# Time to celebrate August SD birthdays! :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932 "2004-08-02T05:23:01Z")\ **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:** [August 2, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/1 "2004-08-02T05:23:01Z")
Would have done this last night, but was at a wedding banquet and too tired when I got home. (spent the day with my favorite person! :D) It’s time to celebrate Straight Dope August birthdays… if your birthday’s in August or you want to wish people a happy birthday, here’s your place to do it. 🙂 \*\* AUGUST 1: BraheSilver, JellyfishRhythm, Bomb Bay Doors, NinjaChick 2: Sam Lowry, herownself 3: Velma 4: dalovindj, pipefitter 5: curwin, AudreyK 6: Nymysys, kambuckta, JBERGES, Thunder, NothingMan 7: Big Kahuna Burger 8: lolagranola, Sunspace, AntaresJB 9: beerchick, leechbabe 10: Ice Wolf, Highlander, LilCutie, Robot Arm, Maastricht 11: Biba, JackBatty, AV8R, The Surb 12: Chef Scott, angelabaca, Lily of the Valley, Mr. Excellent 13: bubba jr 14: 15: 16: Jane D’oh! 17: jools 18: islandgirl, gobear, MrO, Toaster52 19: Dick Macy, El Gui, dippindots, Blackeyes, AllShookDown 20: dutchboy208, Brynda 21: Arnold Winkelried, LurkMeister, Pencepon, levdrakon, aaaaaarg 22: RealityChuck, dpr, chestnutmare, Cicada2003 23: 24: Mr. Blue Sky, Kiffa, Winnowill, prisoner6655321, koeeoaddi 25: 26: auRa, wyldelf, garius 27: DrMatrix, misstee 28: SpoilerVirgin, interface2x, imthjckaz, flodnak, Flymaster, CrankyAsAnOldMan, Happy Scrappy Hero Pup, Angua, Bruce\_Daddy 29: Saint Zero 30: Monstre, IDemandBeer, RandMcnally, Quantum Butterfly, Sternvogel 31: VenusProbe\*\* **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!” Hope you all have a good birthday, and a great year to come! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/2 "2004-08-02T10:43:29Z")
[Bomb Bay Doors’ Mommy] Thanks! Aaron had a great birthday yesterday. My baby is growing up! _snif_ Robin ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/3 "2004-08-02T12:29:55Z")
Blimey - how did you know it was mine? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/4 "2004-08-02T12:47:15Z")
Count me in as August 12 please 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/5 "2004-08-02T12:55:42Z")
Daaaamn … nine of us on the same day?? Thanks for the wishes! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/6 "2004-08-02T12:59:06Z")
Correction: I’m August 2nd. Posted after midnight, y’see…but in retrospect, that’s not so great for a board that spreads over many many timezones. :smack: D’oh. Happy birthday to all of yous folks. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/7 "2004-08-02T13:01:31Z")
My birthday is the 23rd, not the 21st. And this Wednesday, the 4th, would have been my wife’s 70th birthday. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/8 "2004-08-02T13:05:41Z")
\ Clearing throat \ **HAAAAPYYYY BIIIIRTHDAAAAY TOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAAPYYYY BIIIIRTHDAAAAY TOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAAPYYYY BIIIIRTHDAAAAY AUGUST DOOOOPERRRRS!!! HAAAAPYYYY BIIIIRTHDAAAAY TOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/9 "2004-08-02T13:56:05Z")
Awwwww… you guys remembered! As a gesture of appreciation, I’ll try to find something funny to say soon. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/10 "2004-08-02T14:01:14Z")
From my own experience, and judging from that list, it is more than obvious that the smartest people are born in August… Elvis notwithstanding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/11 "2004-08-02T14:04:15Z")
Happy Birthday to my fellow August-born dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/12 "2004-08-02T14:15:47Z")
> [@garius](#): > > Blimey - how did you know it was mine? From [your post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201622&highlight=August+Birthdays) in the thread started with the same name this time last year! :wally 😛 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/13 "2004-08-02T14:39:17Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > From [your post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=201622&highlight=August+Birthdays) in the thread started with the same name this time last year! :wally 😛 Ah. Sorry - they say when you hit 24 the mind starts to go ☹ How are your 50th birthday preparations going by the way? And why haven’t i had an invite yet?! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/14 "2004-08-02T14:41:20Z")
> [@garius](#): > > Ah. Sorry - they say when you hit 24 the mind starts to go ☹ :eek: Then I’m in for it then, old man! > [@](#): > > How are your 50th birthday preparations going by the way? And why haven’t i had an invite yet?! Hey! I haven’t even reached 50/2 yet! And besides, I’m younger than you. 😛 Not by much, but younger none the less. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/15 "2004-08-02T14:54:21Z")
true, you are. And you still don’t look a day over 21. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/16 "2004-08-02T14:56:12Z")
> [@garius](#): > > true, you are. And you still don’t look a day over 21. And you still get carded in pubs. 😉 BTW, the extent of my birthday celebratory plans involve two words: ‘pub’ and ‘beer’. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/17 "2004-08-02T15:02:09Z")
Actually its been ages since i’ve been carded in a pub, despite the fact that i look about 12. i think the Nicholas Cage hairline normally tips them off that i’m legal. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/18 "2004-08-02T15:04:40Z")
> [@garius](#): > > i think the Nicholas Cage hairline normally tips them off that i’m legal. :eek: Bwahahaha!!! Incidentally, if you’re not hungover after _your_ birthday celebrations, and fancy braving Branson’s trains, you’re more than welcome to join in my day of drunken debauchery. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/19 "2004-08-02T15:05:01Z")
Good lord there are alot of us, aren’t there? Happy Birthday, everyone! I am August 1st, so mine’s over with. I’m 29 this year. Next year will be bad for me - 30 is going to be my scary year. Feliz Cumpleanos, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932/20 "2004-08-02T16:27:28Z")
I will be 40 on August 29. Same B-day as Michael Jackson :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-august-sd-birthdays/257932.md?page=2)