Von’s thirty today – by the by, yesterday was the three month anniversary of this blog – so what better way to celebrate than to sing a couple of verses of Happy Birthday?
Well, sort of: I belong to a medieval recreationist group called the SCA, you see… and we have a somewhat unique song that we use to celebrate this sort of thing.
(To the tune of “Volga Boatmen” – actually, I’m told that it’s not, but eh)
Death and gloom and black despair
People dying everywhere
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
Pay attention, you must learn
First you pillage, THEN you burn.
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
Fear and gloom and darkness but
No one found out YOU KNOW WHAT
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
So far death you have bypassed
Don’t look back it’s gaining fast
Chorus:
Happy Birthday! (UHH!) Happy Birthday! (UHH!)
(This can go on, and on, and on. Songs meant to be sung drunk often do.)
Seriously, all the best, von.
Shoot, I learned one like that in college.
Happy Birthday, uh
Oh Happy Birthday.
People Dying every where
Sickness, Sorrow and Despair.
On Your Birthday.
Oh Happy Birthday.
One
Day
Closer
To
Death.
Happy birthday, von!!!
Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!
Ummm, thanks. (I think.)
Happy birthday, von. I’m having thirty shots of tequila in your honor.
Stretched over a couple of years, of course. Current rate of consumption, and all.
Slarti — don’t forget to adjust for inflation, though. 30 shots of tequila today, at prevailing rates, could end up as 35 or even 40!
And happy 30th, von. Now get the hell out of here and go have a life already! 😉