# Happy cake day to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493 "2022-04-26T16:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/1 "2022-04-26T16:17:09Z")
It’s my birthday today! And I have a tradition every year of posting my age in bacon on Facebook. You see, when I got divorced I decided to get in shape by binging TV on an exercise bike. The show I binged was Breaking Bad – 5 seasons in 5+ weeks on that bike damn near killed me. Eventually I lost 55 pounds and when my birthday rolled around I took myself out for breakfast (solo, natch), and realizing I was exactly Walter White’s age, I did what was done a couple of times on the show: laid out my age in bacon on my plate and took a picture. I’ve done this for eight years now. Here’s this year’s bacon: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/qkzo3eI.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/qkzo3eI) What’s your silly birthday tradition? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/2 "2022-04-26T17:05:34Z")
Mmmmmmmm… bacon. My wife’s tradition is putting the date on birthday cards, even mine. My tradition is deliberately not dating them. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/3 "2022-04-26T17:22:52Z")
My tradition began 14 years ago when I turned 50. Someone asked what I was doing for my birthday. I looked at them and said, “I’m turning 50, I’ll be celebrating my birth _ **week** _”. I’ve done this ever since. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/4 "2022-04-26T17:24:31Z")
Where are my manners? I forgot to wish you a Happy Birthday, **squeegee**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/5 "2022-04-26T17:27:07Z")
Happy Birthday, **squeegee**! My tradition used to be to take the day off. Now, it’s hit-or-miss whether I do. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/6 "2022-04-26T17:31:22Z")
My birthday tradition is ignoring it. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/7 "2022-04-26T17:31:47Z")
Nicely cooked bacon. Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/8 "2022-04-26T18:12:48Z")
Mmmmm Bacon!! I love bacon. And what a wonderful tradition to eat a piece of bacon for every year you’ve been alive on your birthday. That is way better than candles, which any reasonable person would use to wish for bacon… wait, what’s this I see? That’s not 60 pieces of bacon, it’s maybe 3. I hope you had the other 57 rashers on the side. Hey! 60 years, that’s something! You should stop talking about bacon for a few minutes and focus on that. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/9 "2022-04-26T19:05:28Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I forgot to wish you a Happy Birthday, **squeegee**. Well, I’m waiting 🤨 😆 Thank you! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Happy Birthday, **squeegee**! Thanks, @Johnny_L.A ! > [@kayaker](#): > > Happy birthday! Thanks, @kayaker ! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/10 "2022-04-26T19:06:41Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Hey! 60 years, that’s something! You should stop talking about bacon for a few minutes and focus on that. You’re right, 21,915 Terran Rotations is an accomplishment. Go me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/11 "2022-04-26T19:08:37Z")
Happy Bacon-y Birthday! I tried to do something special for my 50th, but I over-reached, and the whole world shut down. For last year all the restaurants were closed, and we were allowed only very limited contact, so birthday dinner was at a friend’s place. This year I went back to tradition and went to a restaurant for my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/12 "2022-04-28T00:52:55Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Happy Bacon-y Birthday! Belated thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/13 "2023-04-26T15:44:19Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/eWbpQib.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/eWbpQib) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/14 "2023-04-26T17:06:55Z")
A day worth celebrating indeed! \*\*🎉🥳🎊🎂🎉🥳🎊 (How’d you get those eggs cooked so perfectly?) that’s my idea of a perfect breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/15 "2023-04-26T17:20:19Z")
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm… alpha-numeric breakfast meats. Happy bacon to you Happy bacon to you We’ll see next go-round When you’ll be 62. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/16 "2023-04-26T17:29:51Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > (How’d you get those eggs cooked so perfectly?) Yeah, I was going to say they look a lot better than the others upthread. So, happy birthday! Looks like you’re off to a good start. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/17 "2023-04-26T17:35:23Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > (How’d you get those eggs cooked so perfectly?) that’s my idea of a perfect breakfast I cooked the bacon, my lady friend cooked the eggs. Perfect harmony. 🫶 ☺ Thanks y’all for the birthday wishes!! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-cake-day-to-me/963493/18 "2023-04-26T17:49:28Z")
Reminder, if anyone else wants to post a fun BDay pic on their cake day, this is the place.