#63 – Trip
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I think birthday surprises are my favorite. They are much better than the usual surprises like traffic accidents or a bill you forgot to pay. I’ve had a bunch of memorable birthday surprises. If you had a machine connected to my brain that could measure excitement I was probably the most excited when I was a kid. Birthdays are a little extra amazing when you don’t have the ability to just go to a store and get things like you can and you are an adult. What was your favorite birthday surprise?
Today’s Biff has to think it over.
Also, if you are in Seattle, come and see me at the Emerald City Comicon starting Friday!
Tags: birthday, cliff, surprise
I was sick on my birthday and had to miss school. My older sister made a card and had all my friends sign it.
Reminds me of the old joke about the guy dancing around near a cliff singing “21 today! 21 Today!” Passerby comes up and shakes his hand “Congratulations” only to be thrown over the cliff. “22 today! 22 today”
My brother broke his arm at his own 9th birthday party. On one of the gifts! :-X
Have a nice trip, see you next fall.
Birthday surprises fail to be surprises in my family, because the kids found out long ago that the hiding spot for presents was under our mum’s desk or in her closet under her wedding dress.
~Gwid
Normally these elicit a grin or chuckle, but this one got me laughing loudly. Well done!
lolwut.
Opps, forgot to give him the box with the bungee cord in it first. Maybe next year…
I don’t remember any one birthday of mine that held surprises. But a family story surrounding my birth comes to mind. My paternal grandfather’s birthday is the day before mine. He wanted his first grandchild born on his birthday. Mom went into labor, but being the stubborn individual she is, was determine that her child would have a birthday all its very own. I was born at 12:58am. My grandfather was disappointed and blamed her. It was later revealed she had nothing to do with the timing and based on the level of pain during labor would happily have had me at any time just to get it over with.
Actually I hate surprise parties. I either guess really early on that something is going on, or I have already made plans of my own that I’d actually enjoy. And then my friends would have to go out of their way to lie and trick me into going to the party. And then I’d have to pretend to be happy and surprised after I had been blatantly lied to, already guessed @ least 20h ago that something was up, and had to cancel my plans for doing what I actually wanted to do =(
I especially hate the ones you see on TV where ppl make the bday person feel like crap all day by pretending to forget their bday or ignoring them, then SURPRISE!! After feeling like crap for 23h, not sure a surprise at the last hour would really make up for much. I always feel like surprise parties are really made for the organizers to feel good and “in the know” and has nothing to do with making the bday person feel special or happy.
My best birthday surprise happened when I turned 31, actually. It didn’t involve balloons or cake — just my wife coming out of the bathroom holding a plastic stick and saying “congratulations, Daddy” …
I had an opposite 31rst birthday.
“Surprise! We’re going to have to remove chunks of your colon!”
I had a belated birthday surprise this past October. I went to the allergy clinic in Everett (a neighboring town where I live) and I found out that I wasn’t allergic to tomatoes. However, I’m allergic to hazelnuts. Still, a belated birthday surprise is better than no surprise at all.
Birthday surprise? PSHAW, what a load of bull.
Nah, I just get rubbish birthdays. Like my most recent one. I had to save my money (*Poland in Feb 2012 FTW*) so no presents. I got no “Happy Birthday” from my friends. The next week, one of my friends had THEIR birthday. Giant “Happy Birthday”s to him. Sometimes, just FML.
Glenalec, thanks for that joke; I gotta remember that one.
Trust Fall!
My ex-boyfriend prepared a meal for me by going to 3 of our favorite restaurants and getting my favorite things from each. Boneless wings from Chile’s, scallop and bacon pizza from Bertucci’s, and some chocolate thing from Outback. (we were in high school at the time which is why our favorite restaurants were chains)
Everyone actually did forget my birthday
I don’t even remember mine happening last year
I didn’t have a party,there were no presents,and the people I did
tell it was my birthday didn’t care;•_•…at all.
I only remember my last years because I was writing out my mortgage check and I’m like, “This date seems familiar…”
My worst was my 13th birthday because it was forgotten. Which should not be possible because it’s on Remembrance Day (Veterans Day for the United Statesians out there). I’m not certain what my best was, maybe it’s still yet to come.