# Hey, it's my 42nd birthday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047 "2006-09-01T05:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/1 "2006-09-01T05:54:16Z")
Not a notable round-number birthday or anything, and I don’t feel any older, but there it is: I turn 42 today, Sept. 1. A Virgo, I share a birthday with Lily Tomlin, Rocky Marciano, Ann Richards, and Gloria Estefan. The Great Fire of London, Sherman capturing Atlanta, the Germans invading Poland and starting World War II, Robert Ballard finding the _Titanic_, aaaaand I was born. A mixed bag, to say the least. No big plans. Lunch with some friends, gifties with my wife and three boys after work, and a quiet dinner at home. Well, as quiet as it ever is with the boys! Maybe go to a late show; “V for Vendetta” is being shown by a nearby college film society. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/2 "2006-09-01T06:01:53Z")
Happy birthday, bon anniversaire etc. I had my 42nd in May this year. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/3 "2006-09-01T06:26:44Z")
Congratulations! And feliz cumpleaños too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/4 "2006-09-01T06:54:38Z")
Happy Birthday! Also a Virgo, I share a birthday with Cameron Diaz, although I really would have liked to have shared my birthday with Cameron Diaz, if you know what I mean… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/5 "2006-09-01T07:54:47Z")
Happy Birthday, yeah, yeah yeah! Here’s a look at [pop culture in 1964](http://www.pophistorynow.com/1964_popculturefilesbyyear.htm). I liked the Beatles just fine, but I preferred Mancini and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Wonderful music then. You know, I’m old enough to be your mother! Have a great day, young man! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/6 "2006-09-01T09:46:41Z")
42 is the greatest, I can’t wait to try it out myself. Congrats and enjoy your day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/7 "2006-09-01T10:41:42Z")
Happy birthday. It’s also my college bf’s bday – he’s, yikes, 57 today – so I sent him [this](http://www.chroniclebooks.com/site/catalog/index.php?main_page=pubs_postcards_cards_detail&postcard_id=4&isbn=0811842029&cat=Pop+Culture&store=books) card. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/8 "2006-09-01T12:21:35Z")
Happy Birthday! I remember this day in 1964…first week of first grade. In a few more years I could have been your babysitter! Well, if you’d lived closer, that is. Get a sitter for those boys and eat out tonight! There was a great new place in the **Plain Dealer** yesterday…but I can’t remember the name. Oh well, have a great day! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/9 "2006-09-01T13:28:54Z")
Happy birthday! _Felicxan Jardatrevenon!_ 1 September 1964, eh? I was… um, one year and three weeks old. But it still means I outrank you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/10 "2006-09-01T13:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] Happy birthday, bon anniversaire etc. I had my 42nd in May this year. [/QUOTE] Me too. Mine was the 9th. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/11 "2006-09-01T15:09:38Z")
Happy Birthday! I also turned 42 in May of this year. The 19th, to be exact. I’ve enjoyed it so far, but I’m not having any more birthdays. I’ve decreed it and this will be the law. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/12 "2006-09-01T15:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] …But it still means I outrank you! 😃 [/QUOTE] By Doper seniority and postcount, of _course_ you do! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/13 "2006-09-01T15:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Happy Birthday! Also a Virgo, I share a birthday with Cameron Diaz, although I really would have liked to have shared my birthday with Cameron Diaz, if you know what I mean… 😉 [/QUOTE] I know just what you mean: [http://www.efrendz.com/channels/pictures/aa/actress/cameron\_diaz/enlarge/8.jpg](http://www.efrendz.com/channels/pictures/aa/actress/cameron_diaz/enlarge/8.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/14 "2006-09-01T15:51:32Z")
Happy Birthday you mere slip of a young man. I started 5th grade the day you were born. Have a great day and **GIT OFF’N MAH LAWN!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/15 "2006-09-01T15:55:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I share a birthday with Lily Tomlin, Rocky Marciano, Ann Richards, and Gloria Estefan. [/QUOTE] Pikers all. More importantly, you share a birthday with **Me.** (I’m 37 today.) For attempting to steal My thunder, you shall get no cake. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/16 "2006-09-01T16:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Pikers all. More importantly, you share a birthday with **Me.** (I’m 37 today.) For attempting to steal My thunder, you shall get no cake. 😉 [/QUOTE] Happy birthday **Cervaise**! Yay! A doper I’ve actually met. You are a mere babe in arms. Now, **GIT OFF’N MAH LAWN!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/17 "2006-09-01T16:50:26Z")
Happy birthday!! I’d reminisce about my 42nd, but it was so long ago, I can’t remember it… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/18 "2006-09-01T17:24:50Z")
I just saw your thread and said, wow, Elendil is getting up there. Then it occurred to me, you and I are the same age. ☹ Well, happy birthday. I hope you are accepting middle age better than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/19 "2006-09-01T17:28:43Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/20 "2006-09-01T17:32:42Z")
Happy Birthday! Nothing better’n a birthday on a Friday – I hereby give you permission to slack off the rest of the day. Oh, and as a 55-year-old, let me be the first to tell you: “Get the hell of my lawn, ya’ damn kid!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047.md?page=2)