# Time to celebrate SD April birthdays! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695 "2004-04-01T08:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/1 "2004-04-01T08:31:04Z")
It’s the first of the month again, and we know what that means: time to wish our Aries and Taurus Dopers a happy birthday! Brought to you by the new Executor of the SD Birthday Thread Tradition (i.e. yours truly), and that’s no April Fool! 😃 **Astroboy14 peri Spoz Maeglin HerMajestyLorna Greywolf73 Convict MeanOldLady InternetLegend screech-owl Demigoddess burundi tavalla Sunglasses JuanitaTech vibrotronica rjk Gunslinger slice mouthbreather BioHazard little\*bit Troy McClure SF tsarina Crispy Mr. Visible pendagwen Siegfried MaxCarnage brachyrhychos Chrome Toaster MercyStreet Zunite Simetra Schnitte FallFast LeeJam HoldenCaulfield Shadez Treviathan reprise irishgirl KarlGrenze Stephi Already in Use Otto Vanilla Toast sperfur Omniscient dragongirl Wolfian DirkGntly ems Krisfer the Cat anya marie Dirty Earthworm catzpjs Mystery Dog WhetherMan Kat Lady Kal ResIpsaLoquitor Kinsey LiquidChaos Cassandra Cruktar Gangster Octupus MEBuckner Dazzling White Diamonds tiggeril** \*\* HHHHH AAAAA PPPPP PPPPP YYYYY HHHHH AAAAA PPPPP PPPPP YYYYY HHHHH AAAAA PPPPP PPPPP YYYYY HHHHH AAAAA PPPPP PPPPP YYYYY HHHHH AAAAA PPPPP PPPPP YYYYY BBBBB IIIII RRRRR TTTTT HHHHH DDDDD AAAAA YYYYY BBBBB IIIII RRRRR TTTTT HHHHH DDDDD AAAAA YYYYY BBBBB IIIII RRRRR TTTTT HHHHH DDDDD AAAAA YYYYY BBBBB IIIII RRRRR TTTTT HHHHH DDDDD AAAAA YYYYY BBBBB IIIII RRRRR TTTTT HHHHH DDDDD AAAAA YYYYY \*\* Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday” courtesy **Flamsterette\_X** : “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!” ---
**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:** [April 1, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/2 "2004-04-01T08:51:02Z")
HAHAHAHA… nice addition on the end, **cityboy**! 🙂 Told ya that you’d think of something… 😃 Happy birthday to all the April people! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/3 "2004-04-01T12:07:42Z")
Don’t I get a ‘happy birthday’? _burts into tears_ ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/4 "2004-04-01T13:48:38Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Don’t I get a ‘happy birthday’? _burts into tears_ Me too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/5 "2004-04-01T14:47:28Z")
Thanks, but I’m skipping this one this year. It’s the big three-oh. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/6 "2004-04-01T16:01:53Z")
Thank you very much! Today (April 1st) I am eleventy-one! Or 38… I forget which… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/7 "2004-04-01T16:16:11Z")
Me, too! I’m a bullhead. Or, according to the Chinese, I’m a boar. So contradictory, and yet so true. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/8 "2004-04-01T16:22:13Z")
Awww shucks… Lord, I didn’t know I was in such good company! April dopers are sexy mofos! ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/9 "2004-04-01T20:08:36Z")
Right then. My apologies to **AngelicGemma jsgoddess Aries28** Coulda sworn the three of you were already in the list; guess not. Happy Birthday to all of you! ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/10 "2004-04-01T20:24:18Z")
Thank you for my first “Happy Birthday” of the year. I don’t think I can hold that against friends & family as they technically have another week… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/11 "2004-04-01T20:25:54Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > Right then. My apologies to > > **AngelicGemma > jsgoddess > Aries28** > > Coulda sworn the three of you were already in the list; guess not. Happy Birthday to all of you! Thanks! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 2, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/12 "2004-04-02T03:09:46Z")
A bit on the mudane side, but my cat’s birthday is today. He’s 7. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/13 "2004-04-02T04:04:11Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > Coulda sworn the three of you were already in the list; guess not. Happy Birthday to all of you! There was already a **Demigoddess** on the list, and I’m almost afraid to horn in on her month. You see, I lost my divine powers in a freak hunting accident… ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/14 "2004-04-02T08:07:06Z")
Damn! I pay five bucks and I don’t even get a birthday greeting? I’m pretty sure that was in the contract. 😕 Btw, mine’s the 16th, just in case anyone wants to buy me a beer. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/15 "2004-04-02T09:12:51Z")
**AngelicGemma** , **jsgoddess** , and **Aries28** : it might be better for record-keeping purposes if you were to give us the day of your birthday. 😉 (no, of course you don’t have to give the year away… just email either of us, I suppose!) But do this only if you want, aye? 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/16 "2004-04-02T11:15:38Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > **AngelicGemma** , **jsgoddess** , and **Aries28** : it might be better for record-keeping purposes if you were to give us the day of your birthday. 😉 > > (no, of course you don’t have to give the year away… just email either of us, I suppose!) > > But do this only if you want, aye? 😃 > > F\_X 20th April 1985. So I’m approaching my 19th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/17 "2004-04-02T11:29:10Z")
Be advised that my client is prepared to take SWIFT and SURE legal action if all parties do not cease and desist any and all celebration of April birthdays immediately without payment of appropriate royalties. If you wish to celebrate said birthdays, please remit the amount of “three-fiddy” to this address: The Loch Ness Monster, Le P.O. Box Trois, Nice, France. Thank you for your cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/18 "2004-04-02T13:27:13Z")
> [@Hup the Fool](#): > > Btw, mine’s the 16th, just in case anyone wants to buy me a beer. Mine too!! What’re the odds? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/19 "2004-04-02T13:35:31Z")
I’m April 8, 1975. One more year to go until the big 3-0. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695/20 "2004-04-02T17:34:06Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Be advised that my client is prepared to take SWIFT and SURE legal action if all parties do not cease and desist any and all celebration of April birthdays immediately without payment of appropriate royalties. > > If you wish to celebrate said birthdays, please remit the amount of “three-fiddy” to this address: The Loch Ness Monster, Le P.O. Box Trois, Nice, France. > > Thank you for your cooperation. I just gave you tree-fiddy last week! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-celebrate-sd-april-birthdays/237695.md?page=2)