# Today is my birthday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450 "2011-06-22T17:03:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/21 "2011-06-23T18:15:05Z")

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> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> Hey wait…did he pay you yet?

Oh, I’ve had enough of this…

(Thanks, **ultrafilter** and **Johnny L.A.** )

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**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/22 "2017-06-22T18:47:37Z")

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It is once more my birthday. Be nice to me.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/23 "2017-06-22T18:59:30Z")

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Congrats on another trip around the sun!

I guess the rest of us will have to settle for a [very merry unbirthday](https://youtu.be/iL2Wm-PcfPo).

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/24 "2017-06-22T19:43:21Z")

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Still alive, huh? What’s been going on those last few years? Get anything accomplished?

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/25 "2017-06-22T20:38:22Z")

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Too bad you only have one every 5-7 years. Even leap year babies have one more often more that that!

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**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/26 "2017-06-22T20:57:13Z")

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I am a spin 1/6 particle. It takes me 6 trips round the sun to rack up a full birthday.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-my-birthday/586450/27 "2017-06-22T21:42:54Z")

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Congrats on another 6 orbits! Is this slow aging a relativistic effect? I noticed this kind of thing before with some of my female relatives who don’t age 1 year per orbit.

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