# Today is my 50th birthday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153 "2014-09-01T15:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/61 "2014-09-03T20:36:41Z")
Happy belated birthday! Get that colonoscopy scheduled now! ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/62 "2014-09-03T20:48:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, everyone. > > **Grrlbrarian** , here’s the ginger drops recipe: [A kickass ginger snaps recipe - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=338513). Let me know what you think. Hurrah, thanks for the recipe! I shall 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/63 "2014-09-04T02:16:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, everybody! I have the day off anyway. No cake today - instead, my wife’s world-famous homemade ginger drop cookies, by my request. Now that I have heard of them while sitting here in Bangkok, they literally really are world famous. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/64 "2014-09-04T03:16:36Z")
Now you need to not only _hear_ of them in Bangkok, but bake and _eat_ them in Bangkok. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/65 "2014-09-04T15:14:47Z")
My parents and two sisters and their husbands are coming up for dinner on Sat. at one of our favorite restaurants. **Elendil** palooza '14 just keeps going! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/66 "2014-09-04T15:22:18Z")
Yeah, you better keep it down; some people need to sleep! KIDS! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/67 "2014-09-04T15:58:49Z")
Sorry. Hey, we passed 1000 views! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/68 "2014-09-05T01:34:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Sorry. > > Hey, we passed 1000 views! Woohoo! Just to make you feel old---- In the old days, you might get modded for post padding. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/69 "2014-09-05T01:46:27Z")
> [@Julius\_Henry](#): > > Happy birthday, youngster. It’s not as scary as you thought it would be, is it. And for the record, I turn 57 in a few months and AARP still hasn’t caught wind of me. What do you do, move without leaving a forwarding address every six weeks? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/70 "2014-09-06T04:52:03Z")
He might have been living under an assumed name all along. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/71 "2014-09-06T05:04:13Z")
Oh fuck. I missed this thread originally, and then thought it was too late to contribute: but the damned thread will never die. So, happy birthday my 50ish ELO and Star Trek loving mate. It’s a livin’ thing, so live long and prosper mon ami. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/72 "2014-09-07T04:06:20Z")
Many thanks, **Leaffan**! My parents and both sisters and brothers-in-law came up for dinner tonight; lots of good stories and laughs; presents and cake after. All’s well. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/73 "2014-09-07T06:37:59Z")
“… _thread will never die_ …”, yeah, maybe not literally _never_, but I get this weird feeling that **Elendil’s Heir** ’s 50th birthday will get dragged on out all the way to September First. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/74 "2014-09-07T07:30:38Z")
In honour of [Elendil’s Heir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFljpJdYRKM). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/75 "2014-09-07T15:17:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > So I’ve completed a half-century… hard to believe! I really don’t feel any older. I’m blessed with good health, a loving family, a good job and all my friends, near and far, on the Dope and off. I could’ve done without the recent (unsolicited) arrival of an AARP membership card, though… Belated Happy Birthday wishes. Now get off my lawn! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/76 "2014-09-08T01:59:57Z")
Happy birthday! My 50th was in February ---
**Author:** ![Boomstick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@Boomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/77 "2014-09-08T05:25:50Z")
Happy Birthday OP. Hope you had a good one ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/78 "2014-09-08T17:39:08Z")
Happy belated birthday! I just celebrated my 50th too…you’re 4 days older than me, old man 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/79 "2014-09-09T00:55:57Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In honour of [Elendil’s Heir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFljpJdYRKM). My thanks to all, and esp. to **Leaffan** for the ELO link. One of their best songs, I think! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153/80 "2014-09-09T01:11:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My thanks to all, and esp. to **Leaffan** for the ELO link. One of their best songs, I think! Somehow, I knew you were a fan. 😉 (Me too.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-50th-birthday/697153.md?page=3)