My Joke Collection (#5)

Birthdays are good for you. The more you have the longer you live.
—1970's birthday card

Funny how certain things will stick with you your entire life. First came across this hopeful, scientifically correct statement during the 1970's in an "adult" birthday card. Amidst other cards illustrated with buxom young women and fat hairy old men, one showed a lone guru standing atop a jagged mountain peak proclaiming this profound birthday statement. A sparkley treasure buried in cartoon dirt. Being under 10-years old I lacked the financial wherewithal to afford the $0.55 and Mom wouldn't provide a low interest loan. For all I know the card may still be in that small-town Michigan grocery store—but its message is with me. At every opportunity I spout off the words as my own. Even blogged 'em (So Today's Your Birthday). Author, if you're still having birthdays I'd like to send you 55 cents.

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