# Happy birthday??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594 "2014-03-26T08:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/1 "2014-03-26T08:55:51Z")
I’m 74 years old today and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. The only thing I really want is to live long enough to celebrate my 75th and that will be enough. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/2 "2014-03-26T10:53:19Z")
Happy Birthday, and best wishes for achieving 75! I’m a mere 60 myself, but I haven’t figured out what I wanna be either… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/3 "2014-03-26T11:01:32Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/4 "2014-03-26T11:07:59Z")
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/5 "2014-03-26T11:21:58Z")
Happy Birthday, and may you have many more! ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/6 "2014-03-26T12:21:27Z")
Happy Birthday. As Jimmy Buffett sang: \* I’m growing older but not up My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck So let the winds of change blow over my head I’d rather die while I’m living then live while I’m dead\* ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/7 "2014-03-26T12:21:31Z")
Happy Birthday! Cake? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/8 "2014-03-26T12:40:49Z")
Happy Birthday Louis. Hope you have a healthy, happy and active year. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/9 "2014-03-26T12:45:35Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’m 74 years old today and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. > > The only thing I really want is to live long enough to celebrate my 75th and that will be enough. If you are a celebrity please email me your real name so that I can include you in my death pool entry. You sound pretty shaky about the whole living a year thing. ETA Best wishes with the living another year dream. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/10 "2014-03-26T13:06:40Z")
Happy birthday! Do you feel you need to know what you want to be when you grow up? Life is an adventure, you never know what is around the corner! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/11 "2014-03-26T13:10:11Z")
When I was 4 I wanted to be the head of neurosurgery at a large hospital. Now that I’m older, I want to be a fireman! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/12 "2014-03-26T13:13:13Z")
I’ve lost track of who said it, but some famous person (it may have been playwright Ferenc Molnar) was once asked, in his later years, if he’d had a happy childhood. “I am still having a happy childhood,” he replied instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/13 "2014-03-26T13:13:24Z")
Happy 74th birthday, LouisB! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/14 "2014-03-26T13:15:12Z")
Happy Birthday!!! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/15 "2014-03-26T13:51:29Z")
It’s actually kind of a relief when older people say they still don’t know what the hell they’re doing. Happy birthday, friend! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/16 "2014-03-26T14:13:55Z")
Happy dappy birthday! Do you still feel young inside? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/17 "2014-03-26T14:14:09Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/18 "2014-03-26T14:14:19Z")
Happy Birthday, **LouisB**!! ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/19 "2014-03-26T16:39:15Z")
Many happy returns! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/684594/20 "2014-03-26T16:45:36Z")
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