# Happy birthday, Geobabe! :) (plus a few belated birthdays) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115 "2002-07-15T20:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/21 "2002-07-17T02:45:31Z")
Thanks Flamsterette, and happy birthday to all those born in July. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*Due to the events of the last few days, I have not been able to post a birthday thread. (I know, I know: “But you posted some other ones, and replied to others!” Never mind that, all right? ;)) > > So this is a (belated) birthday thread for the following people: > > **Gr8Kat** (whose birthday was actually the 13th) > **Venoma** (whose birthday was actually the 13th) > **TN\*hippie** (whose birthday was actually the 13th) > **Zaps\_Rowsdower** (whose birthday was actually yesterday, the 14th) > **Geobabe** (whose birthday is today, unless I misread **Hamadryad** ’s post a couple weeks ago) > > Without any further ado, then: > > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GR8KAT!!!** > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VENOMA!!!** > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TN\*HIPPIE!!!** > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZAPS\_ROWSDOWER!!!** > **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEOBABE!!!** > > 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!” > > I wish you all a great birthday, a time to celebrate with family and friends, and lasting good memories. Have a great year, and may your dreams come true. Remember to have fun, and take care of yourselves! 🙂 > > **TN\*hippie** , I read your thread about what happened on your birthday. That absolutely sucks, my friend. ☹ One of my friends had a similar experience a couple of years ago: his girlfriend called him up on his birthday (of all days) and told him that she didn’t want to go out with him anymore. Basically, the only difference was that my friend turned 17 on that day. Not a good thing to happen any time, but especially on your birthday. > > **Geobabe** , I wish you only supreme happiness with **UncleBill** , and the best of luck with your move to Florida. 🙂 > F\_X \*\* ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/22 "2002-07-17T10:17:08Z")
I can’t get into this site most of the time, so: \*\* HAPPY \*\* belated \*\* BIRTHDAY \*\* To each and everyone of you. Hope you had a lot of presents. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/23 "2002-07-17T10:21:05Z")
Happy birthday, everyone (sorry I’m tired and I need to go to sleep). Hope you had a good day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/24 "2002-07-17T10:50:20Z")
**Geobabe** , this seems like as good an opportunity as any to ask something I’ve been wondering about. Do you pronounce your name Gee-oh, as in Geology? Or Goo-ee, as in Geoduck? They both seem equally plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/25 "2002-07-17T10:52:43Z")
And in case anyone was wondering about the Geoduck, there’s an explanation at the bottom of this page: [http://www.takeourword.com/TOW113/page2.html](http://www.takeourword.com/TOW113/page2.html) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/26 "2002-07-17T12:50:19Z")
Wuh-oh… she’s gonna kill me for missing this 🙂 Happy Birthday GBabe! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/27 "2002-07-17T12:52:43Z")
BTW, I think she pronounces it “Gee-oh”, because I think she is or was a student of geology. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/28 "2002-07-17T17:22:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*BTW, I think she pronounces it “Gee-oh”, because I think she is or was a student of geology. \*\* Bingo. The name comes from the nickname “geo-babes” given to geology majors at Smith; I liked it so much I adopted it as my screen name pretty much everywhere. Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everyone. I love having an extended b-day like this! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115/29 "2002-07-17T17:25:54Z")
Yeah, because “Goo-ee” Babe would just be… mmphm. F\_X [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-geobabe-plus-a-few-belated-birthdays/119115.md?page=1)