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Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't think theres going to be anyone called Jason Jason or Howard Howard etc. If there is, then the parents must've been real lazy to come up with a name for their child :lol: :mrgreen:.
Famous English footballing brothers Gary and Phil Neville's father is called Neville Neville.
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Corby wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:I don't think theres going to be anyone called Jason Jason or Howard Howard etc. If there is, then the parents must've been real lazy to come up with a name for their child :lol: :mrgreen:.
Famous English footballing brothers Gary and Phil Neville's father is called Neville Neville.
Oh right and I didn't think there would be one :oops:.

I must admit though I am not a football fan, so would never have known that :oops:.
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Boutrous Boutrous Ghali (sp?) is another weird double name
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Jason Larsen wrote:For the record, my birthday is on the first day of Fall 1986.
I read that as 'Fail' :|
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Of course I wouldn't fail, I would succeed.

I would succeed to tell you that my birthday is on the first day of Fall 1986.
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Jason Larsen wrote:Of course I wouldn't fail, I would succeed.

I would succeed to tell you that my birthday is on the first day of Fall 1986.
Whose 1986th fall occurred on the day of your birth? Other than that, what date was it on? Perhaps you could tell us in a more cryptic way by telling us which season it was in and on what day of that season - e.g. the first day of autumn in 1986 (but not that obviously, unless it's a massive coincidence).
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Nobody fell on September 22, 1986, but I have an interesting fact about my date of birth.

September 22 marks the day in which only 100 days remain in any calendar year.
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Jason Larsen wrote:Nobody fell on September 22, 1986, but I have an interesting fact about my date of birth.

September 22 marks the day in which only 100 days remain in any calendar year.
Is that including the 22nd? Because I make that 101. If you got up on September 22nd and thought "Aha, there's only 100 days remaining in this calendar year!" then you would be wrong, because you're not counting the day you're in. You would need to try to say it exactly on the stroke of midnight on the 22nd, just before the 23rd started. Of course, you could never do this, as it would require timing down to the tiniest split second (and also, you would have to say the entire sentence in an infinitesimally short period of time to be truly accurate).

All that notwithstanding, I think you should try to do just that on your birthday this year, Jason. I for one wish you luck in this foolish and ultimately unsatisfactory endeavour and will be thinking of you on the day.
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As of that day, there are 100 days left in the calendar year, yes.
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At the risk of setting this thread off down another realm of nonsense - happy birthday David! :)
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Happy Birthday David O'Donnell :D
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:D
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Well in David!
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Cheers lads! Being the working class boy that I am it's a Chinese and a night at the dogs to celebrate, it's also a mate's fortieth so should be a good night. :) Perhaps it may not be a good following morning [/nauseous emoticon]
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Happy Birthday David, and also my sister :) And my mate Keith's mum.
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Corby wrote:Happy Birthday David, and also my sister :) And my mate Keith's mum.
As well as my mate, it's also my aunt's birthday and a few old school friends too. A lot of people appear to like doing the nasty on August 17th. A popular birthday date in Ireland has traditionally been December 17th for some unknown reason.
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And also my daughter's mate Gemma, whose party I am just about to take her to.
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Congrats David. Hope you have a great day. :)
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Congratulations on not dying this last year, David! And have a good night tonight - can you put a tenner on no. 2 in the fourth for me? Ta.
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Corby wrote:And also my daughter's mate Gemma, whose party I am just about to take her to.
Bit of a coincidence, that one.
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Happy Birthday M. George Quinn :)
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Happy Birthday!! :D

Hope your day is magic!!

See what I did there? Did you? :)
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Happy Birthday, George, you Belfast scum - oh wait, I am from Belfast - BUGGER!
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Have a great day, George. Happy Birthday. :)
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Happy birthday George, also happy birthday to Tom Hargreaves today. :)
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Happy birthday
and very best wishes George.
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Happy Birthday, Tom.
A belated Happy Birthday to David.

Thanks for all your good wishes. You love me, you really love me.
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Happy birthday, Harry. Only a year now until you get your bus pass. :D
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I send my belated happy birthday wishes to David, too!
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Joseph Bolas wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:Would your parents still have called you Jason if that had been your surname? I don't want a guess; I want you to go and ask them.
I don't think theres going to be anyone called Jason Jason or Howard Howard etc. If there is, then the parents must've been real lazy to come up with a name for their child :lol: :mrgreen:.
Er... Neville Neville (as in Gary and Phil's dad)
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Happy Birthday, Joseph!
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Have a great day, Joseph. :)
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Thank you David and Howard :D.
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Happy birthday Joseph :)
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Thank you Ben :D
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Joseph, happy birthday to you!
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Thank you Jason :D
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You are very welcome, Joseph!

I've been keeping busy otherwise but will be back here in a couple of days.

I hope to see you online soon!
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Jason Larsen wrote:You are very welcome, Joseph!

I've been keeping busy otherwise but will be back here in a couple of days.

I hope to see you online soon!
:D

We've wondered where you've been over the past few weeks.

I'm online all the time :oops: :lol:
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Thank you, Joseph!
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Happr birthday Joseph
and good wishes to you.
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Thank you Ralph :D
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HaBi, Joseph.
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M. George Quinn wrote:HaBi, Joseph.
Bastard, I was going to do that one ;-).

Happy Birthday, Joe!
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Happy b'day Joseph :D

From JaCu :P
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M. George Quinn wrote:HaBi, Joseph.
Th Yo M.GeQu :D
jimbentley wrote:Happy Birthday, Joe!
jasoncullen wrote:Happy b'day Joseph :D

From JaCu :P
Thank you Jim and JaCu :D
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Happy Birthday, Kirk. Only 22! I wish I could remember when I was that age but it's all a surreal blur now.
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Likewise, Happy bday Kirk ;) . I hope I live as long as you do :? :P
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Happy birthday, Kirk!
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Happy Birthday Kirk.
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Happy 21st Birthday, Ben "Benji" Hanks!!!
Hope you have a good one.
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Happy Birthday Benji

Hope you have a great day today :D

NB: Blondes tend to have more fun, I believe :lol:.
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Have a great 21st b'day Benji. I wonder what colour hair you'll have when you get smashed on the town to celebrate :D
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Happy birthday Ben
and very best wishes.
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Ben, happy birthday!
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Happy birthday, Benji. (I assume it's correct; it hasn't come up in the usual place.) Have a great day :D

And a belated happy birthday to Kirk. I missed seeing it last Saturday.
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Yeah happy birthday dude! Enjoy :)
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Haooy Birthday Ben and Kirk
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M. George Quinn wrote:Haooy Birthday Ben and Kirk
You've been practicing, haven't you?
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Happy Birthday Matthew Green.
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