# I'm turning 21 today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272 "2007-07-18T15:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/1 "2007-07-18T15:16:51Z")
At around six o’clock, I think. And I have the day off from work–so I’m lazing about in my pajamas, watching the second season of _Futurama_ and having a long hot shower and getting some writing done. It’s quiet and still outside, threatening rain, and the dog is napping while my brother plays on his computer. Life is good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/2 "2007-07-18T15:19:00Z")
So we’re almost 11 years apart. I turn 32 later this year. Happy birthday, Kyth. Hope it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/3 "2007-07-18T15:19:44Z")
Merry Birthday! **All:** ‘What day is today? It’s **Kythereia’s** Birthday, What a great day for a Birthday, Let’s all have some cake!’ **Fry:** ‘And you smell like one too!’ 😃 ---
**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:** [July 18, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/4 "2007-07-18T15:31:14Z")
Congratulations and happy birthday! Welcome to the world of bills, fine print, and worry. No, wait, that’s after you leave school. Ehhh… you’re young. Have fun. Travel. Rent a car and drive through Algonquin Park. Hang out in youth hostels, cafes in far cities, and remote landscapes. Follow dreams. Take trains. See places that are different. Learn languages. Sing. Draw. Pursue love. The real crap doesn’t kick in until after you turn thirty, anyways. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/5 "2007-07-18T16:58:05Z")
Go walk around Kensington Market and buy something cool for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/6 "2007-07-18T17:22:54Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/7 "2007-07-18T17:30:08Z")
Sounds like a perfect birthday! ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/8 "2007-07-18T17:51:57Z")
So you’ve still got a few good years left. Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/9 "2007-07-18T17:58:19Z")
Happy birthday! On my 21st (lo, many years ago) I had 2 Long Island Iced Teas… or, at least, that’s all I actually remember drinking.😃 Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/10 "2007-07-18T18:21:23Z")
Happy BIRTHDAY! To YOU ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/11 "2007-07-18T18:26:55Z")
Happy birthday darling. I’m slaving away here at work, studying like a bastard for this job. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/12 "2007-07-18T19:43:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Rent a car and drive through Algonquin Park. [/QUOTE] One advantage you have as a Canadian – many USA companies won’t let you rent a car until you turn 25. Happy birthday, **Kythereia**! I’m told I was born around 10 p.m., which may help explain why I’m a night person. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/13 "2007-07-18T19:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] So we’re almost 11 years apart. I turn 32 later this year. Happy birthday, Kyth. Hope it’s a good one. [/QUOTE] Heh, and I’m 11 years older than you. Happy Birthday **Ky**! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/14 "2007-07-18T19:58:04Z")
Happy Birthday! I will have an extra shot of vodka for you tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/15 "2007-07-18T19:59:19Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life! (Drink a beer for me!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/16 "2007-07-18T20:00:19Z")
Happy Birthday!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/17 "2007-07-18T20:03:39Z")
Happy Birthday, **Kyth**! One day, you’ll be an _old_ woman, like me. 😃 I shall make a pan of brownies in your honour today, as an offering to the great goddess who eventually got my gender correct. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/18 "2007-07-18T20:07:50Z")
Happy Birthday, Kythereia! Will someone call you on your birth-minute? I’m 38 years old, and my mom still does that to me. Hehe! Love ya mom! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/19 "2007-07-18T21:13:48Z")
Thank you so much, everyone! _passes out champagne, chocolate kisses, and stray party hats_ [QUOTE=Anaamika] So we’re almost 11 years apart. I turn 32 later this year. [/QUOTE] It’s like wine–you’re 11 years better. 😉 [QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Happy birthday darling. I’m slaving away here at work, studying like a bastard for this job. Blah. [/QUOTE] I promise to get drunk and get up to shenanigans in your honour! And I’ll try to hold onto a piece of cake for you. And you, too, **Anastaseon** , to whom I still owe a lot of grovelling (I’m sorry!). **Sternvogel** , I was apparently born during a thunderstorm. _And_ I’m a Cancer–a crab. Way to get cosmically shafted. :smack: **Tahssa** , don’t do anything I wouldn’t do (which is admittedly not much…) **SiouxChief** , I’ve never heard of that, but that sounds brilliant. Happy (early? belated?) birthday to you! And now, thanks to **Sunspace** , **Vlad/Igor** , **Khadaji** , and **Astroboy14** , I now have a checklist of things to do. Later, all. _exit, chasing after **olivesmarch4th** , clacking fins and making Zoidberg noises_ ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272/20 "2007-07-18T21:20:31Z")
Sorry for joining the party late. Happy Birthday, Kythereia. Hey, it sure is dark in here. Wait, where did everybody go?!? Damn, I got here too late. :smack: Well, I’ll try again next year. SSG Schwartz [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-21-today/412272.md?page=2)