# 4000 Posts / Birthday Invite **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063 "2003-09-07T06:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/1 "2003-09-07T06:35:27Z")
That’s right, folks… I’m using the occasion of Post #4000 to reflect a little. Also, I’m using it to invite any of you in the area to my birthday party if you’d like to come. Reflections / shout-outs: I’ve gained some good friends here. **Ice Wolf** , **lel** , **LeeJam** , **Kal** , **Washte** (hope everything goes well with baby), **Steve Wright** , **Akatsukami** , **Aesiron** , **Cruktar** , **jackelope** , **TheLoadedDog** , **Fionn** , **Tuckerfan** … the list could go on, but I’m getting rather sleepy and wouldn’t want to omit someone inadvertently. You all mean something special to me, and I’m honored to be your friend. 🙂 There are a few people who I’d like to talk to / email (more often?), but somehow I never get around to doing that. **Orange Skinner** , **Mudshark** , **LindyHopper** , **RTFirefly** , **Polycarp** , **MsRobyn** , **FairyChatMom** , **kambuckta** … yup, this list could go on as well. I’ve enjoyed talking to you / emailing you… or in the cases where I haven’t, I’ve enjoyed your posts and such. 🙂 **Mikie** : if you get fired for playing [Text Twist](http://www.shockwave.com/bin/content/shockwave.jsp?id=texttwist) at work, you’ll have to understand the complex immigration rules first if you want to live with me afterwards! 😉 **RueDeDay** , your stories cheer me up… thanks! I’ve learned a lot of stuff about the board in my time here. This is a good community of people, and the people make this work to be more than just a message board. There’s a lot about human nature on this board, a lot of life that goes on, and a lot of venting too. We have gay / lesbian people, straight people, people from all kinds of backgrounds… each person is a fiber in this rich mini-society of ours. I could say more, but it would likely be long and pointless rambling. Suffice to say that most of you are good people in my book. Birthday dinner details: Wednesday, Sept. 17 Cactus Club at Broadway / Ash (the one with the funky cool washrooms) 7:30 PM Anything else you need to know (or want to add), post here! 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/2 "2003-09-07T06:39:43Z")
Happy birthday and happy 4000. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/3 "2003-09-07T06:40:57Z")
Can I be at your party in spirit? 🙂 Happy birthday…er…how do you say it in Chinese again? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/4 "2003-09-07T07:02:22Z")
**Mudshark** : Thank you so much. 🙂 **lel** : Yes, of course you can be there in spirit. 🙂 How do you say it in Chinese? Simple… 😉 > [@](#): > > Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!) > > “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” > > Approximate English Translation of Above: > > “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/5 "2003-09-07T07:05:50Z")
Happy birthday/happy 4000! It would be cool to get to meet some Vancouver dopers, but I won’t be in town then, so maybe some other time. Hope you all have a great time! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/6 "2003-09-07T07:08:42Z")
Not a problem, **Ms Macphisto** … you’d more than likely wind up meeting my RL friends! (they’re a pretty cool bunch, too) 😃 Thanks, by the way! 🙂 (and if this year is anything like last year… it’ll be a fun time…) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/7 "2003-09-07T10:06:17Z")
May you have a very happy and joy-filled birthday, dear **Flami** , and congratulations on your milestone 4000 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/8 "2003-09-07T11:13:09Z")
Happy b-day and congrats on the 4-O ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/9 "2003-09-07T12:40:48Z")
Happy birthday and 4000th, **Flamsterette**! I hope you have a great party. It’s a bit of a ways for me, so I’ll be there in spirit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/10 "2003-09-07T19:21:06Z")
If you weren’t on the other side of the continent, I’d be there but… uh, well, you are and I can’t. 🙂 Happy birthday and congratulations on 4,000. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/11 "2003-09-07T22:21:07Z")
**Ice Wolf** , **Tusculan** , **RTFirefly** , and **Aesiron** : thank you all for your good wishes. I’m sure you all will be there in spirit. 🙂 I realized I left some people off the list… most notably **dantheman** and **NoClueBoy** : you people are great, did you know that? F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ferg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/12 "2003-09-07T22:30:29Z")
Happy birthday **Flamsterette\_X!** Best wishes. Wow… 4000 posts. That’s impressive! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/13 "2003-09-07T22:56:07Z")
Happy birthday, and Happy 4K, **Flamsterette\_X**! Hope your birthday’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/14 "2003-09-08T01:06:33Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a good life. I can’t make the party, but enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/15 "2003-09-08T04:11:29Z")
Congrats on both! It was nice to meet you at the mini-Dope at Akbar’s. If I can’t make it, (work night, rats!) I’ll be there in spirit! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/16 "2003-09-08T05:26:12Z")
**Ferg** , **Khadaji** , **Orange Skinner** , and **zoogirl** : thanks for the wishes! 🙂 It was indeed nice to meet **zoogirl** at Akbar’s; you are certainly free to be there in spirit. 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/17 "2003-09-08T05:42:47Z")
Happy Birthday and Happy 4000! I’ve not gotten fired…yet. I will be with you in spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/18 "2003-09-08T05:46:20Z")
Good to hear you haven’t gotten fired yet. Having all these friends there with me in spirit will be a truly wonderful thing. I won’t eat something for each of you… that would be disastrous. But I’ll promise to think of you… how’s that? 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/19 "2003-09-08T10:12:45Z")
Happy happies. That doesn’t make sense, but it sounds cool, and thus will be my all-purpose “best wishes” for the next week or so. Happy happies, **Flamsterette**! (I still have no idea what your name means.) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063/20 "2003-09-08T10:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\ ***Ice Wolf** , **Tusculan** , **RTFirefly** , and **Aesiron** : thank you all for your good wishes. I’m sure you all will be there in spirit. 🙂 > > I realized I left some people off the list… most notably **dantheman** and **NoClueBoy** : you people are great, did you know that? > > F\_X \*\* Awww… what a kind thing to say! Congratulations and happy birthday. Kind of thought you would hit 4000 a while ago, say last year. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4000-posts-birthday-invite/200063.md?page=2)