A word of advice. Don’t send the dyslexic of the family out for birthday candles.
My daughter turned eleven over the weekend. I was in charge of the birthday candles. Now most fathers would have grabbed a box of the standard b-day candles – or perhaps even upgraded to the giant numerals – purchasing two “1″s to make an impressive “11″.
Not me. I had to go the specialty party store – and purchase the candles that are actually individual letters made out of wax, stuck on sticks so that you can spell out “Happy Birthday” on the cake.
This would have been great – except that I accidentally bought the box that spells “Happy Retirement”. Leaving me with no other choice but to make up a new word from the letters in r-e-t-i-r-e-m-e-n-t.
Saturday, my daughter was pleasantly surprised with a cake that said “Happy Time”.
I still dont know which was funnier, my sister trying to figure out where the “m” is in “birthday” or the look on my daughters face as she chalked one more item to the “why my dad is such a dork” list.
Classic.
August 21, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Do you know about the Anagram Server?
Happy Entree Trim!
Happy Birthday to the girl. Sam looks happy.
August 21, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Hum. My coding technique leaves a little to be desired. Here’s the link:
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=retirement
August 21, 2006 at 5:10 pm
*damn* i should have gone with “Happy Tire Rent”
August 21, 2006 at 5:48 pm
did you do your own name yet? it’s so much fun!
August 21, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Archangel. Sweet.
August 22, 2006 at 3:22 pm
You know… I forgot about the b-day… happy b-day young lady… should have remembered… not like the kids b-days aren’t close together…
August 22, 2006 at 6:31 pm
August is insane for birthdays – We’ve got five to remember