# Happy UnBirthday, Coldfire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328 "2003-02-25T03:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/1 "2003-02-25T03:19:22Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=165307) , **Coldfire** expressed a sentiment that he hadn’t received a birthday thread of his own. So, happy unbirthday, **Coldfire**. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/2 "2003-02-25T03:32:24Z")
Hey, it’s my unbirthday too! Buncha ingrates. I knew you all loved the Dane more than me. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/3 "2003-02-25T03:33:33Z")
[sub]Dane? Dutch. I swear those keys are, like, _right_ next to each other on my keyboard.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/4 "2003-02-25T03:47:21Z")
I sort of envy you, **Coldie** ; I could do with a few unbirthdays. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/5 "2003-02-25T04:09:50Z")
\*\*Ino \*\*! But your location says you live in \*de-nial \* . I’m sooo confused. So, in the effort of political correctness: \*\*Happy Un-Birthday to all the Furren Dopers \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/6 "2003-02-25T04:12:23Z")
First **Uncle Beer** , now **Coldie** … …when will it all end? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/7 "2003-02-25T04:29:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*Buncha ingrates. I knew you all loved the Dane more than me. \*\* For a second I thought you typed “dame.” Come to think of it, I’m not sure which misappropriation would be worse. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/8 "2003-02-25T04:31:24Z")
Happy Whatever, **Clogboy**! And **lno** , you got called Ino again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/9 "2003-02-25T09:20:36Z")
Thank you. Even though it’s 9 days late, it’s much appreciated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/10 "2003-02-25T15:01:16Z")
Your SO should have told us. You need to Pit her. HB Coldie! ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/11 "2003-02-25T15:28:54Z")
Happy Belated Birthday. I should’ve remembered it was your birthday. Last year at my birthday party, we drank a toast and passed around a card in honor of your birthday. I don’t know if you got the card, but the picture of your toast is [here](http://www.arborwood.com/awforums/data/forum_graphics/616.title.1014078817.jpeg). Your birthday card is even in the picture. Ah well, happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/12 "2003-02-25T17:10:55Z")
In honor of **Coldfire’s** un-birthday, I plan to un-bake a cake and un-wrap some presents today. Happy Un-Birthday to all mods and dopers alike! ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/13 "2003-02-25T17:53:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Thank you. Even though it’s 9 days late, it’s much appreciated. 😃 \*\* What are you talking about? When I asked you why you didn’t give me one last year, you made excuses about it. I was just returning the favor, since you seemed to think they were unnecessary. (I did think about giving you a thread, but you actually sounded like you were against them, last year.) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/14 "2003-02-25T18:25:47Z")
Uh-oh. You’re in deep, deep shit now, Coldie. That’ll teach ya to open your cakehole. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/15 "2003-02-25T18:58:12Z")
Uh-oh indeed. 🙂 I don’t even know anymore what my excuses were last year for not giving **Heloise** a B-Day thread. I’m certainly not _against_ them. Uh… you’ll get two for your next birthday. How’s that dear? 🙂 [sub]We cool now, right?[/sub] 😉 Love the toast picture, Grace! Quite frankly, I don’t remember getting the card. Of all the things to go missing in the mail! ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/16 "2003-02-25T20:35:16Z")
Hey Coldfire… Happy unbirthday… enjoy a sinassappelsap (did I spell that right?) at one of your fine cafes… ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/17 "2003-02-25T20:48:12Z")
Oh and since you will be out celebrating anyway, can you nip across the border to Antwerpen and send me vijf biers alstublieft. Jupiler preferably since we can’t buy that here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/18 "2003-02-26T00:12:00Z")
“Sinaasappelsap”, so you almost got it right. 🙂 I love Antwerpen. The plural is “bieren”, BTW, but when you’re ordering, you’d just say “vijf bier”. Of course, a true Belgian would then ask “What kind? We have thousands!”, whereas an Amsterdam bartender will just pour you a Heineken straightaway. In Holland, beer usually means pilsner unless stated otherwise. In Belgium, it’s the other way 'round. 😃 Jupiler is a good beer, but it tends to give me headaches when I drink more than a few bottles of it. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/19 "2003-02-26T00:32:24Z")
Wait a minute. You are willing, on some occasions, to drink Heineken? And then you have the unmitigated gall to turn around and insult American beer? I’m not talking about Budweiser and similar crap, which does indeed suck, but real American beer. And what is with this Un-birthday crap, anyway? Now I have to suck up to you guys 364 days a year instead of just one? Unless I still have to suck up on your actual birthdays anyway, in which case it’s 365. This sucks. But happy belated birthday anyway, ya’ glog dancin’ jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328/20 "2003-02-26T00:48:35Z")
In Amsterdam, Heineken is often the only choice. And hey, at least it’s not Amstel, or worse, the dreaded Oranjeboom. My pilsner of choice is Grolsch (or either Alfa or De Kroon, but both are hard to come by around these parts). And yes, Heineken is a pretty poor excuse for a beer, as is Budweiser. And HELL YES, there are some awesome American beers out there. I just wish those would make it over in bigger numbers than the regular Budweiser, Coors, and Rolling Rock I tend to find in liquor stores here. I wouldn’t mind buying a pack of Sam Adams every now and then. As it is, I’m drinking a Murphy’s Irish Red. Of course, Murphy’s is owned by… Heineken. You just can’t win. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-unbirthday-coldfire/157328.md?page=2)