Birthdays

What is a birthday? Why do I want to hear your definition of birthday? Who cares about your definition? Everyone should know what is a birthday! Ding-a -ling!!! Didn't we all come from the tummy of a woman??? What else is there to know? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!!! Okay, do not be mad! Get glad!!! Oh, Oh!!! Now, I feel like a commercial! Oops.Why is it that birthdays are eagerly celebrated when you are young or very old? When you are young, you like to get presents!! You couldn't care less about anything else except the presents! Your party might be in a fast food restaurant, where they give you balloons and hamburgers, or it could be in a pizza place where, of course, you eat pizza, then get tokens for the different games. Sometimes, you are unprepared for how quickly the children's tokens disappear! Then you come scrambling in your pockets to satisfy and keep the children occupied and quiet! Hmmm.... I see you smiling! Memories??? Only good memories on this occasion.Sometimes, children gets fancy. They want their birthday party in a skating rink! That is right! A skating rink! Goodness gracious, I cannot skate! You dumbo, the children would not want you to skate with them! Just book it , leave them so they can have a good time, away from the parents prying eyes! Sounds familiar?? I see heads bobbing up and down! You stay outside of the rink and just watch the kids having a good time! If they are happy and satisfied, the parents are too. Right?How about the birthday parties held in an adult atmosphere to satisfy the adults? What am I talking about? Going to a restaurant that has dancing! What? For a little girl or boy's birthday party? That is right! The little one cannot complain, he or she does not even know what is going on. All he knows is that he is getting lots of presents!!! My, Oh My!!! The aduls are sooo happy that they dance until the wee hours of the night with the poor birthday celebrant past asleep on the couch!!! This is just an excuse to get together for an evening of fun! I cannot blame anybody for this! We are just following the saying" All work and no play makes Jack a dumb boy!" Right????How about the in between ages? You out grow the parties. When you become a teenager, all you want is the green bucks to go shopping!!!! Which is good, no hassle, no mess to clean! As you turn 21, you celebrate! You can drink!!! You can drink water and pop anytime, you do not have to wait until you are 21! Ha! Ha! Ha! Oh, my gosh! You know what I am talking about! Do not pretend like an idiot. You speak English! You know what I mean!!! Okay, do not be mad, I am just playing with you!!! Ha! Ha! Then as you grow older,30s,40s, 50s or 60's, you really try to forget your birthday. You do not want to be reminded that you are old! That you are no longer a spring chicken that can do things a 20 year old can! You do not want to be reminded of the aches and pains that you feel associated with the golden years! Right? Speak for yourself! There are people in their 80's who can still function! Look at Buzz Aldrin, a contestant in the Dancing with the Stars, he can still move! Ya right, move, my butt! He cannot hardly move!!! That is why he was eliminated! And I am glad he was booted off! It seems all he can say is something about his space odyssey and being patriotic! What is wrong with that? I think that is very commendable! You are right! To this, I salute Buzz for being the second person to walk in the moon!! Hep! Hep! Hurray!!! I can never salute Buzz for dancing! Not in a million years!!!! He is very stiff and has two left feet!!! What do you expect with an 80 year old? Let me see how you function when you are 80! Oh, Oh!!! Back to birthdays.Before we go back, there is one thng bugging me.... birthday suit! When and where did it originate? Yup! I am really curious why it is called a birthday suit! When you have a birthday, you don't run around in your buff! Or is it just me? Can you imagine, if all the birthday celebrants in a given day runs around with a birthday suit, there will be a lot of birthday celebrants in jail!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Unimaginable!!!!!! That is sooo funny, but not really! So please, anyone, please enlighten me how it came about, and who started it? I am sure not a lot of people know where it came from and how the words were concocted! You agree???? Back to birthdays.......When you are 100 years old, it seems everyone wants a piece of you! They give you a birthday party, and a big one at that. Then people send your picture on the newspaper! You couldn't care less,you are 100! You might not even know who these people are! These people just want their pctures in the newspaper! Right??? Wrong!!! Some 100 year old can still function good! They are very active, sure they might be hard on hearing or seeing, but their mind is still sharp!!! Is this not incredible?? Why can't all 100 year olds have a normal, independent lives? Is that asking too much???? If that is the case, then the fountain of youth has been discovered!! That is not the fountain of youth, you just have a sharp mind hiding in a shriveled, wrinkly body, like a prune!!!! Oh, well. Anyway, we all love birthdays, at least inwardly. If you are by yourself, just record the birthday song in different tape recorders, then play it very loud. Have a piece of cake, blow the candles and enjoy your day!!! Happy birthday to all celebrating their birthdays in April!!!! God bless us all!!!!
Posted by vs at 4/9/2010 8:32 AM Add Comment