I’m 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 years old today! That means I get to be a two-year-old to the fifth degree all day long! I want BALLOONS!
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Christian
Hurra!!! Hipp Hipp!! Well If you behave there is no limit on what the day might bring. 34 years(and doctor)………who would have belived that! 😉
Jill
No, no, Christian, your maths is out by two years! But thanks for the cheer!
HÂkon Styri
Gratulerer! (og s er det dobbelt s lenge til neste gang da vel?)
Florine
Gefeliciteerd met je 32ste verjaardag! 🙂
(I bet you understand that, even though it’s in Dutch…)
Jesper Juul
And remember that 32 is only 20 in hexadecimal!
Tormod Haugen
and 100000 in binary 🙂 Have a really nice day.
Liz
Happy birthday, Jill!
lisa
Ah, just a baby…
many happy returns.
nick
Baloons, eh? That’s a tall order in a proportional font, but I’ll try…
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Happy birthday!
Francois Lachance
And what colour of balloons does the birthday person desire? And how many?
Let’s see
2 to start with
add four (2×2)
that’s six
add 8 (4×2)
that’s fourteen
add 16 (8×2)
that’s thirty
add 32 (16×2)
that’s sixty-two
I have a hunch you excursion into the mathematical realm of series is connected to your diving into the grammatical intricacies of tenses and mode in the conjugation of French verbs 🙂
X 0 X [ the odd anachronistic yoking of Romuan numerals and Arabic zero ] to signify best wishes for carrying the joyous energy of the many twos and fives into the future beyond the thirties into the sixties !!!
kirsty
As a thirty-one-and-a-half year old I’m really glad you’ve pointed out that 2^5 is a cool birthday! Thanks! Have a lovely day!
vika
happy happy happy birthday!
jon
Happy Birthday Jill !
elouise
Happy diquadrano! (I just made that up). It only gets better with time(s two).
Elin
yay! Another year to put in the closet. I can’t even open my closet anymore, it is so loaded.
Gratulerer med dagen!
Robert
Happy birthday, Jill. I hope you have a great 33rd year.
George
Speaking as one, I say 32-year-olds rawk! Happy birthday, Jill.
mark
Happy birthday!
mcb
yeay!
Elin
Jill – by the way – your css is all messed up on my mac – (IE5.1) – is it me…?
Sgruphgh!
Seb
Happy birthday Jill!
Clancy
Happy belated birthday! 🙂
Charles Magee
Is that the Jill that I knew whom I said Happy Birthday in Leicester, UK on your 29 birthday? Happy 32 + 3 months birthday.
Jill
Hm, I don’t *think* I was in Leicester on my 29th birthday. No, I don’t think I’ve *ever* been in Leicester. Sorry!
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