# Today is a cool day, here's why: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342 "2012-05-09T00:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/1 "2012-05-09T00:37:26Z")
1. It’s the one day of the year you can say in one syllable (Mayth) 2. It’s my birthday 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/2 "2012-05-09T00:49:12Z")
Today is a cool day because… It’s rainy and only 55° out. I had to build a fire to take the chill out of the air. Happy Birthday **living\_in\_hell**! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/3 "2012-05-09T00:52:50Z")
Today is a cool day…because I don’t have to work overtime and can go home early enough to play around with my new PC. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/4 "2012-05-09T00:55:17Z")
Outdoor Intercourse Day is way better than a birthday, but Outdoor Intercourse Day on your birthday would be a special treat. _Hooray, Hooray, for the 8th of May!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/5 "2012-05-09T01:00:18Z")
Happy birthday, weirdo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/6 "2012-05-09T01:02:03Z")
Happy Birthday! I hope your day is better than your place of residence apparently is. 🙂 Now where is the cake? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/7 "2012-05-09T01:20:31Z")
Today is a cool day, because…well, it was a pretty normal day for me. But Happy Birthday, **living\_in\_hell**! ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/8 "2012-05-09T02:19:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Happy birthday, weirdo. 🙂 Woot yah 40 is the new day after 39! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/9 "2012-05-09T02:22:41Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Happy Birthday! I hope your day is better than your place of residence apparently is. 🙂 > > Now where is the cake? Somehow I have recently become more tolerant of others. Well except for those kids who won’t get off my front yard! I ate ca,e for breakfast and then another at dinner! Whodathunk 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/10 "2012-05-09T04:48:42Z")
Mmmm, cake for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/11 "2012-05-09T13:15:14Z")
Happy Birthday! _looks at calendar_ “Missed it by _that_ much…” ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/12 "2012-05-09T15:42:10Z")
I don’t look a day over 39! (I mean 2 days) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/13 "2012-05-09T18:29:19Z")
40 was okay - I found 41 a bit tough. I think it was the realization that they were just going to…keep…coming. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/14 "2012-05-09T19:12:13Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > 40 was okay - I found 41 a bit tough. I think it was the realization that they were just going to…keep…coming. ☹ I saw David Sedaris and Feist this weekend. Last year I saw the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Tipitinas in NOLA. The year before I saw English Beat and hung out with them after the show. The year before I spent at a spa. I have had my share of crappy bdays, so I now make them awesome. Do it! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/15 "2012-05-09T20:37:39Z")
Cool day in Hell. I get it. 🙂 Happy (belated) birthday. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-a-cool-day-heres-why/621342/16 "2012-05-09T21:41:29Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Cool day in Hell. I get it. 🙂 > > Happy (belated) birthday. Hey that’s a good one! Thank you. Yay for the grey! (gray?)😃