In my family ...
Jan. 29th, 2009 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blamebramptonWe have a tradition that you always have to blow out all the candles that signify your real age. We live for a long time generally, so it demands lifelong cardiovascular fitness. I have just realised that I require flat cakes in future, so that the appropriate number can be arranged in practical patterns that can be lit and blown out before they melt. Sigh. And also invite more people over to eat said cake, as we will die if we attempt it ;-)
Thank you so much for your kind birthday wishes, I am coming back to edit this with proper thank yous because J is throwing more cake at me. Silly J. He knows granita is the smearing food of choice at this time of year, and you can leave out the syrup ...
Edit: I was lying about the coming back, I'll be posting again later with proper thank yous because it is 2am! And HOT! (I might sleep with the new portable air con ...)
Thank you so much for your kind birthday wishes, I am coming back to edit this with proper thank yous because J is throwing more cake at me. Silly J. He knows granita is the smearing food of choice at this time of year, and you can leave out the syrup ...
Edit: I was lying about the coming back, I'll be posting again later with proper thank yous because it is 2am! And HOT! (I might sleep with the new portable air con ...)
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Date: 2009-01-29 01:14 pm (UTC)*sends virtual sunflower*
Enjoy your cake and the candles and your special day! Maybe next time, you could try an ice-cake?
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Date: 2009-01-29 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 03:27 pm (UTC)There is always chocolate mousse as a wonderful alternative... *hint, hint, hint*
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Date: 2009-01-29 01:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-01-29 01:30 pm (UTC)♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2009-01-29 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 01:36 pm (UTC)(In my family we usually have a long life expectancy because evil seems to last longer. Or maybe that's just what my Mum says about my Nana. ;p)
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Date: 2009-01-29 01:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 02:05 pm (UTC)Because it's too hot to sleep, I've have taken it upon myself to write you a pome for this happy day. This is it.
Our poised and articulate Brammers
Speeds on – never stumbles or stammers.
No-one discourses faster
Than the unrivalled master
Of politics, histories and grammars
Now I am going to lie on my bed and curse until it's time to go to work again. Enjoy the cake!
xx
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Date: 2009-01-29 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 03:36 pm (UTC)(even though it's over where you are, it's about 9am here)
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Date: 2009-01-29 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 04:25 pm (UTC)also, australia was on the news last night due to the crazy weather! the newscaster said if the temperatures keep rising, it may be the hottest summer in the LAST 100 YEARS!
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Date: 2009-01-29 04:54 pm (UTC)I hope you got great gifts, it is the only thing that sooths me while I get older.
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Date: 2009-01-29 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 08:21 pm (UTC)In my family, we practice the 'reduction by 10' factor when it comes to candles. Once you're over 25, then there's one candle per decade, with an averaging up to the next candle if the second number is 5 or >. So, this year, had I had a cake, I'd've had six candles.
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Date: 2009-01-29 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 09:47 pm (UTC)Happy bday!
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Date: 2009-01-29 10:17 pm (UTC)*throws non-flammable confetti*
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Date: 2009-01-29 11:47 pm (UTC)Have a lovely CF as well :)
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Date: 2009-01-30 01:27 am (UTC)I think the reason i constantly remind people of my birthday is that i cannot for the life of me remember others, and expect them to remind me likewise. LOL.
BBQ, my house, the 8th? Brother will be in attendance.
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Date: 2009-01-30 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-30 05:28 am (UTC)Would it be cheating to keep the small round cake and blow out two candles shaped like the numbers? Not that sheet cake isn't absolutely yummy and affords a cake decorator such a large canvas upon which to work....
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Date: 2009-01-30 05:43 am (UTC)