# Happy Big 5-0, DrMatrix! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941 "2003-08-27T10:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/1 "2003-08-27T10:30:25Z")
Please join me in wishing [**DrMatrix**](http://homepage.mac.com/gaycouple/drmatrix.html) a very happy 50th birthday. (Does this mean I can trade him in for two 25 year olds?) ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/2 "2003-08-27T10:34:12Z")
Congratulations, **Dr Matrix** , have a wonderful day. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/3 "2003-08-27T10:59:31Z")
Hope you have a wonderful day, **DrMatrix**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/4 "2003-08-27T11:54:43Z")
C’mon up! Happy birthday **DrMatrix**. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/5 "2003-08-27T13:10:29Z")
Happy Bday! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/6 "2003-08-27T13:21:46Z")
Have a happy, happy day!! 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/7 "2003-08-27T13:26:18Z")
Congratifications, **Dr M**!! You have now become an Elder Statesman, entitled to pontificate from your store of wisdom! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/8 "2003-08-27T13:36:36Z")
[Homer] 50, eh? [/H] Have a good one. Happy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/9 "2003-08-27T13:43:33Z")
Happy 5-0, **DrMatrix**! I’m just a few months behind you, so watch out. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > (Does this mean I can trade him in for two 25 year olds?) Woohoo! Boy toys for **CajunMan**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/10 "2003-08-27T13:47:18Z")
Welcome to the “Half A Century Club” Doctor! 😃 Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/11 "2003-08-27T13:56:57Z")
Happy Birthday, **DrMatrix**! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/12 "2003-08-27T13:59:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Happy 5-0, **DrMatrix**! > > I’m just a few months behind you, so watch out. :)\*\* Ditto for me - I wrap up my first half-century of life in January. Happy B-day! Is AARP on your speed dial yet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/13 "2003-08-27T14:18:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Happy B-day! Is AARP on your speed dial yet? 😃 \*\* He’s probably been on their radar for months, **FCM**! 😃 I bet they’ve already mailed him. I know I received **mine** the first mail day after New Year’s. Pissed me off somethin’ fierce, lemme tell ya! But I got over it.😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/14 "2003-08-27T14:49:12Z")
Hey, Happy Birthday! 🙂 Send me cake. And chocolates. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/15 "2003-08-27T15:30:07Z")
Yoopa! It’s all about surviving and looking good doing it. Happy Birthday. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/16 "2003-08-27T17:27:34Z")
Yay! I get to wish someone here a Happy Birthday who is (slighly) older than me! Best wishes, **Dr.M**! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/17 "2003-08-27T20:22:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > \*\* (Does this mean I can trade him in for two 25 year olds?) \*\* Naughty! Perhaps you should get the spanking today instead of the birthday boy. Happy birthday, **DrMatrix**! May all of your wishes come true. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/18 "2003-08-27T20:29:06Z")
Happy Birthday, **Doc**. Hope being out there in the heartland is treating you well. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/19 "2003-08-27T21:46:23Z")
Fifty? Geez, I knew he was old, but I didn’t know he was that old. Happy birthday. Don’t forget to celebrate (the memory is the first thing to go). Just don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. Well, okay, maybe this once. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941/20 "2003-08-28T00:41:13Z")
I think **Cajun Man** should be tied up for that remark… Happy birthday, **DrM**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-big-5-0-drmatrix/197941.md?page=2)