Birthday

Continuing on my partner's family theme, it is her sister's birthday today so Happy Birthday if you ever read this! I hope she likes her presents...

We are all going round to the family home for a birthday dinner tonight so with reference to my last blog, hopefully their Dad will be feeling better.

One thing about birthdays though is the singing of the traditional song 'Happy Birthday to you'. Normally one treads a fine line when singing this song and it can often be embarassing for everyone involved.

If you have a shit singing voice you can just mime the words but then the people next to you (which might include the birthday boy/girl) know that you are putting in no effort because they can't hear you.

If you sing louder with a shit voice you ruin the song as it then sounds dreadful as a collective.

If you are confident and have a good singing voice you drown everyone else out and will look like a prick.

I'm all for doing away with this traditional song. A simple congratulatory handshake will suffice.