wiki wrote:For special birthdays and for when the number of candles might be considered impractical or a fire hazard, special candles might be substituted for the many individual candles. These candles are in the shape of a numeral; for example, on the fifth birthday there may be one candle on the cake in the shape of the numeral 5, and on the fiftieth birthday there may be two candles on the cake, one in the shape of the numeral 5 followed by the other in the shape of the numeral 0.
Oh, I guess I'm supposed to use these then.
Well, thank goodness I didn't start a fire on the forum !
Wishing you many happy birthdays to come, Peter!
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. ~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
Happy Birthday Peter from another Peter! 50 ain't no big thing. I'm 62 and just entering the prime of my years! I'm the best whistle player in my entire neighborhood (and the only one) and getting better by the day.
Don't sweat the date on the birthday. Just enjoy the day. You are only as old as you think yourself to be. (The body occasionally protests, but ignore it's whining.)
"Let low-country intruder approach a cove
And eyes as gray as icicle fangs measure stranger
For size, honesty, and intent." John Foster West
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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