Sunday, May 30, 2010

STORY OF THE DAY - BIRTHDAYS

When people asked how old she was,
she would say 1009365, more or less,
because she was so glad to be alive that
she counted every day a birthday.

She had some disagreement from her
knees about the actual figures though.


This one is mine, folks, written for me.

From StoryPeople
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17 comments:

  1. PaulMay 30, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    For me too, honey.

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  2. motherameliaMay 30, 2010 at 4:14 PM

    Me three.

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  3. June ButlerMay 30, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    Must I share? I thought the thought was mine, mine, mine.

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  4. CathyMay 30, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    My knees don't disagree with me about my age, just about whether I should make them run round the block or not.

    wv - crinkt - my knees are pretty crinkt.

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  5. it's margaretMay 30, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    Happy Birthday, Grandmere. Happy Birthday!!!

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  6. June ButlerMay 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM

    Margaret, thanks. Don't forget to come back tomorrow to give me a birthday greeting again.

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  7. ginny s.May 30, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    Mimi- happy birthday to you, happy birthday to me! I just calculated that I'm 22,995 today. And boy, are my knees tired, too.

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  8. June ButlerMay 30, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    Happy Birthday, Ginny! I calculate my days at 27,575, and my knees are in bad shape.

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  9. CathyMay 30, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    Mimi! I didn't know it was your birthday. Sorry, I didn't twig. Happy birthday!!! Many happy returns etc. If you lived anywhere near me I'd bake you a cake.

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  10. June ButlerMay 30, 2010 at 7:19 PM

    Stop! Stop! It's not my real birthday! It's my everyday birthday. Like the story says.

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  11. it's margaretMay 30, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    HaHa!!! tomorrow and every day for a very very long time Grandmere.

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  12. kishneviMay 30, 2010 at 8:55 PM

    Happy everyday birthday, everyone!

    Although the lady in the "story" is a very long lived lady indeed. if she's lived more than a million days--that comes out to about 300 years. (Does that make you feel less old, Mimi?)

    At any rate, do you remember Florida's hunkiest priest?
    http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/29/1655231/cutie-is-a-priest-again-and-a.html#storylink=omni_popular

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  13. Ormonde PlaterMay 31, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    I figure that's 2,765 years old!

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  14. JimBMay 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM

    It is my real birthday, the 25th anniversary of my 39th. ;-) Birthdays are not so bad, after all I am still not dead. Lee Hayes of the Weavers wrote this verse:

    I think Lee Hayes said it well back in the last Weavers reunion concert.

    "I get up each morning and dust of my wits,
    get the newspaper and read the obit.
    And if I'm not there, I know I'm not dead,
    so I eat a good breakfast and roll back to bed."


    FWIW
    jimB

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  15. WadeMay 31, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    joyeux anniversaire Grandmère Mimi!

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  16. June ButlerMay 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    Happy Real Brithday, Jim!

    The woman in the story makes me feel younger than springtime.

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  17. June ButlerMay 31, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    Merci, mon cher Wade.

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