Of-fish-all status whole year past
(A Sev’nty-four, at sea)
Today, instead, has at long last
Become Alexis V
Attaining, in time gone too fast,
LXXV, you see …
Translated, means I’ve reached the vast
Three-quarter century!
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Happy belated birthday 🎉🎂💥😀
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Thanks! I have now adjusted to my antiquity and decided it means I am more valuable and can now charge more for editing!
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Nice one 👍🏻
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I hope you had a wonderful day, Col! Blessings for the year ahead!
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Many thanks, indeed!
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Many happy re-runs of the day.
🙂
(Did I spell that rite?)
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Orl Korrect. Thanks!
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Alexis V… aaagh!!!! I accord you the highest possible honour: fleeing from the room screaming and holding my nose.
A very happy 75th to you – wishing you many more years in which to inflict vile puns upon the innocent populace.
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That reaction has grabbed me by the britches … I mean, gratified my wishes!
Many thanks! My Really Awful Rhymes are traditionally crammed with them.
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I thought I’d post a com-ODE-y
In response to your said tr-AGE-dy
But when I found the pun don’t fit
I had to take my leave of it
And wish you every bit of cheer
As you head t’wards your hundredth year.
To a noble Col-league for services rendered to all or most of the Muses
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Happy Birthday, Col! May there be many many more, with your vitality and joy for life you need to go at least to 120! 🙂
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happy 75 th Birthday…you are one year younger than me
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Thanks, with respect! (I was always taught to respect my seniors!)
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happy happy birthday col!
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Thank you – it was a good one!
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Major whoop, whoop to you 🙂
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Thanks for that – I think my majority has been reached, indeed!
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To me you’ll always be Twenty-three (about the age you were when I last saw you). I am exactly 10 years and 3 days younger than you! Wishing you health, wealth and happiness in the year to come.
Love,
Steph.
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That would still have been before my development of upper-lip decoration, even.
Felicitations on your own milestone birthday!
Incredible to remember you as baby and toddler.
Thanks very much.
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Have great day Les, congratulations and welcome to the Club.
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Happy Birthday, baas ☺
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Well done youngster! Happy birthday.
love,
ViV
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I am truly grateful for your wishes and that this remains another smilestone in my life!
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Very many happy returns of the day, Col!
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Ah prishuttit!
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Hopefully it will be a while before you have to display a Granny Weatherwax type sign that reads:
”I ATE’NT DEAD”
when you take a nap.
A very happy birthday, Les.
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Actually, it isn’t a bad idea – but I think I’d add, ‘Distrub me an you may wish YOU wer.’
Thank you kindly!
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A welcomed milestone, to be sure. Enjoy any celebrations of the event.
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Chele-b-brashuns? What chele…chele… wot I shaid …? (hic)
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Odd, that . . . I just wrote about that very thing.
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Ah, yes. Guns and the anvils of elcohol. Indeed.
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Well, happy birthday! Wish you all the best. Stefy. 🙂
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Thank you very much!
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