If anyone thinks

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 10, 2008

I'm just joking when I say I have attention deficit, I have a tale to tell.

Today is my wife's birthday. And no, I did not forget it.

In fact, on my way home from work I stopped at the grocery store and picked up a couple cute cards, one from me, and one from the kids, and then I picked up a cake. A full sheet.

So I get it home and I pull it out, "Surprise!"

And she looks at it and goes, "It's lovely. But why does it say, 'Happy Anniversary'?"

Doh!

Disa · Sep 10, 2008

Awe. You get an A for effort!

auntybug · Sep 10, 2008

Oh Ed.... Gotta love you, baby!

You'll get some anyway

regdog · Sep 10, 2008

Cards and a cake that's more than most get. I agree A for effort

Silver King · Sep 10, 2008

Well it is, after all, the anniversary of her birth, right? So you scored a 10 in my book. :Thumbs:

mscelina · Sep 10, 2008

Sorry. I couldn't help but laugh...and laugh....and as a matter of fact I'm STILL laughing. That's absofrickinlutely hysterical Ed. And very cute.

*giggles*

Yep. Still laughing. I'm she is too.

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 10, 2008

but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you?

Good.

Yes, she thought it was pretty funny. THen I asked if a package had come yet? And she said, No. And I said, Darnit. Part of your Christmas present didn't come yet!

And she's like, "Are you celebrating every holiday but my birthday?"

DL Hegel · Sep 10, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you?

Good.

Yes, she thought it was pretty funny. THen I asked if a package had come yet? And she said, No. And I said, Darnit. Part of your Christmas present didn't come yet!

And she's like, "Are you celebrating every holiday but my birthday?"

Poor Shadow--remember to read your cakes as well as the cards

Shadow_Ferret · Sep 10, 2008

Luckily, I DID read the cards. The cake, I saw "Happy" and just ran with it.

Bubastes · Sep 10, 2008

Silver King · Sep 10, 2008

Shadow_Ferret said:
Luckily, I DID read the cards. The cake, I saw "Happy" and just ran with it.

Just think how much trouble you'd be in right now had you included her AGE in bright pink icing on that cake!

Ken · Sep 10, 2008

you should've played it off like the baker made the mistake, writing down the wrong thing. I've actually bought several cakes from bakers who've mispelled names and whatnot, e.g. Penny instead of Jenny.

Rolling Thunder · Sep 10, 2008

*scatters shiny objects on floor, watches Ferret's head explode*

katiemac · Sep 10, 2008

It's French! Bon anniversaire!

Ken · Sep 10, 2008

pieces SF back together and makes him as good as new :e2heartbe

C.bronco · Sep 10, 2008

Close enough. It's cake, after all.

VoltShadow · Sep 10, 2008

You remembered, it counts bro. 1000 points a piece. Now you just need to post up the cake so we can have a slice.

vixey · Sep 10, 2008

katiemac said:
It's French! Bon anniversaire!

I was going to say that!

The important part, SF, is that you remembered! (hint: sparkly gems always work if you think you really screwed up)

Silver King · Sep 10, 2008

Off topic, but when my youngest son's first birthday came around, I asked my sister, THE BAKER, to write a little something for him.

She said, "You better put it down on paper."

So I did. She still misspelled his freaking name!

I still love her... barely.

tjwriter · Sep 10, 2008

That's cute, Ed.

I saw the thread title and completed that sentence as:

If anyone thinks, they should stop it at once.

Silver King · Sep 10, 2008

Not to diss my sister or anything, but she owned a Baskin Robbins franchise for a while, and the number one complaint she had with customers was misspellings. I warned that it would lead to her ruin as a cake decorator and business owner.

She thought I was crazy. At one point, she said, "All people care about is how the cake tastes. That's all that matters."

She was wrong and lost her business.

Cranky · Sep 10, 2008

Let's see. For your wife's birthday, you got:

1) Two cards

2) A cake

3) And apparently, another gift in addition to that.

Ed, you score a home run. Happy Anniversary instead of Happy Birthday? No big deal at all. I think you just added major brownie points to your account.

Ken · Sep 10, 2008

I mispelled "misspelled," in my post up above in which I was complaining about a baker misspelling the words on cakes wrong. Embarrassing. *Makes speedy departure.*

ps Bummer about your sis losing her business, SK.
The B&R by me merged with a Dunkin Donuts, so perhaps she's better off.
Sign of hard times for the chain store.

BenPanced · Sep 10, 2008

So what did the cards say? So sorry on the news of your loss? Congratulations on Your First Holy Communion? Happy Bat Mitzvah?

czjaba · Sep 10, 2008

The point is she got a heartfelt gift ON her birthday.

For our 10th wedding anniversary, I got a Big Mac, a week late. And that's because as soon as I remembered, I called him at the bar (where he went every Monday to shoot pool with friends). And the only reason I got a Big Mac was because the bartender ran out of popcorn. But Hubby still got brownie points and that is one anniversary present I'll never forget!!

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