A guy walks into a bar and asks for three beers. The bartender puts them up and then watches the guy go through a peculiar ritual. "Happy Birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday" Each time he says the word he drinks the beer. Then he pays and walks out.
One year later he enters the bar again and orders the same thing. The bartender watches him go through the same ritual. Curious, he asks the bloke why.
"Well" the guy says, "I have a friend in Ireland and a friend in Australia. We have our birthdays on the same day. We can't be together so we have agreed that on this day we will each go into our local pub and have a round of drinks for each other. We have been doing this for 55 years since we were 18."
The next year the man comes in and asks the bartender for two beers. The bartender, a bit taken aback, places two beers in front of the guy and watches him say "happy birthday, happy birthday!"
The bartender asks "So which one died?"
"No one."
"But you only ordered two drinks!"
"Yeah, well, I've given up drinking."
[Today just happens to be MY birthday... I'm so old, I'm fartin dust!]
That's funny. I swear I left a comment to this already. Maybe I've been banned.
Anyway, fuck you, Bartender, and Happy Birthday.
By the way, it's also the Hubble's 14th birthday:
http://www.americandigest.org/mt-archives/001173.html#001173
Posted by: Harvey on April 25, 2004 12:45 PMNice redesign :) I especially like the background image ;)
Haven't been over here in awhile, just noted the new design today. Nice job on it :)
Posted by: Lisa on April 25, 2004 01:11 PMHappy Birthday!!! May you have many more drinking years.
Posted by: Teresa on April 25, 2004 04:29 PMHappy Birthday Bartender.. Oh yeah, I almost forgot Fuck You!. ;o)
Posted by: Larry on April 25, 2004 05:04 PMHappy Birthday M'Fish!
I'm not gonna sing... nope... n'uh uh.
And ummm.... fuck you?
Paul
Posted by: on April 26, 2004 12:55 AMRats... not sure why my info didn't post with that last comment... it was me.
Posted by: Light & Dark on April 26, 2004 12:57 AMHappy belated Birthday!!! And... Fuck you?
Posted by: pam on April 26, 2004 07:59 AMVery happy birthday to you.
Posted by: Simon on April 26, 2004 09:22 PMBelated Happy Birthday!!!!
Posted by: Susie on April 27, 2004 01:44 PMhappy birthday, you magnificent bastard.... I'd type more, but I have been drinking....
oh... and, many happy returns....
Posted by: Eric on April 27, 2004 06:25 PMShit, Eric, when have you EVER let a little intoxication keep you away from a keyboard? Near as I can tell, you blog drunk all the time :-P
Posted by: Harvey on April 28, 2004 10:48 AMHappy belated birthday. I'd like to say something profound, but the cow jokes knocked all sense out of me ...
Posted by: Debbye on April 29, 2004 01:54 PM