.....and all the best to you.

A very happy 35th, LNCPapa.

Haha! One of my co-workers just reminded me that tomorrow is my b-day. I didn't realize that today was the 11th.

It was 12th here.

I too forgot my birthday. My wife and kids had to remind me.

Thanks ravi - my wife and kids are threatening to each make me a cake (knowing that I don't really like cake.)

Yes, today is the 12th so happy birthday, LNCPapa.

Haha. Enjoy yourself Papa, happy birthday! Thanks for being a part of Techspot.

A very Happy Birthday, LNCPapa.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday !!

Right, you know damned well the cake isn't really for you. Put in earplugs, then make them sing happy birthday to you. If you're going to suffer a placebo birthday, you might as well make it a practical joke on them. Clap when they're finished. Cap it off with , "yay, I can't wait til next year", then hide or trash every piece of bread in the house, go back to the internet. And as Marie Antoinette said, "let them eat cake"....!..

A good birthday celebration is all about the symbolism, est là, non?

BTW, Happy Birthday......

Happy Birthday (and many more).

Thanks guys! My coworkers got me as soon as I walked in the door too!

Happy Birthday!

Citation Needed.

Probably didn't happen, she was 10 at the time and in Austria.

You've heard of a "French Farce", haven't you?

Wouldn't you say my whole post qualified as one?

Well, other than the, "Happy Birthday", I meant that.

In the mind of a child of ten, the statement, "let them eat cake" could be an attempt to help. For someone that has never done without bread or cake, it offers a simplistic, but naive solution, to a problem not fully understood.

I didn't mean any harm by it either - I was just listening to some "stuff you missed in history class" podcasts last night and that was covered in one. Then this morning I see it mentioned, so I felt the urge to comment.