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bubbleblowerSpeaking of my January birthday, this one was another of those landmark "getting old" years: 75. Three quarters of a century. One group I regularly have lunch with did the typical restaurant birthday thing with a slice of cake with a candle on it.
Restaurants almost never use the actual traditional number of candles. It's probably too much trouble to keep count of how many candles they need and how to arrange them on the cake, as well as the problems of getting them all lit before the first ones to get lit have already burned out. Besides, that many candles can be a challenge to blow out, especially if one has to worry about setting one's beard on fire.
Restaurants almost never use the actual traditional number of candles. It's probably too much trouble to keep count of how many candles they need and how to arrange them on the cake, as well as the problems of getting them all lit before the first ones to get lit have already burned out. Besides, that many candles can be a challenge to blow out, especially if one has to worry about setting one's beard on fire.
