# Happy birthday, swampbear, you old geezer!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617 "2003-07-29T10:35:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/21 "2003-07-29T16:37:58Z")

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woo hoo!!! Fitting that my 100th post was for your birthday!!

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**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/22 "2003-07-29T16:44:11Z")

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Happy birthday **swampbear** , it’s nice to know that no matter what happens, no matter what life brings, you’re always be older than me!

Good luck with the cabana boys.

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**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:** [July 29, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/23 "2003-07-29T16:55:15Z")

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Yay, another doper who remembers the Nixon Administration!

Happy Birthday, **swampbear**! Enjoy the cabana boys and all.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/24 "2003-07-29T21:22:52Z")

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I forgot something earlier.

_\<tossing confetti with wild and reckless abandon\>_

Sure hope it doesn’t blow into the pool

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/25 "2003-07-29T22:47:06Z")

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Happy Birthday, **Swampy**!

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/26 "2003-07-29T23:10:56Z")

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dagnabbit! Confetti all in the pool. grumble…grumble…grumble.

Thanks everybody for all the congrats and nice (mostly anyway) stuff y’all said. I said it before and I’ll say it again, Dopers is the bestest!

I sit here with heartburn from pizza and a buzz from beer. I am a happy bear. 😃

MWAAAH! I love ya all!

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**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/27 "2003-07-29T23:29:10Z")

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Havent seen **twickster** here yet… she must be swamped again.😃  
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWAMPBEAR!  
And now some wisdom from my 7 yr old: Mommy… 38(me) is nearly ONE HUNDRED!  
I said “Shaddup… don’t you have a father here somewhere you can bother?”  
Adds another pizza to the gift pile. Gosh, yer easy to buy for…

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**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 29, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-swampbear-you-old-geezer/191617/28 "2003-07-29T23:33:56Z")

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**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWAMPBEAR!!!**

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!”  
Hope you enjoy the rest of your day and year! 🙂

F\_X

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