# It's my birthday! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409 "2003-08-24T23:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/1 "2003-08-24T23:35:03Z")
Woo hoo, I’m fifty-four. We went to Grindstone Charley’s and got stuffed on shrimp and breaded tenderloins. I haven’t yet had too much too drink or too much to, ahem, but the night is young.😃 My favorite watering hole is closed on Sunday, so they’ll just have to give me my free drink tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/2 "2003-08-24T23:47:07Z")
Allow me to be the first to wish you a happy birthday. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/3 "2003-08-24T23:54:49Z")
Happy Birthday!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/4 "2003-08-25T00:28:25Z")
Yeah, what the hell. Happy Birthday. I’ll have a drink for you tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/5 "2003-08-25T00:36:03Z")
Yay! Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/6 "2003-08-25T00:52:42Z")
I’ll drink to you, too. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/7 "2003-08-25T01:13:14Z")
Well, for goodness’ sakes, happy birthday sweetie! Can’t let a nnumber like that pass by without notice. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/8 "2003-08-25T06:45:21Z")
Happy Birthday to you. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/9 "2003-08-25T06:51:48Z")
**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ASKNOTT!!!** 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 great birthday, and a felicitous year to come. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/10 "2003-08-25T11:31:34Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/11 "2003-08-25T12:53:35Z")
Happiest of birthdays to you! I’m so glad to see someone older than me, for a change! 😃 Hope you have a great day, **AskNott**! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday/197409/12 "2003-08-25T19:59:08Z")
Thank you, thank you, thank you. My cat Freckles says it’s all right for me to be a codger (a sneaky guy with falcons) if I skip the falcons. Cats and falcons don’t exactly get along. That’s probably a good compromise. I could get around the birds by buying a couple of early 1960’s compact Fords, but I never liked those. I suppose I could get a Falcone piano, but yike, they’re expensive!