# It's my birthday and there's no cake. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901 "2017-08-06T09:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/21 "2017-08-07T08:52:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The cake is a lie. 😉 > > But happy birthday. 🎂🎈🎈 > [@kambuckta](#): > > Thanks **cochrane**. Had to look twice at the red things after the cake…they look like sunburnt sperm really. 😉 > > And the icing on the (non-existent) cake was that the local Chinese take-out, after me perusing the menu for nearly an hour trying to pick the perfect meal, decided they weren’t going to be open today. I ended up with fish and chips from the only take-away joint in town. > > I think I’ll remember this birthday for some time…even without cake. 😕 Those balloons are red for you? They show up blue on my tablet. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/22 "2017-08-07T08:59:47Z")
… and black for me. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/23 "2017-08-07T10:05:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 Those balloons are red for you? > > They show up blue on my tablet. Weird. > [@Princhester](#): > > … and black for me. [Emojipedia](https://emojipedia.org/balloon/) shows that they ought to be red, but it depends on your device/browser/app. I see red. Meanwhile to **Kambuckta** I say: 🎊🎂🎉🎁 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/24 "2017-08-08T08:53:05Z")
I am finally home after an epic ROAD TRIP with a 90 yr old lady with ever-so-slight memory problems. Like pre-charging her mobile phone, remembering the name of the motel we were booked at, and phone numbers of her immediate family members who were due to take her to the venue. But apart from all of that, it was a freakin’ journey of joy. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world (well, except for the bit when Beryl went psycho after I pulled off the highway to a windy and crotchety secondary road that I preferred…but we won’t talk about that now). Still waiting for cake. I shall go to the supermarket in the morning and buy one and EAT IT FOR FUCKING BREAKFAST, just because I can. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/25 "2017-08-08T12:05:13Z")
The ice cream man don’t forget the ice cream. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/26 "2017-08-08T14:55:24Z")
you can cry if you want to ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/27 "2017-08-08T15:25:47Z")
I have a friend who’s a personal assistant / social worker who briefly had a client who only wanted alcohol and birthday cakes. That’s it - every 2-3 days, a call for more alcohol and a birthday cake. I guess my point is you may need alcohol too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/28 "2017-08-09T23:57:02Z")
It’s about 36 hours since **kambuckta** got home in her evening time after her epic journey. So her breakfast cake has probably been and gone by now. Perhaps along with **Randolph** ’s idea of some booze to wash it down in style\*. So, **kambuckta**. How was it? What flavor(s) did you get? Pix? =========== - Years ago when I lived in Las Vegas we’d occasionally decide to go out for prime rib and scotch … for breakfast. It’s far better than it sounds. If you’re gonna live in Vegas, you gotta live Vegas style at least a little bit. Not too much too often though or it’ll wreck ya fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901/29 "2017-08-10T01:51:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So, **kambuckta**. How was it? What flavor(s) did you get? Pix? Ha, no cake yet. I did manage to down a few ‘rum balls’ that my daughter had made in my absence though, so have had a goodly dose of chocolate. And a glass or three of wine, Chardonnay to be precise. 😉 Thanks for the birthday wishes folks. 🙂 =========== - Years ago when I lived in Las Vegas we’d occasionally decide to go out for prime rib and scotch … for breakfast. It’s far better than it sounds. If you’re gonna live in Vegas, you gotta live Vegas style at least a little bit. Not too much too often though or it’ll wreck ya fer sure. [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-theres-no-cake/792901.md?page=1)