# Happy Birthday to me!! Happy Birth...WTF?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997 "2002-03-31T00:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/1 "2002-03-31T00:53:00Z")
So I woke up this morning, and it’s my BIRTHDAY!!! Yay! Or maybe not yay… I haven’t decided yet. See I can deal with this whole birthday thing in 3 ways: 1. Treat it as an ordinary day, and go about my business normally… IE, do a little work, surf the net, maybe do some laundry later if the machine is free, etc. (it’s Sunday, so I don’t actually have to teach today…) 2. I can be happy all day, because it’s my birthday! Yay! 3. I can go into a deep funk because I’m, like, all OLD and stuff! (36, FYI) I can sulk all day, and maybe go out and get stinking drunk later and feel sorry for myself… I stayed in bed for a while pondering these three options, and then decided to get up, make some coffee, and look at the SDMB while the coffee was brewing, after some coffee I’d decide how to approach this whole birthday thing… Well, off to the Pit first, because I want to see if there has been a response to a particular thread I was following yesterday, it was closed… Hmm… open another thread, and notice that the last post was made on March 31… Hmm… The coffee began to kick in. Wait a second! March has **31** days???:eek: It’s not my birthday today! My birthday is tomorrow!! Now what do I do? My day has been completely thrown off! Guess I’ll go take a shower…☹ April Fool, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/2 "2002-03-31T01:04:05Z")
Happy birthday, **Astroboy**. FYI, you share it with me. It’ll be an ordinary day for me, too, so at least you know that someone else won’t be treating it as anything special. Cheers! ::toasts with imaginary glass:: ---
**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:** [March 31, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/3 "2002-03-31T02:09:52Z")
Happy Birthday, **Astroboy**! Hope you have a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/4 "2002-03-31T03:54:12Z")
Here’s a plane ticket. We’re celebrating your birthday at Machu Picchu. Honey. ---
**Author:** ![sleeplessinseattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@sleeplessinseattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeplessinseattle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/5 "2002-03-31T08:27:32Z")
Happy birthday, Astroboy 14. Today is my birthday as well. Hope yours is great! sleepless. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/6 "2002-03-31T10:39:02Z")
Thanks for the birthday wishes, guys! 🙂 I will keep them in mind on my REAL birthday tomorrow… actually in about 4 hours, now. I have made a decision, however: I am going to go with method #2 for dealing with a birthday… … and I’m going to force my students to sing “Happy Birthday” to me (in English! Ha!) before I will end class! It’s good to be the teacher.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/7 "2002-03-31T20:45:25Z")
Happy Birthday **Astroboy14** it’s my birthday too 🙂 33 today, 33 today I’m 33 today!!! ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/8 "2002-03-31T20:46:33Z")
Happy Birthday to you too **sleeplessinseattle** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/9 "2002-03-31T21:56:13Z")
Happy birthday to everyone else whose birthday it is today. 🙂 I’m 22, wheee. Anticlimactic age. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/10 "2002-04-01T00:54:04Z")
Happy Birthday. you forgot option 4, which is special Birthday favors from Astrogirl. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/11 "2002-04-01T01:10:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > **I can go into a deep funk because I’m, like, all OLD and stuff! (36, FYI) I can sulk all day, and maybe go out and get stinking drunk later and feel sorry for myself…** Give me a few minutes and meet me in the Pit, **Astroboy** , because what I want to say belongs there, not here. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/12 "2002-04-01T11:04:22Z")
Happy Birthday, **Astroboy**! I’m with **China Guy**. You should go for option 4. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/13 "2002-04-01T11:33:45Z")
Will all you young 'uns keep it down! Sheesh, no regard for your elders… yeah, yeah, happy birthday and all that stuff. Is there any cake? Ice cream? What kinda cheezy party is this? You kids don’t know how to do anything right!!! \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/14 "2002-04-01T12:34:29Z")
Happy Birthday **Astroboy**! I’ll avoid the easy comments about you and April Fools Day. But did it really take you thirty six years to realise that March has got the full 31 days in it? As for how to deal with it, I hope you chose whichever one makes you happiest OR all of the above. Particularly the one which **China Guy** added, that seems the best one in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/15 "2002-04-01T14:05:53Z")
For my birthday, I got the following: -my very own PIT thread! 🆒 -an alarm clock shaped like a duck. It quacks a few times when it goes off, and the mouth moves… then, if you don’t get up and shut it off, it begins quacking ‘Old McDonald had a farm’! Most amusing… I smell White Elephant 3 or 4 coming! -and best: some VERY special Birthday favors from **Astrogirl**!!😉 I’m a happy boy. Life is good. I did make all my students sing happy birthday to me, and may even do it tomorrow as well! Ah! POWER! Anyways, happy birthday to all you other April Fools out there! Many happy returns! I’m going to go sleep off some of the celebration… ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/16 "2002-04-01T14:41:25Z")
Happy Birthday **Astroboy14** , **RaCha’ar** , and **sleeplessinseattle**! Hope you have a wonderful day! I hope I get special favors Friday on my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![elfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@elfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/17 "2002-04-01T17:48:04Z")
That duck alarm clock you got for your birthday (Happy Birthday **Astroboy14** )! I think I have the same one (or one very similar to it)! My mom got it from Korea a few years ago and I wake up to its quacking each day. Everyone finds it quite hilarious when I show it to them. 🙂 By the way, this is my first post to the SDMB. Hello, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/18 "2002-04-01T18:02:45Z")
is everyone’s birthday today? ye gads… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-me-happy-birth-wtf/100997/19 "2002-04-01T18:25:01Z")
Saeng-il chukhahamnida, **Astroboy14** sonsaeng-nim! So, off to Itaewon for mandu and soju kettles?