# I am 21!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980 "2003-11-13T05:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/1 "2003-11-13T05:38:27Z")
Yes! That’s right, I, bouv, am 21 as of Thursday, November 13, 2003! Hooray for me! The first alcohol I purchased, at about 12:15 AM, was a case of Saranac beer. So…I don’t feel much different, but it was funny buying the beer, becuse the cashier wished me a belated birthday, belated by fifteen minutes. ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/2 "2003-11-13T05:49:13Z")
Let’s take turns splitting each line of the lyrics: _Happy Birthday to You…_ ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/3 "2003-11-13T05:56:13Z")
_Happy birthday to you…_ Congrats! I turned 21 in September. I bought some booze in a liquor store a few weeks later, but they didn’t card me. I felt kinda cheated. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/4 "2003-11-13T05:58:53Z")
Happy Birthday To You! Enjoy and seize the day - before you know it, you’ll be wondering why the years are speeding by so quickly. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/5 "2003-11-13T06:01:23Z")
6 months to go over here. Have (a perfectly legal) one on me! ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/6 "2003-11-13T07:04:30Z")
Happy Birthday, Bouv! Have a fantastic day! ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/7 "2003-11-13T07:26:03Z")
Enjoy your birthday, although you’re still 20 in my time zone for another half hour or so. 🙂 This is a major milestone. Up until 21, your age is easy to remember. For instance, 18 is 18; 19 is one more than 18; 20 is one less than 21, and 21 is 21. After 21 is when you start to say “gee how old am I…” and need to perform quick subtraction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/8 "2003-11-13T07:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*Yes! That’s right, I, bouv, am 21 as of Thursday, November 13, 2003! Hooray for me! The first alcohol I purchased, at about 12:15 AM, was a case of Saranac beer. > > So…I don’t feel much different, but it was funny buying the beer, becuse the cashier wished me a belated birthday, belated by fifteen minutes. \*\* Wait, was that you getting yelled at with the video camera at Price Chopper? And, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/9 "2003-11-13T07:30:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cityboy916 \* > \*\*Enjoy your birthday, although you’re still 20 in my time zone for another half hour or so. 🙂 > > This is a major milestone. Up until 21, your age is easy to remember. For instance, 18 is 18; 19 is one more than 18; 20 is one less than 21, and 21 is 21. After 21 is when you start to say “gee how old am I…” and need to perform quick subtraction. 😃 \*\* I’ve had to do that since I was 15. Yeah, I’m not smart. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/10 "2003-11-13T09:23:20Z")
Just left you a message on AIM, but this is where I can do the multilingual bit. 😃 **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOUV!!!** Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!) “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” Approximate English Translation of Above: “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” Hope you have a good day and a great year to come! 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/11 "2003-11-13T13:32:17Z")
Happy Birthday! ::grumble:: All my friends have hit the 2-1 already, and I won’t until August of '04. _After_ we graduate. Where’s the fun in that? Luckily we’re not a drinking crowd… And… um… yeah, Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/12 "2003-11-13T16:53:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > \*\*Wait, was that you getting yelled at with the video camera at Price Chopper? > > And, congrats! \*\* No, must have been someone else. Actually, if was funny because my GF was with me, and she got carded too, but she was upset that the first time she bought alcohol, she wasn’t carded, but does when I buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/13 "2003-11-13T16:56:12Z")
[oldtimer] Bah! You 21-year-olds get younger every year! [/oldtimer] ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/14 "2003-11-13T17:25:36Z")
Little under two months to go over here. I have a bad feeling I’m going to be asked to work on my birthday, but I’ll give up the job if I have to. 21’st birthday, New Years Eve, in New Orleans. How can someone pass that up for $8.50 an hour? ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/15 "2003-11-13T19:01:34Z")
21 is the best birthday in my opinion. But then again I am only 25 , so maybe even more glorious ones are on the way. Anyhow, CONGRATS on making it this far and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/16 "2003-11-13T19:16:51Z")
otanjobiomedetou HAPPY BIRTHDAY ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/17 "2003-11-13T19:18:02Z")
Ah, yes, I remember when I turned 21. It was a very exciting time, what with WWI ending and the new Norma Talmadge photo-play coming out and all . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/18 "2003-11-13T20:19:14Z")
_Opens beer, reclines_ So what happens when you turn 21, again? 😉 Just kidding. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! LC ---
**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:** [November 13, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-21/212980/19 "2003-11-13T21:52:39Z")
I turned 21 back in August… Now I know what the rest of you already did; 21 is just like 20, only sicker ☹