# Happy Birthday, Persephone !!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902 "2002-07-01T20:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/1 "2002-07-01T20:59:13Z")
Okay, so technically her birthday isn’t until Tuesday the 2nd, but this is the only chance I might have to do this until later tomorrow evening, so deal with it. But hey! If this isn’t an excuse for a party, nothing is! So … let’s give it up for someone who is witty, sexy, beautiful, caring, and loved by all. And who is my best friend in the whole wide world. \< kiss \> Happy birthday, Cristi ! ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/2 "2002-07-01T21:12:52Z")
Yay Cristi!! Here’s your gifts…a giant stuffed SpongeBob, and a Monkees poster to hang over your bed. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 1, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/3 "2002-07-01T21:30:30Z")
A very happy birthday to you, **Persephone**! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/4 "2002-07-01T22:23:46Z")
Hey hey **Perse**! Wishing you a most _Happy Birthday!_ ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/5 "2002-07-01T22:32:05Z")
no fair **Euty** - I knew it was tomorrow and I, like the good little person I am (sputter sputter, no comments from the peanut gallery please) was going to wait for the _appropriate_ time. may you take some time out for yourself and delight in all things golden, Christi! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/6 "2002-07-01T23:13:13Z")
Yay! Happy Day, Cristi! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/7 "2002-07-01T23:27:13Z")
Buon Compleanno, Bella. ---
**Author:** ![Wisest\_Novel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wisest_novel/32/13329_2.png) [@Wisest\_Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisest_Novel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/8 "2002-07-01T23:46:48Z")
Happy birthday, Gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/9 "2002-07-02T01:19:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > **And who is my best friend in the whole wide world.** Bastard. That magical night under the full moon, on the chac-mool in Chichen Itza, when the crickets were chirping and the scarlet macaws were fanning us with their brightly-colored wings, with Al Jolson playing on the wind-up Victorola, you said _I_ was your best friend in the whole wide world. Oh, well. Happy BDay, Miss Hottie. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/10 "2002-07-02T01:26:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > **That magical night under the full moon, on the chac-mool in Chichen Itza, when the crickets were chirping and the scarlet macaws were fanning us with their brightly-colored wings, with Al Jolson playing on the wind-up Victorola, you said _I_ was your best friend in the whole wide world.** You know me. I’ll just say anything to get laid. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/11 "2002-07-02T01:26:39Z")
**Happy Birthday, Persephone!!** ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/12 "2002-07-02T01:26:55Z")
Impossible! Goddesses are immortal and therefore can’t get any older. So they can’t have birthdays. (Happy Persephone Day, beautiful!) ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/13 "2002-07-02T02:11:05Z")
I too was waiting until tomorrow… but I will join in with any celebration of the lovely Cristi! Here’s to a wonderful day - redheads rule! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/14 "2002-07-02T02:15:01Z")
> [@](#): > > You know me. I’ll just say anything to get laid. So,…how’d it go with **Uke** , **Euty**? ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/15 "2002-07-02T02:26:22Z")
:::blushing furiously::: Thanks, Patrick, for starting this thread. You’re one of the greatest people I’ve ever had the honor of knowing. You’ve seen me through some stuff, and sometimes, I must admit, the fact that you’ll still speak to me surprises me. But you know how much your friendship means to me. But…now that you’ve got some making up to do to Ike…can I get pictures? 😃 And thanks to everyone else for all the really, really kind words. I can’t tell you how warm and happy and downright humbled I am, knowing that you care. (((((everyone))))) …and Ike called me a hottie…oh my Goddess…I think I’d better go lie down before I faint… ---
**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 2, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/16 "2002-07-02T02:31:07Z")
I was definitely waiting until tomorrow, as well. Darn you, **Euty** … jump the gun on all of us, why don’t you. 😛 **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PERSEPHONE!!!** 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 hope you have an absolutely wonderful birthday, Cristi, and may you celebrate it with family and friends! So are you doing anything special for your birthday? Inquiring minds wish to know… 😉 Hope you have a great year, and take care of yourself! 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/17 "2002-07-02T02:36:25Z")
Happy Birfday!! Hope it’s a good one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/18 "2002-07-02T03:05:58Z")
I love this lady. You know, in some cultures, people celebrate their birthdays by giving gifts to OTHER people, rather than receiving them. Of course, you give us the daily gift of yourself, so we’re covered. …and I second the “hottie” comment. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/19 "2002-07-02T03:39:26Z")
Happy, Happy Birthday, most sweet **Christi**. Wow, your birthday and mine, so close together. Cool! 🙂 I hope your day is all you wish it to be and more. You are such a sweet, wonderful person. I always love reading your posts. Have an _awesome_ day, and even better year. {{{{{{Christi}}}}}} ---
**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:** [July 2, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902/20 "2002-07-02T04:12:05Z")
Well, I held off until just after midnight to post this, so I could wish you Happy Birthday actually on your birthday. So, Happy Birthday on your Birthday! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-persephone/116902.md?page=2)