my favorite comment in the thread at metafilter is this one:

It was a stupid line for McCain to use, every professional desert hanger out there knows that you freeze the Jello, drill a pilot hole, at which point you can either use a framing nail, or a wood screw to attach it to whatever board you choose.

“This is just basic stuff here. I suppose that he thinks that using brownies as a load bearing structure is “difficult” too. What an amature [sic].”