I don’t know, but the years seem to be flying by. Each year seems to be getting shorter for some reason. ![]()
My hair is turning grey rather quickly these days, but I don’t mind the old salt and pepper look, so far anyway, who knows how I will feel about it by next year.
I have waist length hair, so it would be a nightmare to whack a bit of colour into it. I hate to
think how many bottles it would take. ![]()
Today I am a year older. I was born in Brisbane, which is the capitol of Queensland here in Australia, on February the 18th 1958, yep that makes me 54 (for those that are not good with maths) although if I don’t look in the mirror, I am a lot younger.
Some friends are putting on a barbeque for me tonight, so fun times ahead.
Sorry I haven’t got any new Birthday jokes up my sleeve; these have been around for awhile. If you have heard them before, I hope you still get a bit of a laugh out of them.
Fun Times.
A man asked his wife, “What would you most like for your birthday?”
She said, “I’d love to be ten again.”
On the morning of her birthday, he got her up bright and early and they went to a theme park. He put her on every ride in the park – the Death Slide, The Screaming Loop, the Wall of Fear. She had a go on every ride there was. She staggered out of the theme park five hours later, her head reeling and her stomach turning. Then they were off to a movie theatre where they ate popcorn and sweets and drank Cola. At last she staggered home with her husband and collapsed into bed.
Her husband leaned over and asked, “Well, dear, what was it like being ten again?” One eye opened and she groaned, “Actually, honey, I meant dress size!”

AI
Artificial intelligence is a wonderful thing.
I told my computer that today is my birthday,
and it said that I needed an upgrade.

Birthday
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ~ Bob Hope
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~ Lucille Ball
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. ~ Jennifer Yane
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.

The Present
It’s my wife’s birthday tomorrow. Last week I asked her what she wanted as a present.
‘Oh, I don’t know,’ she said . ‘Just give me something with diamonds.’
That’s why I’m giving her a pack of playing cards.

Music Box
Andrew went to buy a birthday gift for his wife. Every kin and kith was invited over that night, to celebrate her birthday.
Andrew wanted something special for his wife, so he went to see some cute little music boxes.
A blue one was playing “Happy Birthday.” Thinking they were all the same, he chose a red one and had it gift-wrapped.
Later, at dinner, among the huge gathering, he gave the gift to his wife and asked her to open it. When she lifted the lid, out came the tune to “The Old Gray Mare, She Ain’t What She Used To Be!”


Happy Birthday to you. Love the blog.
Hi Peter,
Thank You very much, and Thank You for taking the time to comment.
Happy Birthday, Mags!!!
I’m watching the gray come in a little bit, too. It’s got a different texture than my regular hair so who knows what it will be doing from one day to another.
You’re a year and a month younger than me and it’s nice to know someone with hair a bit longer than mine.
Hope you have a fantastically wonderful time at your birthday barbeque, full of love and laughter!!! *hugs*
Hi Barbara,

Yes the good old grey does seem to have a bit of a different texture, but it also can look very nice on some people (I hope of one of those)
Thank You for the birthday wishes.
Happy birthday, Magsx2. And many more!
And almost all the jokes were new to me.
Hi El Guapo,
Happy to hear you hadn’t heard some of these jokes before.
Thank You
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Mags!
Hi lolabees,
Thank You very much.
Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday dear Mags…Happy Birthday to you!! You’re 4 months older than me…hah hah!!
Hi Travel Spirit,

Oh no, now I am feeling old.
Thank You for the Birthday wishes.
I wish you the happiest birthday, Mags! Your blog always brings a smile to my face. Thank you for that. Enjoy the weekend!
Hi She’s a Maineiac,

Thank You very much for those kind words.
You also have a great weekend.
happy, Happy, HAPPY birthday to YOU!
Hi Laurie,
Thank You for the Birthday wishes.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Happy Birthday, Mags. Best wishes, not only for today, but also for the year ahead. Cheers, Mal.
Hi Mal,

Thank You very much.
Have a great weekend.
I thought about telling you Happy Birthday tomorrow, since the 18th is tomorrow for me, but, then it would be yesterday for you, which is the past, and then it would be belated, so Happy Future Birthday.
Hi Purple Mouse,

Oh that is confusing.
Thank You very much, and have a great weekend.
Happy Happy Birthday, Mags. But not yet, because here it is only the 17th — so you are still a youngin’ in MY eyes!
Hi Elyse,

I should move to the other time zone, and stay younger longer.
Have a great weekend.
Happy Birthday Mags!!! I hope you have a very wonderful and unforgettable birthday!! May this year be the start of amazing days to come!!! And as I would say in Spanish, Feliz Cumpleanos!! Celebrate all night long! Enjoy Australia for me!
P.S. Thank you for visiting my blog and for the nice comments
Hi Any Lucky Penny,

Thank You so much for those lovely words, and I’ll be sure to have a great time.
You also have a great weekend.
Happy Happy, Mags
Hi elcampeador,

Thank You for the great picture.
Have a great weekend.
Welcome Mags and have a delightful weekend yourself. Gosh, ’cause it your B-D, I just may have a extra dry martini. lol.
Have a few for me.
LOL. Will do Milady..
Happy Birthday Mags! If it is any consolation, I am way older and have way more grey hairs than you do!
Hi Margie,

One of the great things about getting older, is the wisdom that comes with age. I know it’s an old saying but I am really starting to like some of these sayings that have been around for awhile.
Have a wonderful weekend.
You’re aging gracefully like me i’m 57 in may and i’ve had salt and pepper grey hair since my forties i think its got something to do with gentics that’s my excuse and i’m sticking to it. Happy Birthday
.
Hi Windsmoke,

Genetics, of course that explains it, a very good
excusefact.Have a great weekend.
Mags I send you a whole bunch of very Happy Birthday greetings.
I came to my computer because I remembered it was your birthday – tomorrow for me, but today for you (I think you’re about 12 hours ahead of me) – and I was going to send you a private email but here you are celebrating with everyone, which is reeeeelly lovely.
Wow waist length hair! When I shared the photos of women with waist length hair you didn’t own up. I’m older than you
I’ve also allowed my hair to turn gray. I’ve earned every one of those grey hairs and would never cover them.
Hi dearrosie,


How very nice of you to remember, that is just fantastic.
Time differences can be confusing sometimes, especially for me.
Yes we certainly have earned our grey hair, I totally agree.
You also have a wonderful weekend, especially wonderful because you will be celebrating as well.
Happy Birthday for tomorrow.
Thanks for the wishes Mags. Though we’re both Aquarians, we don’t share a birthday – mine was a couple of weeks ago.
When you said tomorrow for me, I did completely misunderstand and I haven’t even starting drinking yet
I’m about to go out for lunch, when I came back, I’ll think of a better excuse.
and it is important for WE Aquarians to stick together!
I haven’t heard this song for years, thanks for video.
Happy, happy birthday, Mags!!! Sounds good with a BBQ tonight [well, yesterday
]
I’m three years older than you, I’ll turn 57 in August. When I was fourteen, I had waist-long hair. Cut it then, and never had the patience to get it long again … until NOW! For two years now, I’ve been letting it grow, and finally it’s long enough to be put up in a bun!
Had not heard any of the jokes, so I got good laughs. Loved those quotes..
Hi coolfeline,


I had my hair cut once, that was when I was 12, I swore it would not happen again. I had always had long hair, and then all of a sudden to have short hair, I just couldn’t handle it, I personally felt like a boy.
Now I just keep it trimmed so that it stays around the waist mark.
I am so glad you hadn’t heard any of the jokes before, I was so hoping that some people had not heard them all.
Have a great weekend.
I’ve tried, ever since, to get it long again, but always lost patience when it was somewhere just below the ears. Not this time though
I’m so pleased with myself LOL
Good on you.
Happy birthday, Magsx2! Best wishes for the day and year. I am almost as young as you at 51. Your jokes keep us young!
Hi AA,

Thank You very much. Laughter is the key to a lot of things, keeping us young is one of them.
Have a great weekend.
Happy birthday. You are catching up to me.
Hi John,

Thank You very much for the Birthday wishes.
Have a great weekend.
Happy birthday!!! I am nearly the same age as you but I thought we were much younger – hehe!
Hi jmgoyder,

We are only as old as we feel, which is not very old.
Have a good weekend.
I hope your birthday is happyx2! Enjoy!
Hi writingfeemail,
Thank You very much.
Have a great weekend.
Happy Birthday Mags! You’re a spring chicken compared to me. I didn’t know most of the jokes and quotes and had a good chuckle. I’ve found a few more quotes (my present to you):
“I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.” (Nancy Astor – attribution)
“I was born in 1962. True. And the room next to me was 1963…” (Joan Rivers, ‘An Audience with Joan Rivers’, London Weekend Television, 1984)
“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell you that, would tell you anything.” (Oscar Wilde, ‘A Woman of No Importance’, 1893)
“Thirty-five is a very attractive age, London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.” (Oscar Wilde, ‘The Importance of being Earnest’, 1895)
Hi Lady Marilyn,

Love the quotes
Have a good weekend.
Hi Mags and a happy, happy birthday to you on your special day.
Hi tempo,
Thank You very much.
Have a good weekend.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And Many More
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Hi Peggy,
Thank You very much.
Have a great weekend.
Happy birthday! Have a blast at your celebration, and I hope you NEVER get combination Valentine’s Day and birthday presents …
If it’s any consolation, I don’t know what you look like but because of your sense of fun, I never imagined that you a) were 54 and b) had greying hair! The joys of the world wide web, huh?!
Hi Red Nomad OZ,


I must say that I have never had Valentines Day and Birthday presents combined, I have been lucky.
Yes, I’m an “old girl” but I still like to have fun.
Have a great weekend.
Happy Birthday, Mags!
And remember:
Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional!
Hi travelrat,

Thank You, and that is oh so true.
Have a great weekend.
Many many happy returns of the day Mags.
You always spread smiles through your blog. I wish lots of happiness, laughter & peace in your life . Keep smiling. Best wishes to you.
Hi Arindam,
Thank You very much for your kind words.
Have a great weekend.
What a nice Saturday morning (for me) surprise to see – Happy Birthday Mags!!! An Aquarian!!!! … and isn’t this the last day of the one bearing water? Meanwhile, the birthday quotes my fav.
Here’s a present for you – yep – a past post dedicated to 54! http://conversationinfaith.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/the-rules-we-play-by/
I realize your day is almost over, so I hope you had a great one!
Hi aFrankAngle,

Thank You, and I had a fantastic day, with a few surprises as well.
Have a great weekend.
Oh crap … I just noticed I gave you the link from my current post, thus not the link I referenced for your birthday. My apologies – but, better late than never.
http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/on-54/
Mags! Happiest birthday wishes to you, my blogging friend. I hope the ‘Barby’ with friends was full of good food, fun and laughter. May this next year pass a little more slowly, giving you a chance to drink and savor the wonderful moments that make a year.
Best wishes to you to day and every day. Hugs to you.
- Lenore
Hi Lenore,

Thank You. This year is already going too fast I feel.
Have a great weekend.
Happy Birthday, to you, mags. I’m glad that you’re not fighting back growing older. Let your long, beautiful locks wave in the breeze!
Hi SDS,
Thank You very much.
Have a great weekend.
Looks like I am the last one to wish you Happy Birthday but it’s no less enthusiastically. What a treat to visit your blog every day, get to know your readers, and today, get to know more about you. Many happy returns!
Hi EOSR,
Thank You very much for your lovely words.
Have a great weekend.
A very happy birthday! My grandfather lived to be 93 and was always healthy and he never kept up with his age. A policy that I follow sometimes to my detriment!
Love the joke about dress size!
Hi BoJo Photo,

Thank You, and your Grandfather was indeed very wise.
Have a great weekend.
Best Wishes for your Birthday Mags, i’ll be 2 years older in 3 weeks time.
Love the diamonds joke.
Hi gitwizard,
Thank You, for the wishes.
How wonderful! Please have another slice for me! I wish I were there — HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAGS
Hi weisserwatercolours,
Thank You very much, and I will.
Happy Birthday, mags. And might I just say that with waist length hair you’d make a very enticing Lady Godiva.
Do it for the boys.
I second Gregory’s motion.
Hi gregoryno6,

I’m way too old to be Lady Godiva
That ‘Lord Godiva’ self portrait was taken when I was 48. And I didn’t have a great head of hair, either!
It certainly was a different type of portrait, not too many would have done it.
Hi Mags, and many happy birthday wishes. I am a new devotee to your blog, and you are just three years younger than me… so if you ever want to know what’s in store in future… hehe ! Take care, have fun at your bbq, and always enjoy the moment! Wish I could be there! Love, Cissy in Texas
Hi crissyblue,

Thank You very much. I haven’t been on the computer for most of the day, as I had friends that came from a long distance to be with me for my Birthday, so I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to answer you.
Thank You very much for taking the time to comment.
no worries, friend, who’s watching the clock anyway… haha, hope you had a great day!
Happy birthday young whipper snapper
When ya get to the age of me and me mate the Emu at 61
Then ya got a few things to worry about
Ian aka Emu
Hi aussieian,
Thank You for the wishes.
I’ll be even more wiser as the years go on I hope.
Hey!! Happy birthday mags!! So you are in my line…I’ll be 47 in a couple of days.
To be 54 it’s great if you have that kind of sense of humour.Keep being as you are!!
Hi Lynn,

Thank You very much.
I don’t plan of changing.
Genuine people is best at a certain age .
At little late, but still: Happy birthday!
Hi munchow,
Thank You very much.
Happy belated birthday Mags!! Hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weekend with your loved ones
Hi Cafe23,
Thank You so much for the Birthday wishes.
Haha, cheers!
Happy Birthday my friend
wishing you all the best and looking forward to lots more jokes.
Hi jakesprinter,

Thank You very much.
I’m happy to hear that you enjoy the jokes.
As always my friend
Happy Birthday!
Hi Fergiemoto,
Thank You very much.
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a great day surrounded by family and friends (and a whole lot of laughter)!
Hi wordswithpurpose,
Thank You very much.
Oh yes all of the above.
Sorry I am late wishing you a Happy Birthday. I am sure you had such happy moments. I wish you many more.
Hi Doraz,
Wow, Thank You very much.
The Video was fun to watch I loved it.
I just put a call out for corney jokes on my blog. Ask and you shall receive, not that these Jokes are corney these are mighty fine jokes! Happy Birthday I think a little grey hair is a fine thing. Thats what I keep telling myself. I think of it as pretty Christmas tensile. Hope you had Fun day on your Birthday BBQ that sounds like fun friends and food can’t beat that.
Hi starlaschat,
I like that “Pretty Christmas tensile” very nicely put.:)
I had a great day Thank You, and you are right, you just can’t beat, friends and great food.
Thank You for the wishes.
So sorry I missed your actual birthday, Mags. I hope you had a fantastic day. I love thinking of you with your beautiful waist-length hair. Thank you for such an informative and fun blog. There really is something for everyone here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Hi Selma,
Thank You very much for your Birthday wishes and your kind words.
I had a great time, I saw friends that I had not seen in a long time.
Hope you had a great birthday Mags! I enjoyed the jokes! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Michael,

I’m so glad you enjoyed the jokes.
Thank You for the wishes.