# It's time to celebrate SDMB May birthdays! :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314 "2003-05-01T04:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/1 "2003-05-01T04:16:24Z")
It’s a new month… the merry month of May, as was said a long time ago. With a new month, comes new birthdays to celebrate. (ore just recognize, if you’re not the celebratory type) Even if it’s “just another day” to you, they still deserve some remarking upon. So without further preamble, here are the **SDMB May Birthdays** : **Snooooopy ForgottenLore xanadu PlanMan Zyada Ringo a\_gherkin Washte zephonith ladybug Angkins sc913 jkbelle Montfort blur _(did you change your name to roadkiller? I can’t remember…)_ Angel of the Lord lieu peedin iconoplast Darwin’s Finch** Post here if your birthday is in May, or you simply want to with the May babies a happy birthday. 🙂 **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVERYONE!!!** 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!” May you all have happiness, blessings, and joy galore this year… take care of yourselves! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/2 "2003-05-01T04:18:07Z")
Can I put myself on this list? 😛 😛 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/3 "2003-05-01T04:24:42Z")
Oops! Upon double-checking my list on screen as compared to the list I have in my Doper Birthday BootyBase Notebook[sup]TM[/sup], I discovered that I forgot one important May person: **Miss Creant** Sorry, that was not intentional. that’s what I get for trying to do the list slightly out of order… I forget who I’ve included and who I’ve not… suppose I’m lucky there weren’t any duplicates F\_X ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/4 "2003-05-01T04:38:56Z")
Happy birthday everyone! [hijack]And for all you Diana Gabaldon/_Outlander_ series fans out there, don’t forget to celebrate the birthday of James Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser on May 1! Maybe wear plaid and eat some strawberries. Or do some “mmphmming” if you know what I mean…😉 [/hijack] ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/5 "2003-05-01T04:47:00Z")
**Marley23** : Sure you can! Only you might want to give us the day of your birthday (not necessarily the year), so we can think about you on the day. Even if the thought is something like: “Gee, it’s **Marley23** ’s birthday today… hope he’s having a good one! Maybe I should email him to give him birthday wishes…” 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/6 "2003-05-01T04:48:59Z")
Happy birthday! 🙂 Mines in October by the way _nudge nudge_ ---
**Author:** ![sheepi83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sheepi83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sheepi83)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/7 "2003-05-01T04:49:14Z")
My burfday is on May 24th! Happy burfday to me in 24 days! I’ll be 20. WOo… ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/8 "2003-05-01T04:55:39Z")
Hey, **beegirl13** … admit it: you knew I was a fan of the _Outlander_ series too. Hence why you posted that in this thread… right? 😃 (of course, I suppose I’m a little less than a super fan… since I couldn’t tell you the birthdays of any character in that story wirhout looking it up first in my companion volume!) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/9 "2003-05-01T04:56:16Z")
Hey, no problem. I’ll be 21 on May 19. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/10 "2003-05-01T05:02:54Z")
**green\_bladder** : I’m sure yours is in October, but you don’t expect me to divine the date through divine intervention… do you? Give me the date, and this hamsterette will be happy to put it in her book of such things. Oh, and the last phrase of my last post should read: “… I couldn’t tell you the birthdays of any character in that **series without** looking it up first…” F\_X ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/11 "2003-05-01T05:07:22Z")
Thanks, **Marley23**! It’s been duly noted down. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/12 "2003-05-01T05:37:42Z")
\*\* Flamsterette\_X \*\*, mine would be the 26th of October. Thanks. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/13 "2003-05-01T07:42:45Z")
Not a problem, **green\_bladder** … I’m always one to spread positivity and joy! 😃 Oh, here’s one more thing: in my OP, the “ore just recognize…” part should of course read “ **or** just recognize…” I’m thinking I should lay off typing for the day / night, and just get to bed. (or read a book or something… I’ve had way too many typos today for my taste) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/14 "2003-05-01T07:48:43Z")
Mind as well add me to the list. Mine is May 15th. (ides of May?) So yes please, think of me on my birthday. Because if this year is anything like past years, I’ll be too scatter-brained to remember that it’s my birthday when the time comes. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/15 "2003-05-01T08:01:33Z")
**Theios** : Too scatter-brained, eh? Well… my friend Dylan is infamous for not actually remembering his own birthday. He somehow forgets it’s his birthday on Feb. 5… it’s not that he WANTS to forget it, he just does every single year, and multiple times in a day. On his birthday in 2002, his brother called him from Toronto… Dylan wondered why he was calling. His brother informed him that it was his birthday! Then his friends called him some time later to make dinner plans. Having already forgotten that it was his birthday, Dylan asked why the dinner plans. Yep… it was his birthday. Then this year, he wondered what his mom was doing up so early cooking in the kitchen. He went to ask her, and got back: “It’s your birthday, son… and I’m making your favorite food.” Later on, he forgot his birthday once more… thus, he was surprised when he received birthday ecards from his ex Andrea and our friend Irene. Let’s just say that reminded him it was his birthday! (the birthday card I gave him earlier in the week should have reminded him of his own birthday, too) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/16 "2003-05-01T09:47:14Z")
Flamsterette\_X, Yep. That’s pretty much how it is with me too. The whole day is spent wondering why people are being so nice to me and having them remind me it’s my birthday. The fun begins when I start getting confused as to how old I am. This year, my PalmPilot informs be that I’ll be 34. But, I’ve been saying I was almost 34 for a few months now. So when my birthday arrives, I’ll say I’m 35. People will disagree and I’ll get all confused. The last few years, my brain knows that it will get confused, and will start subtracting years to compensate. But it won’t remember if it has already compensated. So I end up telling people I am 33. Fun times! (thank God for the PDA) ---
**Author:** ![CalvinHobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CalvinHobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalvinHobbes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/17 "2003-05-01T10:07:22Z")
Another May birthday checking in - I’ll be (gulp) 40 on the 15th! But since my 30s were rather difficult (divorce, surgeries etc.) I’m looking forward to what’s ahead. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/18 "2003-05-01T10:59:49Z")
My birthday is in September, but my best friend’s birthday is in May. Today, in fact. Wish him a happy 17th. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/19 "2003-05-01T11:26:34Z")
You can add me to that list as well. I’ll be 23 on May 20. ---
**Author:** ![Bunnylady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bunnylady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bunnylady)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314/20 "2003-05-01T12:58:28Z")
Woohoo! Marley23 and I share a birthday! Mine’s May 19 as well. I’m a bit older than he is though, going for “the big 4-0.” Hey, you can’t help getting older, but that doesn’t mean you have to grow up! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-celebrate-sdmb-may-birthdays/172314.md?page=2)