# It's my birthday and... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803 "2005-12-22T15:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/1 "2005-12-22T15:32:14Z")
I’m feeling down. (also more then a little bored) If any ne would care to share some silly stories, or whatever to brighten my day… I would greatly appreciate it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/2 "2005-12-22T15:35:00Z")
Wanna go out to lunch? ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/3 "2005-12-22T15:36:09Z")
Hey, it’s my birthday too! And **scout1222** ’s. It’s a good day to have a birthday! Happy birthday to us!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/4 "2005-12-22T15:39:25Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Hey, it’s my birthday too! And **scout1222** ’s. It’s a good day to have a birthday! > > Happy birthday to us!! If you want to come to Philly, you can join us at lunch – but no, I’m not treating everyone! ---
**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:** [December 22, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/5 "2005-12-22T15:47:35Z")
No stories, but I’ll sing! \ CLEARING THROAT\ \*\* HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY PAAANNNDDDOOORRRAAA!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/6 "2005-12-22T15:49:12Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Hey, it’s my birthday too! And **scout1222** ’s. It’s a good day to have a birthday! > > Happy birthday to us!! **taxi** , it’s your birthday? I’m sorry, I had no idea! you should have boasted…then again I haven’t read the MMP. I’m off there now. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/7 "2005-12-22T16:17:43Z")
> [@Pandora](#): > > I’m feeling down. (also more then a little bored) > > If any ne would care to share some silly stories, or whatever to brighten my day… > I would greatly appreciate it 🙂 Mine was three days ago. I don’t have any silly stories, but I will ask… So - how _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/8 "2005-12-22T16:18:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wanna go out to lunch? Unfortunately, I can’t… I’m the only person on support today (Thus the reason I have to work on my birthday to begin with… most of my co-workers automatically get off ontheir birthdays) So, no leaving my desk at all today. But thanks for the offer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/9 "2005-12-22T16:21:43Z")
Happy Burfday!!! No funny stories because I too am at work. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/10 "2005-12-22T16:27:07Z")
What a jerk I am. I came in here, wished \*\*taxi \*\* a birthday, and didn’t even wish the OP. In apology, I submit my favorite joke: The Hunchback of Notre Dame fell off his tower and died, and the Archbishop had to look for a replacement. Before they could put an ad in the paper, however, a man showed up at the door who looked exactly like Quasimodo. “Please, sir, Quasimodo was my brother, let me ring the bell in his stead.” So, the Archbishop agreed. But only two days later he, too, fell off the tower and died. As he was laying on the pavement a gendarme asked, "Who is he?’ And the Archbishop said, “He’s a dead ringer for his brother.” BUT WAIT! There’s more. So the Archbishop decided to go out of town to hire a new bellringer. In his absence, a man with no arms shows up at the church applying for the job. The priests wonder how he can ring the bell, and he shows them how he can ring them beautifully with his face. So they hire him. As the Archbishop is coming back unsuccessfully, he sees a crowd near the church. He rides up and finds the bellringer on the pavement. He looks familiar, somehow. One of the crowd asks him, “Archbishop, who was he?” And the Archbishop answers, “I don’t know, but his face sure rings a bell.” BA DA BING! Happy Birthday, **Pandora**! Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/11 "2005-12-22T16:36:21Z")
> [@Pandora](#): > > Unfortunately, I can’t… But thanks for the offer 🙂 Bummer. Next week is a very short week for me (I’m taking Friday off for my birthday … oops, shouldn’t’ve said that I guess) – let’s shoot for January, shall we? And here’s a joke: What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/12 "2005-12-22T16:46:00Z")
Twickster, January sounds good, get in touch with me when you get back after New Year’s and we’ll set something up. Happy birthday in advance by the way And “happy birthday”'s to all the other birthday dopers who posted. Thanks to all, your message, “songs” and jokes are definately making me smile and making my day go a bit better. Dopers are great people 🙂 (For the record, I have no one to blame for this but myself. I volunteered to work from now until new years without back-up so that my co-worker who acts as my backup could spend extra time with his family and out of town guests (he has little kids, and I don’t… he should be home with them) ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/13 "2005-12-22T16:54:39Z")
Happy Birthday Pandora. I have a joke: Why did the chicken cross the road? payoff coming… soon… To get to the other side. 🆒 Did my stupidity make you smile? Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/14 "2005-12-22T16:58:36Z")
**Pandora** , hey! You get back here! Didn’t we gods _tell_ you not to open the big shiny box? But oh, no, you just _had_ to have a little peek… …happy birthday, incidentally. 😉 _snogs_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/15 "2005-12-22T17:11:09Z")
[Will a cute kitty pic help?](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/anyrose/DSC00038.jpg) \*\*Happy Birthday! 😃 \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/16 "2005-12-22T17:23:12Z")
but the box… it was so pretty, and so tempting… who was to know? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/17 "2005-12-22T17:59:49Z")
Happy Birthday!! (to all the birthday dopers!) **Pandora** , it is very nice of you to work so your co-worker can spend time with his kids during the Christmas season. Since Mr. SCL and I don’t have kids, he would always volunteer to work first shift at the hospital so the moms and dads could have Christmas morning with the young’uns. Look at it as building up a bit of good karma. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/18 "2005-12-22T18:26:27Z")
**Pandora** , I hope you find some consolation in the fact that you’re not the only one working on your birthday. I just started a new job 2 and a half weeks ago, so I don’t have any vacation to take. Had I stayed at the old job, I would have taken today off, and gotten a 5 day weekend. Oh well, no one is really working hard today, so it’s not like I’m slaving too hard. It sucks that you can’t leave though. Being tied down to your desk isn’t fun. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/19 "2005-12-22T18:56:33Z")
Hey, Pandora! I made you a snowflake for your birthday. You can find it by going to [http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/](http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/) and searching for flake # 1801733. ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803/20 "2005-12-22T19:05:29Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Hey, Pandora! > > I made you a snowflake for your birthday. You can find it by going to [SnowDays](http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/) and searching for flake # 1801733. **Scribble** , The snowflake is truely cool. (Pun not really intended… but kinda unavoidable). Thank you! And **Scout1222** , I’m sorry you have to work on your birthday, I hope you have a wonderful day, and I hope you are enjoying your new job 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and/336803.md?page=2)