# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**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, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/21 "2006-09-01T17:42:15Z")
:smack: Crap! I scrolled down without seeing \*\*Swampbear’s \*\* post, and now I’m truly the Prince of Dorkness! Technically, though, his was aimed at **Cervaise** , so I’m still the first to say it to **Elendil’s Heir.** ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/22 "2006-09-01T20:18:06Z")
[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] Despite your peevish and unreasonable denial of cake, I’m still going to wish you a Happy Birthday, too, **Cervaise**. So there. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/23 "2006-09-01T21:40:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 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. [/QUOTE] And with me too. Today’s my birthday as well. A few years older than 42, I’m afraid (but only a few), but there you go. Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us! 😃 ---
**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 2, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/24 "2006-09-02T04:23:43Z")
Hey, Happy Birthday, **Spoons**! I’m obviously in good company… ---
**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 2, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/25 "2006-09-02T15:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Despite your peevish and unreasonable denial of cake, I’m still going to wish you a Happy Birthday, too, **Cervaise**. So there. [/QUOTE] Okay, fine. I hope each of us had a good birthday, with copious cake for all. 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/26 "2006-09-05T18:41:32Z")
We’d had my favorite cake (my wife’s family-recipe Lemon Ahead cake) just a week or two earlier, so instead she made my next-most-favorite dessert, ginger cookies, and dressed them up with icing and candles. Had a nice dinner and gifties with Mrs. Heir and the boys, and saw “V for Vendetta” later that night. Later that weekend, went to the Cleveland Natl. Air Show (the Blue Angels and a B-1B flyover were highlights), enjoyed a cookout with friends, and played in a neighborhood baseball game (getting a hit every time I was at bat). All in all, a great birthday weekend. Thanks, everybody! ---
**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 5, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047/27 "2006-09-05T18:48:31Z")
Happy birthday, **Spoons**! Hope you and **MrsSpoons** had a great one as well! And the cats too! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-my-42nd-birthday/371047.md?page=1)