plea for international intervention.
Before the realisation hit: maybe everyone is a loser in this war.
Unless you're a Fish and Chip shop.