THE BIRTHDAY BOY

[Mark Joel Lane]

  It was my birthday about a month ago. Thank you. Thank you all  for the birthday wishes... but you ungrateful people are TOO LATE.!!!

 

I've already had my Carvel cake and ate it. I've used my birthday coupons for a free IHOP dinner, a free side dish at Texas Roadhouse, a free 3 scoop sundae at Friendly's, a free chocolate shake at Arbys, and a free birthday cake at a steakhouse in the Poconos, Pa. my wife and I often eat at. Yes. I've managed to use every free coupon I got in the mail or printed on line to help me celebrate my stupendous occasion.  A pumpkin muffin as my choice of a free pastry from the Panera Bread Company concluded my list of freebies. Dinner with my wife and daughter is really all I want for my birthday. I ordered sizzling beef and scallops at a Chinese restaurant we enjoy here on Long Island, NY.

 

Now I don't like to make a fuss over my birthday. It's just another day. Sure it's a special day that myself and celebrities Jerry Lee Lewis, Andrew Dice Clay,Anita Eckberg, Kevin Durant, and Bryant Gumble, among others all celebrate.

 

I've been working with my same team of merchandisers for several years now. Did anybody on my team remotely acknowledge my birthday? "Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64?" Apparently not.  A co-worker of mine celebrated her birthday a week after mine. My other team members made her a surprise birthday pizza party in the break room of a store we were working in. We all signed a card for the birthday girl.

 

But for me? No cake. No pizza? Not even a crumb.!!!! The truth is I never told anybody what date my birthday is. I don't expect people to ask."Is today your birthday? "It's not among the most frequent questions I have been asked. Now I have to wait about  11 months to endure my well kept secret again. But now that you know, I'll expect something from all of you next year. You could check the date by looking up any of the celebrities I listed. I don't need any more ties. Thanks. 

[darroll]

OK

[Mark Joel Lane]

Ok....Just ok....!!!!!  Since you are the ONLY one so far to respond to my birthday post, the burden for now will fall on you for my next birthday and since you are my numero uno fan on this site,I'll expect the following...a large box of assorted dark chocolates..not a cheap brand , 2 tickets to a Broadway musical in the front rows of the orechestra, (I'll send you a list of the shows I'd like to see before next September, and 2 complimentary dinners for Peter Lugers Steak House in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. I prefer the steaks there over their Great Neck, Long Island branch.  Again .thanks for your response. LOL.  

[TeeBubbaDee]

Ahhhh, mmmm, I'm not saying OK.

[darroll]

Happy belated birthday.

All that good stuff is on order.