Sharkingest birthday ever!
 

Yes, I had another birthday this past Good Friday. (number 42 for anyone keeping track.) Matterhorn Fan and HTHBellcaptain treated me to Greek food and some lovable shark goods. First up, a Matchbox playset in which a shark pops up through a fishing dock and sends the little toy truck flying down a ramp:

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Next up, a cool car that, at the touch of a button, pops up into an adorable mecha-shark:

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And to top it off, in the mail that day, I received an amazing sculpture from a fellow named Jim McPhee, who created this very large, very precise replica, not of a true great white, but of Bruce, the temperamental mechanical shark from JAWS. It's astonishingly perfect, and a nerdy dream come true for me. (Yeah, I bought it for myself, but it took a while to get here, and finding it waiting on my doorstep after an evening of good food and good friends, well, it was a very nice b'day indeed.)

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It's about the size of my cat Tsunami, and as I was unpacking it, Tsunami stuck his head in the beasts' mouth, a true circus lion tamer moment that would have made for an incredible picture, but my camera battery was dead. Attempts to recreate the moment have been a complete failure.

squeeee- Happy Birthday!!!! Another aries for our collection (right?)

LOVE the shark!! My son is going to want that sooo bad!

Oh dear - well happy belateds and may this year continue to be a sharky one for you

(Now would you update you profile so we can remember to properly celebrate your day :p)

Happy belated. So has your age made you wiser? Have you, for example, discovered the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?

So sorry to have missed your birthday (if you'd only told us earlier).
I look forward to wishing you a belated when I see you in October - you know you can always come out here...

Happy Belated Birthday!!!!!! I feel horrible I missed it. I should know better!

Awsome sharks!

Wiser? Probably not. But perhaps better able to decide which things are worth my ever-shrinking time and which are not.

And yes, I've known the answer to that second question since about seventh grade. :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Sorry this is late....guess I am a follower not a leader:blush:

Don't you love a guy that's easy to shop for?

Happy Belated Birthday Flippyshark!

I hope you are continuing the celebration with a corndog today!

:cheers:



P.S. We DO need a corndog icon, you know.....

Happy belated birthday to you! Sounds like it was a great one.

Maybe you could bait the shark's mouth with treats while standing by with your camera at the ready? :D

If only Bruce's mouth were coated in vegemite.

Happy belated birthday, Flippyshark! :)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday! Looks like it was a sharking good time!

Happy Birthday ! It looks like you scored in the shark present catagory!

The "Bruce" is pretty damn cool. Happy Bday!!

Happy Belated Birthday Flippy!

I'm curious, Do you have the Jaws game where you have to "fish" for the parts before the mouth closes?

Why, yes I do! :D

I already wished you happy birthday.

I just realized that in all of the times that I have read this thread, that I never wished you a happy birthday. So,

Happy Birthday!

Happy late birthday, Mr. Jaws!