****No actual birthdays here warning****
One of the most memorable tips to come out over the last couple of months has been to wash your hands for 20 seconds. To help work out what 20 seconds is – wash while singing Happy Birthday to You. Never sung so many Happy Birthdays.
On the subject of Happy Birthdays it’s time for a bit of terrible poetry in the form of Chelsea Owens weekly challenge. This week she has set the following guidelines
- The Topic is birthdays. You all don’t know this, but March and April are our second Christmas around here. Even my birthday is this time of year.
So, as a birthday gift to me, write a horrible parody of the classic song you sing for someone’s birthday. - The Length will depend on the length of the song you honor.
- Songs usually rhyme, so I expect your poem will most likely rhyme as well.
- It’s my party, so make it terrible ’cause I want you to. You would cry, too, if I sang, “Happy Birthday to you.”
- I’ve got children listening! Keep the Rating a G.
You have till 8:00 a.m. MST next Friday (March 27) to submit a poem to Chelsea.
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear
Happy Birthday to You
How many birthdays you have seen
So many decades since you were a teen
Happy Birthday Dear Has Been
Happy Birthday to me, now sod off and pour me a Jim Beam
**** it’s not my birthday for ages, so this is dedicated to all those of you like me who have entered the ‘have you seen my keys’ age.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
What about the old standby…
“Happy Birthday To You
You Live In The Zoo
You Look Like A Monkey
And You Smell Like One Too”
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That works. I’ve got a couple more but they are not safe before the watershed hour.
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Go on … at lest tell us what star sign you are!
I entered the ‘have you seen my keys’ stage when I was 30 I reckon. Always been a bit dizzy like that x
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Leo….. I hit mine at 30 months….. Dizzy is good. x
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Ooh Leo. My birthday before yours then! X
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So what’s your sign x
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Taurus x
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Not long then x
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No. Early may. Another year!! Boo x
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Quite tame. I was expecting more firepower. 😂
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Lol.. Well you made me laugh. Brilliant.
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I was tempted to bin it as I thought it was s****e. The first version was better but far too rude for publication. x
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yeah my younger girl sent me a brill Peaky Blinders do stay at home youtube vid last night but I only forwarded it to a few and never shared on facebook cos the language was Peaky B’s language and if you don’t watch them then… yeah, didn’t want to seem rude.
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I was always getting told off for being a bit rude ….
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Well my language is kinda …bad.
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It’s a northern thing. x
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Defo. We like the blue air here.
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Definitely here. Luckily not many can understand our accents.
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Ken…aye?
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I’d be in trouble as it only takes me 10 seconds to sing “Happy Birthday.”
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Sing it twice….
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Ha. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Or saying, “One, one thousand, Two, one thousand…. how I was taught to count out seconds.
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I forget what number I am at.
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That took me 25 seconds to sing.
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That’s a good hand wash.
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Er – I wasn’t washing my hands 🙂
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You can now….
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🙂
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Our American Happy Birthday is only:
Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, dear Derrick. Happy Birthday to you!
Is yours perhaps a verse longer?
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Only in Gary’s terrible version 🙂
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🙏
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No that’s ours. We must sing slowly.
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Half as fast as we do!!!
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Clearly singing tempo is not uniform around the globe.
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True. Probably in some quarters they’ve had a bit more to drink before they sing it! ;o)
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That would be Yorkshire then….
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Ha!!!!
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Good one 🙂
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Thank you Robyn. Really hope everyone is ok at your end.
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Now remember this is sung at the top of your lungs.
THIS IS YOUR BIRTHDAY SONG!! IT ISN’T VERY LONG!!!
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If you had heard me sing you wouldn’t be saying that…
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if you heard ME sing?….lol
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Can’t be as bad surely
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Actually I have sung to my CD’s for almost 4 years now. My voice has gotten much better…. LOL
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Mine hasn’t
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Have you been practicing??
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Not really
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when you are driving is the best time.
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It is.
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so practice!!!
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I will
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tape it. I wanna listen
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That will scare the raccoons off.
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Do you really want them around????
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Probably not
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So start SINGING!!!
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Need to prepare mentally for this one.
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You’ve been preparing for 2 days. *stands with hands on hips tapping toes*
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Need a longer run up that that….
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaa
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I can’t post comments on your site. Sorry. So frustrating.
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Why not?
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I can only comment on a few sites now, the rest just disappear.
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double check you are following me…..? Then you should be able to comment……?
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Still won’t let me comment.
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I thought I was following you but it wasn’t. Now I am too so maybe………?
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It’s all so confusing.
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Are you following me?
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The more birthdays the more Jim Beam… lol
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That’s a plan. Shame I’m on the wagon. x
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Too bad 😅
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🙏
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No, I haven’t seen your keys. Did you try the Captain? Thanks for the terrible poem; sounds about right!
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Thanks. Really hope your doing good.
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Still alive. Still alive.
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That’s a start.
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When we were little, we would sing it, “Happy Birthday to you. You belong in a zoo. With the lion and tigers and monkeys like you!” It took 12 seconds to sing. Then we would laugh uproariously.
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Not heard that version before. We did the squash tomato version.
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And you aren’t going to share it with us?
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Better not
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I have been losing my keys (seemingly) forever. I’m not going to be able to tell when my brain starts/started to fail. 🙂
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That’s many of us.
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