Felice cumpelanno! And remember: a lady is never required to reveal her age.
37.
Kattails
Oh no you didn’t tell us, I woulda baked you a cake instead of grubbing in the garden all day. Oh well, put it on the calendar for next year. But you look absolutely marvelous considering. Having been a waitress for many years it was obligatory to embarrass the customer with the song:
Happy birfday to you, happy birfday to you Happybirdie dear Watergirl Happy birfday to you (sung entirely IN KEY). (except that at a table of 8 they all might have been in key but every one different, which is probably happening right now in BJ cyberspace.
38.
Noskilz
Happy Birthday!
39.
Auntie Anne
Happy birthday!
40.
mvr
A very happy Birthday to you. You’ve really earned it with your work around here! Not that anyone needs to earn a happy birthday.
41.
Tom Levenson
Felicitations!
42.
cain
Happy Birthday, Water Girl! May all your birthday wishes come true – except for that one – that we shall not talk about.
43.
mrmoshpotato
LMAO! Happy (correct year) birthday, WaterGirl!*
*(correct year) = 29th
44.
Luciamia
And many more…!?
45.
Dan B
Hap-pie (not) Birthday!! You are something special!!! I raise a virtual glass to you! (So virtual it’s in my mind’s eye, but will do so when it’s left coast time appropriate.)
@Dan B: That reminded me that I forgot to have my birthday mojito today. Now my birthday really does need to last for two days, for real!
48.
Elizabelle
Yea! Happy Birthday! So you get the occasional Friday the 13th birthday. Many happy returns.
49.
Steeplejack
Happy birthday, WG!
50.
MoCA Ace
87?? You don’t blog a day over 30!
Happy B-day.
51.
Amir Khalid
Happy birthday again to iamh’s mommy, and to Watergirl too.
52.
Mousebumples
Happy birthday, Watergirl! ?
53.
Martin
I have spoken to Watergirl on the phone and attest she is nowhere near 87. I won’t guess as to your real age, but my grandmother celebrated roughly sixty 29th birthdays, so I’ll honor you with the tradition.
Happy 29th Birthday, Watergirl.
54.
Ruckus
I believe that I’ve never met a woman over 29.
Every birthday I’ve celebrated for any female never had more than 29 candles on the cake and none claimed to have experienced more than 29 yrs of life. I’ve know a couple that celebrated that 29th over 30 or 40 times but never allowed that they ever had more time under their belts than that mystical 29 yrs. They must have been some rather longer years than in my experience. I do have to say though that 4 yrs in the navy went by like 15 or 20 normal years so maybe there is something to this stretched year concept.
Water Girl. Happy 29th. Please have as many more 29th birthdays as you desire. May they all be joyous and bountiful.
55.
Beautifulplumage
Good morning WaterGirl! Enjoy Day #2 of your Birthday Extravaganza!
OMG really? Happy Birthday Watergirl. And many more.
72.
Soprano2
Happy birthday Watergirl! I hope you have many more.
73.
TS (the original)
Happy Birthday Watergirl – very happy to drink to your health – it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere
74.
MomSense
Happy, happy birthday!!
75.
something fabulous
@HumboldtBlue: DUDE. In a birthday thread, really? Come on, now.
76.
Dahlia
Sto lat! (A hundred years!)
77.
Martin
@Fair Economist: I remember when my mom turned 29 (I was about 8) and asked my grandmother how it could be that they were the same age. I couldn’t understand why my grandmother would lie about her age when I wanted nothing more than to be a year older.
78.
something fabulous
WG!!
Have been off the blog all day– missed the news ’til now!
Hey Watergirl -keep rockin’ that whole solar circumnavigation thing. I figure that every month in 2020 is like living through ten years, so I am approaching 130 myself.
A very Happy Birthday to the Betty White of blogland.
That made me chuckle
81.
jimmiraybob
Happy BD WG !
82.
Kineslaw
Happy Birthday Watergirl! Best wishes for the coming year.
83.
James E Powell
Very happy birthday to you WaterGirl. Celebrate the whole weekend!
84.
SiubhanDuinne
Happiest of birthdays to WaterGirl AND Satby!
85.
Johannes
Many happy returns of the day, WaterGirl and Satby!
86.
Mary G
I’m late to the party, but Happy Birthday to satby, WaterGirl, and lamh’s mom!
87.
BigJimSlade
Happy Birthday Watergirl!!! You don’t look a day over 86!
88.
BigJimSlade
@WaterGirl: Hah! you beat me to it – I didn’t feel like reading through… 86(!!!, get it?!) previous comments before typing my witty comment :-/
89.
patrick II
Just in time! Happy Birthday on your special Birthday thread. You should be happy you can’t hear us sing over a blog.
90.
e julius drivingstorm
A very happy birthday to Watergirl and others of good will on the 13th of June, not to be confused with the 14th which is coming up in less than a minute and we don’t necessarily want to wish everyone on the 14th a happy birthday.
91.
frosty
@WaterGirl: Hint for the birthday mojito (from the barkeep at the Columbia Restaurant, St Augustine FL). When you make the simple syrup, include muddled mint so that it’s mint simple syrup.
92.
BigJimSlade
Goddamn!!! If you’re editing a post with the timer counting down (5 min) – it can cut you off mid-type!!!
Anyway, I was saying that maybe I’ll put together a post tomorrow for On The Road – y’all like the Italian Alps? I sure do :-)
If you hit Update Comment before the 5 minutes expires, the clock resets, and you have 5 minutes more.
I think you can do this repeatedly.
104.
O. Felix Culpa
So is that 87 in dog years? Lots of treats for you! Happy Bday, WaterGirl!
And to lamh’s momma. Celebrations all around! ?????
105.
Mai naem mobile
Happy Birthday Watergirl!
106.
Cowgirl in the Sandi
Happy Birthday Watergirl! Thanks for all the help and encouragement you gave me with the Indiana Jones post and for all you do at BJ! Enjoy your birthday all weekend!!
Happy (belated) Birthday, Watergirl! Hope you had a great day.
115.
TriassicSands
Happy Birthday. And I thought you were in your 30s.
Small trivia note: Your age is now 3.48 times the IQ of a certain stable genius.
116.
TMC
Blessed Be. Happy birthday and many, many more
117.
Mohagan
Happy Birthday (a minute late) WG!
118.
SWMBO
Happy Birthday Watergirl! I wish for you all the wonderful things you wish for yourself.
Much happiness and contentment for you.
119.
Sally
@HumboldtBlue: Thank you for this link. I am enjoying the movie. I was a little girl at one of those test matches. The Windies team gave me all their autographs. Cricketers were important people in these nations – England, South Africa, West Indies, Australia, New Zealand. Everyone knew who they were. The Captains were discussed, sometimes approved, at Cabinet/Prime Ministerial level. The teams were often celebrated at state dinners. They were awarded Queen’s Honours and Knighthoods. Some of the comments in the movie were that they are called “tests” because they are tests – of strength, endurance, character, and stamina. The Windies were the coolest team ever. And they went on to be one of the greatest teams ever, dominating the international game for years.
The movie is great, worth watching, you don’t need to understand cricket as the game, just as sport. Cricket between the U S and Canada was the first international sports game in the modern era.
Thanks for the link, great history.
We now also have Zimbabwe and Afghanistan competing in international cricket.
Happy Birthday Watergirl
120.
Sally
@Sally: I left out several other cricketing nations, including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
it has been fabulous to welcome Afghanistan to the international game. Hoping it’s helpful to this struggling country.
The cricket boycott helped to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.
Happy Second Birthday in a row, Water Girl. A friend of mine used to say she was older than Elrond, younger than dirt.
139.
Josie
Happy belated birthday to Watergirl and satby and anyone else who qualifies.
140.
dnfree
@Ruckus: first, happy birthday to Watergirl a day late and the proverbial dollar short as far as gifts go. Thanks for your dedication here.
Secondly, I am a woman who is very upfront about her age. I’m 74. Who cares? This is a reaction to my mother having lied about her age for most of her adult life because she was older than my dad when they got married and embarrassed about the age difference. She died at age 80, but we didn’t know she was that old so she had no big birthday celebration. We loved her dearly, but once you get into a story like that I guess there’s no dignified way out.
141.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Thread probably dead but I fell asleep early last night and missed the fun.
Happy Bday, WaterGirl! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
142.
Laura Too
Late to the party as usual. Happy Birthday dearest Watergirl! You are remarkable in so many ways, least of which is your mental acuity at 87! I salute you!! LOL!
143.
Exregis
?♀️ ? ?, then ?, so mucho ?. ? ?, 6️⃣0️⃣-2️⃣7️⃣.
144.
Betty
Here’s a belated happy birthday, Water Girl. It has been so nice to meet you here! Thanks for all you do. ?
This was very fun to wake up to! I really appreciate the all the good wishes, the funny comments, the hot tip about mint simple syrup, and everything else!
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
First?
Emma
HAPPY BIRTHDAY :D
lamh36
87!!! you lie!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Watergirl!!
satby
oh, boy.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Happy First Birthday Watergirl!
Let’s make 2020 a year to remember!
HumboldtBlue
87 is the new 75!
Also, this story of the West Indies cricket team is outstanding and a joy to watch.
Mandarama
Happiest day to Watergirl! You deserve it.
marklar
עד מאה ועשרים שנה
(Hebrew expression wishing longevity…translates into “until 120 years”)
BellyCat
Happiest of B-Days!!!!
(87? Sure, Cole…)
Omnes Omnibus
I already said it. You can’t male me say it again. My doing so is entirely of my own volition. HBD, WaterGirl.
@lamh36: I believe that he meant that he was the 87th person to wish her a happy birthday on this blog.
MisterForkbeard
Happy not-87th birthday!
Mike J
Happy bidet!
I mean B-day!
The Lodger
Hippo birdie two ewes!
/Boynton
FelonyGovt
Happy birthday WaterGirl! I enjoyed working with you on the testing of the BJ site. And I don’t believe you’re 87! ?
rikyrah
Happy Birthday ?????
ThresherK
Many Happy Returns, WG!
Gregory
Happy birthday!
frosty
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: No, not first. 87th. Read the post!! //
ETA: Happy Birthday WaterGirl!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@FelonyGovt: True, she’s 97.
Benw
Happy birthday, Watergirl. Be well!
:)
NotMax
Fake news, real birthday.
May life’s 503 errors pass you by.
J R in WV
I said this already — happy happy birthday, watergurl…
WaterGirl
@FelonyGovt: Pretty sure I don’t look a day over 86! :-)
WaterGirl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: In the 97th percentile? How sweet of you to say so!
CaseyL
Another birthday!
87, huh? Maybe with a Base 5 numbering system…
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Watergirl is almost as old as Bernie.
SFAW
Happy Birthday, WG, and many more!
Delk
Happy Birthday!
Patricia Kayden
Happy B’Day Watergirl!! Hope you had a fantastic day.
SFAW
@CaseyL:
Is that like Tom or Ray Magliozzi talking about “In the third half of Car Talk“?
WaterGirl
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: That was good for a laugh out loud. I started the cat.
Older than Bernie must be the new Older than Dirt.
suezboo
A very Happy Birthday to the Betty White of blogland. We are indeed blessed to have you still among us, fixing things and working hard.
feebog
Huh, with EF Goldman gone, I thought I was the oldest jackel in these here parts. Happy birthday Water Girl, and you look fab for 87.
Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly, Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.)
¡Feliz cumpleanos!
Anne Laurie
Many happy returns of the day, WaterGirl!
Yutsano
Felice cumpelanno! And remember: a lady is never required to reveal her age.
Kattails
Oh no you didn’t tell us, I woulda baked you a cake instead of grubbing in the garden all day. Oh well, put it on the calendar for next year. But you look absolutely marvelous considering. Having been a waitress for many years it was obligatory to embarrass the customer with the song:
Happy birfday to you, happy birfday to you Happybirdie dear Watergirl Happy birfday to you (sung entirely IN KEY). (except that at a table of 8 they all might have been in key but every one different, which is probably happening right now in BJ cyberspace.
Noskilz
Happy Birthday!
Auntie Anne
Happy birthday!
mvr
A very happy Birthday to you. You’ve really earned it with your work around here! Not that anyone needs to earn a happy birthday.
Tom Levenson
Felicitations!
cain
Happy Birthday, Water Girl! May all your birthday wishes come true – except for that one – that we shall not talk about.
mrmoshpotato
LMAO! Happy (correct year) birthday, WaterGirl!*
*(correct year) = 29th
Luciamia
And many more…!?
Dan B
Hap-pie (not) Birthday!! You are something special!!! I raise a virtual glass to you! (So virtual it’s in my mind’s eye, but will do so when it’s left coast time appropriate.)
WaterGirl
Normally I stay up much later than this, but finding out that you are 87 can be a real shock to the system! :-)
Thanks for all the good wishes, and if there are more when I check back in the morning, that just means that my birthday gets to last another day.
Happy Birthday to Mama LAMH, as well!
WaterGirl
@Dan B: That reminded me that I forgot to have my birthday mojito today. Now my birthday really does need to last for two days, for real!
Elizabelle
Yea! Happy Birthday! So you get the occasional Friday the 13th birthday. Many happy returns.
Steeplejack
Happy birthday, WG!
MoCA Ace
87?? You don’t blog a day over 30!
Happy B-day.
Amir Khalid
Happy birthday again to iamh’s mommy, and to Watergirl too.
Mousebumples
Happy birthday, Watergirl! ?
Martin
I have spoken to Watergirl on the phone and attest she is nowhere near 87. I won’t guess as to your real age, but my grandmother celebrated roughly sixty 29th birthdays, so I’ll honor you with the tradition.
Happy 29th Birthday, Watergirl.
Ruckus
I believe that I’ve never met a woman over 29.
Every birthday I’ve celebrated for any female never had more than 29 candles on the cake and none claimed to have experienced more than 29 yrs of life. I’ve know a couple that celebrated that 29th over 30 or 40 times but never allowed that they ever had more time under their belts than that mystical 29 yrs. They must have been some rather longer years than in my experience. I do have to say though that 4 yrs in the navy went by like 15 or 20 normal years so maybe there is something to this stretched year concept.
Water Girl. Happy 29th. Please have as many more 29th birthdays as you desire. May they all be joyous and bountiful.
Beautifulplumage
Good morning WaterGirl! Enjoy Day #2 of your Birthday Extravaganza!
BC in Illinois
87 ?
That’s only 30.55 celsius.
hells littlest angel
Many happy returns!
different-church-lady
@HumboldtBlue: Dead is the new 90.
Leto
Happy birthday!!!!
HRA
Happy Birthday, Water Girl!
different-church-lady
I dunno about the rest of you, but I feel like I’ve aged 50 years in the past three months.
Jackie
Happy Birthday WaterGirl!!! If, it’s not too late, save me a slice of that scrumptious-sounding birthday ?!
Ruckus
@different-church-lady:
This.
Every day seems like it takes forever. And it just freaking repeats and repeats and…….
HumboldtBlue
@different-church-lady:
A small part of me wishes I were dead instead of having watched this short clip of Trump the sexual predator accosting a teenage girl.
ruemara
Happiest of birthdays, WG! Eat much cake!
Redshift
Happy Birthday! ??
Ms. Deranged in AZ
I hope you had a wonderful day, Watergirl! You deserve it.
KSinMA
Happy Birthday, WaterGirl!
Fair Economist
Happy Birthday Watergirl!
My mother admitted being over 29 once I was in my mid-20’s ;-)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@different-church-lady: My hair sure has gotten grayer.
kindness
OMG really? Happy Birthday Watergirl. And many more.
Soprano2
Happy birthday Watergirl! I hope you have many more.
TS (the original)
Happy Birthday Watergirl – very happy to drink to your health – it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere
MomSense
Happy, happy birthday!!
something fabulous
@HumboldtBlue: DUDE. In a birthday thread, really? Come on, now.
Dahlia
Sto lat! (A hundred years!)
Martin
@Fair Economist: I remember when my mom turned 29 (I was about 8) and asked my grandmother how it could be that they were the same age. I couldn’t understand why my grandmother would lie about her age when I wanted nothing more than to be a year older.
something fabulous
WG!!
Have been off the blog all day– missed the news ’til now!
Happy Birthday to you, whatever number it may be!!
???
snarlymon
Hey Watergirl -keep rockin’ that whole solar circumnavigation thing. I figure that every month in 2020 is like living through ten years, so I am approaching 130 myself.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Happy Birthday, WG
@suezboo:
That made me chuckle
jimmiraybob
Happy BD WG !
Kineslaw
Happy Birthday Watergirl! Best wishes for the coming year.
James E Powell
Very happy birthday to you WaterGirl. Celebrate the whole weekend!
SiubhanDuinne
Happiest of birthdays to WaterGirl AND Satby!
Johannes
Many happy returns of the day, WaterGirl and Satby!
Mary G
I’m late to the party, but Happy Birthday to satby, WaterGirl, and lamh’s mom!
BigJimSlade
Happy Birthday Watergirl!!! You don’t look a day over 86!
BigJimSlade
@WaterGirl: Hah! you beat me to it – I didn’t feel like reading through… 86(!!!, get it?!) previous comments before typing my witty comment :-/
patrick II
Just in time! Happy Birthday on your special Birthday thread. You should be happy you can’t hear us sing over a blog.
e julius drivingstorm
A very happy birthday to Watergirl and others of good will on the 13th of June, not to be confused with the 14th which is coming up in less than a minute and we don’t necessarily want to wish everyone on the 14th a happy birthday.
frosty
@WaterGirl: Hint for the birthday mojito (from the barkeep at the Columbia Restaurant, St Augustine FL). When you make the simple syrup, include muddled mint so that it’s mint simple syrup.
BigJimSlade
Goddamn!!! If you’re editing a post with the timer counting down (5 min) – it can cut you off mid-type!!!
Anyway, I was saying that maybe I’ll put together a post tomorrow for On The Road – y’all like the Italian Alps? I sure do :-)
HumboldtBlue
@something fabulous:
I know.
But damn.
stinger
Happy birthday, WaterGirl!
Happy birthday, satby!
Happy birthday, lamh’s mom!
June 13 is a date that will live in
infamhistory!Scott Alloway
Happy birthday and many more.
Eljai
It’s still June 13th on the West Coast so I got here in time! Happy Birthday!, WaterGirl!
smedley the uncertain
Many Happy Returns of the DAY. Many more to come.
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
Happy birthday! Glad to share the spaceship with you for another orbit!
Mike in Oly
Hope you had a wonderful birthday!
prostratedragon
And they say advanced seniors don’t do tech!
Happy Birthday, WaterGirl!
Bill Edwards
Hope you had a wonderful day! Peace always…
Juju
Happy late Birthday Watergirl! I hope you had a wonderful day.???????
mrmoshpotato
@BigJimSlade: Hope you see this.
If you hit Update Comment before the 5 minutes expires, the clock resets, and you have 5 minutes more.
I think you can do this repeatedly.
O. Felix Culpa
So is that 87 in dog years? Lots of treats for you! Happy Bday, WaterGirl!
And to lamh’s momma. Celebrations all around! ?????
Mai naem mobile
Happy Birthday Watergirl!
Cowgirl in the Sandi
Happy Birthday Watergirl! Thanks for all the help and encouragement you gave me with the Indiana Jones post and for all you do at BJ! Enjoy your birthday all weekend!!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@mrmoshpotato: I think you have to make some kind of change to the comment for that to work, like put a ‘x’ at the end.
Sister Golden Bear
Happy Birthday Watergirl!
Mel
Happy Birthday!! Wishing you a beautiful birthday weekend!!
Anya
Happy Birthday, Watergirl!
Origuy
Happy Birthday WaterGirl!
It just occurred to me that if you pie all of us, you’ll get a lot of birthday cakes.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Origuy: …and pies and sealion chow.
grandmaBear
Happy Birthday Watergirl!
Sloane Ranger
Happy (belated) Birthday, Watergirl! Hope you had a great day.
TriassicSands
Happy Birthday. And I thought you were in your 30s.
Small trivia note: Your age is now 3.48 times the IQ of a certain stable genius.
TMC
Blessed Be. Happy birthday and many, many more
Mohagan
Happy Birthday (a minute late) WG!
SWMBO
Happy Birthday Watergirl! I wish for you all the wonderful things you wish for yourself.
Much happiness and contentment for you.
Sally
Sally
@Sally: I left out several other cricketing nations, including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
it has been fabulous to welcome Afghanistan to the international game. Hoping it’s helpful to this struggling country.
The cricket boycott helped to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.
JWR
Happy Birthday, Ms. WaterGirl, (you whippersnapper, you!)
;)
sgrAstar
@lamh36: she doesn’t look a day over 80. ?
?
Genine
Happy Birthday, Watergirl!
JAFD
An oldie, maybe appropriate, “Birthday Morning”, by The Association
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpk1eBTIN_I
NotMax
@JAFD
Identical description of one-third of commenters here.
:)
How’s things in Joisey? ‘Reopening’ happening?
Rob
I’m just seeing this now. Happy Birthday, Watergirl!!
Amir Khalid
Another birthday song.
Baud
Happy birthday again. I hope it was a good one.
p.a.
Happy Birthday!
JPL
I hope you enjoyed your day.
JAFD
@NotMax: Ask me again in a week. Have reservation, car rental, next weekend, got a hundred days of putoff errands to run…
Meanwhile, another birthday song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_rTnbXyGY
Nicole
Happy belated birthday! Wishing you a year of joy and good things ahead.
satby
@SiubhanDuinne: Thanks, but mine was last month ?
biff murphy
Happy Birthday tooooo Youuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
Happy Birthday Water Girl!
trnc
Happy B’day yesterday, WG.
Tenar Arha
I hope you had a lovely birthday WaterGirl ? My best wishes for the next year & many more!
Kathleen
Happy Belated Birthday, Water Girl!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Happy Second Birthday in a row, Water Girl. A friend of mine used to say she was older than Elrond, younger than dirt.
Josie
Happy belated birthday to Watergirl and satby and anyone else who qualifies.
dnfree
@Ruckus: first, happy birthday to Watergirl a day late and the proverbial dollar short as far as gifts go. Thanks for your dedication here.
Secondly, I am a woman who is very upfront about her age. I’m 74. Who cares? This is a reaction to my mother having lied about her age for most of her adult life because she was older than my dad when they got married and embarrassed about the age difference. She died at age 80, but we didn’t know she was that old so she had no big birthday celebration. We loved her dearly, but once you get into a story like that I guess there’s no dignified way out.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Thread probably dead but I fell asleep early last night and missed the fun.
Happy Bday, WaterGirl! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Laura Too
Late to the party as usual. Happy Birthday dearest Watergirl! You are remarkable in so many ways, least of which is your mental acuity at 87! I salute you!! LOL!
Exregis
?♀️ ? ?, then ?, so mucho ?. ? ?, 6️⃣0️⃣-2️⃣7️⃣.
Betty
Here’s a belated happy birthday, Water Girl. It has been so nice to meet you here! Thanks for all you do. ?
Steve from Mendocino
Wow! Very best wishes, and thank you for all you do here!
WaterGirl
This was very fun to wake up to! I really appreciate the all the good wishes, the funny comments, the hot tip about mint simple syrup, and everything else!
BigJimSlade
@mrmoshpotato: Ah! Thanks for the tip!
TomatoQueen
Happiest of Happy Birthdays to you Water Girl. The best birthdays go on for days and days.