# Saddam Birthday Party! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518 "2004-04-28T17:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/1 "2004-04-28T17:23:37Z")
[65 today in 2002.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1955899.stm) [66 today in 2003](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Primetime/iraq_saddambirthday030428.html). [66 today](http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&oi=news&start=2&num=3&q=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1096125.htm). Say anything. Don’t hold back. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/2 "2004-04-28T17:30:48Z")
67 today. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/3 "2004-04-28T17:31:14Z")
I don’t get it. The link for today’s story says he is 67… ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/4 "2004-04-28T17:33:21Z")
I’m going golfing. I’ll try to shoot a 67 in Saddam’s honor. Since I’m only playing nine holes, a 67 is highly likely. 😉 “HBD, Saddam! Wish you were here! We’ve got the spanking machine all lined up!” ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/5 "2004-04-28T18:15:21Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > I don’t get it. The link for today’s story says he is 67… I think \*\*Iskander \*\* was pointing out the difference in how he celebrated his birthdays the last two years with this year - and typo’d the last link. 😉 I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/6 "2004-04-28T18:31:13Z")
Oh, well a little detail would have helped. Sam ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/7 "2004-04-28T18:42:16Z")
Poor guy. 67 years old and no giant pink birthday cake, no executions … _sigh_ What is the world coming to? ---
**Author:** ![New\_Iskander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@New\_Iskander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Iskander)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/8 "2004-04-28T19:29:32Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > Oh, well a little detail would have helped. So I messed up. I said later he’s 67, OK? This is a Birthday Party, OK? Torture chamber is next door. Grab another beer. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/9 "2004-04-28T19:44:45Z")
> [@New Iskander](#): > > Say anything. Don’t hold back. Okay. You’re a cockwaffle. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/10 "2004-04-28T20:57:26Z")
Betcha Saddam’s spending the day thinking, “Damn, maybe I _should_ have just signed over those oil rights to Bush…” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/11 "2004-04-28T20:59:09Z")
> [@New Iskander](#): > > Say anything. Don’t hold back. I just burped. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/12 "2004-04-28T21:04:00Z")
[Marilyn Monroe voice] Happy. Biiirthday. Toooo. You… Haaaappy. Birthdaaaaay. Tooooo. Yooooouuu. Haaaappy. Birth. Daaaayyy. Mass Murdering Piece of Shit. Haaaappy Birth. Daaayyyyy. to yoooouu. [Marilyn Monroe voice] ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/13 "2004-04-28T21:11:27Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Betcha Saddam’s spending the day thinking, “Damn, maybe I _should_ have just signed over those oil rights to Bush…” Indeed. Silly Saddam. Mrs. Bushes bush is bushy! ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/14 "2004-04-28T23:37:07Z")
Well soon in July 6 we can commemorate another creep’s birthday too ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/15 "2004-04-28T23:43:57Z")
Happy B-day Saddam you old fart! How is your \*gay lover- Satan? 😃 \*South Park cartoon reference ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/16 "2004-04-29T13:40:02Z")
Where the hell is he anyway. Iraq? America? Cuba? Na it doesn’t matter i wasn’t going to send a card anyway. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/17 "2004-04-29T13:41:49Z")
> [@Rashak Mani](#): > > Well soon in July 6 we can commemorate another creep’s birthday too I’m hoping that is our friend Bush’s B-day, I bought the card already. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/18 "2004-04-29T18:36:25Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Where the hell is he anyway. Iraq? America? Cuba? Dick Cheney’s secret underground bunker, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/19 "2004-04-29T19:24:00Z")
Amazing. You can’t even start a thread dissing Saddam fucking Hussein on this board without it turning into a Bush bashing party. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518/20 "2004-04-29T19:29:09Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > [Marilyn Monroe voice] > Haaaappy. Birth. Daaaayyy. Mass Murdering Piece of Shit. > Haaaappy Birth. Daaayyyyy. to yoooouu. > [Marilyn Monroe voice] Okay, how do i explain the laughter to the people looking over the cubicle wall? Great one, **Hamlet**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-birthday-party/242518.md?page=2)