While a friend’s husband was off at work last summer, she decided to paint a
couple of rooms in the house. As he left, she got down to the task at hand.
Her husband arrived home at 5:30 and smelled the distinctive odor of fresh
paint. He walked into the living room and found his wife lying on the floor
in a pool of sweat. He noticed she was wearing a ski jacket and a fur coat
at the same time.
He quickly rushed to her and asked if she was OK. She replied yes. He had to
ask what she was doing. She replied she wanted to surprise him by painting
the rooms.
Then he just had to wonder why she had a ski jacket over her fur coat. She
replied that she wanted a paint job that would last, so read the directions
on the paint can and they said, “For best results, put on two coats.”
~~ANSWERS TO BIRTHDAY FACTOIDS
1. How many people share the same birthday as you? 18,000,000
2. Where was the world’s largest birthday cake created? 1989 FOR 100th
BIRTHDAY OF FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA. (128,000 pounds + 8 tons of icing)
3. What special gift does each person in England who celebrates their 100th
birthday receive? TELEGRAM FROM THE QUEEN
4. About how much money is spent on birthday cards annually in the USA? 2.5
BILLION DOLLARS
5. Why is the most common birth date in the USA (October 5th) so logical?
LIKELY CONCEIVED ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
6. The song ‘Happy Birthday’ is copyrighted, so earns about how much money a
year? 2 MILLION DOLLARS
7. These three months have the most birthdays celebrated (in order). AUGUST,
JULY, SEPTEMBER
8. What famous writer died on his 52nd birthday? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (April
23, 1616)
9. Why was pirate-apprentice Frederic (in Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates
of Penzance”) first HAPPY, then SAD on his 21st birthday? HIS INDENTURE
ENDED ON TURNING 21. BUT HE WAS BORN FEB 29th, SO WOULD NOT TURN 21 FOR 63
MORE YEARS
10. In many countries we celebrate birthdays with a cake. What traditional
food is used in many Asian cultures? NOODLES (UNCUT, EXTRA LONG TO LAST
ANOTHER YEAR)
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”