Happy Birthday, aderyn_du!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:05 pm

::before he misses the thing,
(which would be normal...but who needs normal?)::

Happy Birthday, Ad.

and many happy returns,
Denny

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:11 pm

Denny wrote:and many happy returns,

What, exactly, are "happy returns"? When I have to return something I bought I'm not happy, and I'm not sure why I ever would be happy about it. I'd be happy if the #$%@ thing worked/fit/whatever in the first place.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:15 pm

jsluder wrote:
Denny wrote:and many happy returns,
What, exactly, are "happy returns"? When I have to return something I bought I'm not happy, and I'm not sure why I ever would be happy about it. I'd be happy if the #$%@ thing worked/fit/whatever in the first place.

It's like Jack Benny...every year he turned 39...

over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:17 pm

Denny wrote:
jsluder wrote:
Denny wrote:and many happy returns,
What, exactly, are "happy returns"? When I have to return something I bought I'm not happy, and I'm not sure why I ever would be happy about it. I'd be happy if the #$%@ thing worked/fit/whatever in the first place.
It's like Jack Benny...every year he turned 39...

over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

39? What an old f*rt! I've been 35 for years.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:27 pm

Indeedius, happius birthdayius!

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:17 pm

jsluder wrote:
Denny wrote:
jsluder wrote: What, exactly, are "happy returns"? When I have to return something I bought I'm not happy, and I'm not sure why I ever would be happy about it. I'd be happy if the #$%@ thing worked/fit/whatever in the first place.
It's like Jack Benny...every year he turned 39...

over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
39? What an old f*rt! I've been 35 for years.

Good grief! Why would you want to be 35???? This past March, I celebrated the 6th anniversary of 29th birthday

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:59 pm

jsluder wrote: Happy Birthday, aderyn_du!

From http://www.hereinreality.com/birthday/:
If your birthday is Sunday, October 16, 2005...

You share your birthday with

1708 Albrecht von Haller, the father of experimental physiology
1758 Noah Webster, lexicographer
1854 Oscar Wilde, wit
1888 Eugene O'Neill, dramatist (Desire Under the Elms) (Nobel 1936)
1890 Paul Strand, photographer
1925 Angela Lansbury
1927 G?nter Grass, German novelist, poet (The Tin Drum)
1946 Suzanne Somers
1958 Tim Robbins
1962 Flea
1975 Kellie Martin

Other things that happened on this day

World Food Day.
1846 Dentist William T. Morton demonstrates the effectiveness of ether
1859 John Brown attacks the armory at Harper's Ferry.
1869 A hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing.
1916 Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic, in New York.
1962 Cuban missile crisis begins: JFK learns of missiles in Cuba.
1964 Brezhnev & Kosygin replace Krushchev as head of Russia
1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1970 Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt, succeeds Gamal Nassar.
1973 Henry Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul I
1982 Shultz warns US will withdraw from UN if it excludes Israel.
1982 Mt Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet 13th return
1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip.

What an incredible day!

Oh...very cool. I knew that I shared a birthday with Oscar Wilde, Angela Lansbury, and Suzanne Somers, but I had no idea about Flea. Rock!! I also didn't know that Margaret Sanger opened her first clinic on October 16th. That is way cool.

To also share the day with monumental events in indoor plumbing and ether-- wow, what can I say?

Well, there is one thing: thanks for all the well-wishes on my bday, my Chiffy friends!

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:26 am

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:14 am

Happy Birthday and thanks for buying my F flute.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:27 am

Happy Yesterday!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:18 am

Martin Milner wrote:Happy Yesterday!

You win.

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:15 pm

I hope it was wonderful, Ad! All best wishes for a year full of happy surprises ahead!

Carol

rh · Post by rh » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:59 pm

missed this one....

happy b-lated b-day Ad!

scarhand · Post by **scarhand** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:12 pm

sorry i missed it, but glad you had a great day!