Sharkingest birthday ever!

flippyshark · 04-09-2007, 08:55 PM

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.

Nephythys · 04-09-2007, 09:14 PM

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

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

BDBopper · 04-09-2007, 09:24 PM

Greek food and that awesome Thunderbird Transformer-shark...That was definitely THE Sharkinest birthday ever! So glad you had a happy one. Birthdays are the best!

€uroMeinke · 04-09-2007, 10:03 PM

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 )

Morrigoon · 04-09-2007, 10:09 PM

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?

flippyshark · 04-09-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

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?

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.

mousepod · 04-09-2007, 10:16 PM

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...

Not Afraid · 04-09-2007, 10:17 PM

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

Awsome sharks!

sleepyjeff · 04-09-2007, 11:00 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-10-2007, 12:27 AM

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

04-09-2007, 08:55 PM	#1
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	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: [IMG][/IMG] Next up, a cool car that, at the touch of a button, pops up into an adorable mecha-shark: [IMG][/IMG] 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.) [IMG][/IMG] 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.
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04-09-2007, 09:14 PM	#2
Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	squeeee- Happy Birthday!!!! Another aries for our collection (right?) LOVE the shark!! My son is going to want that sooo bad!
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04-09-2007, 09:24 PM	#3
BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	Greek food and that awesome Thunderbird Transformer-shark...That was definitely THE Sharkinest birthday ever! So glad you had a happy one. Birthdays are the best!
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	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 ) __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	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? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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04-09-2007, 10:16 PM	#7
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	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... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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04-09-2007, 10:17 PM	#8
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Happy Belated Birthday!!!!!! I feel horrible I missed it. I should know better! Awsome sharks!
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04-09-2007, 11:00 PM	#9
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Sorry this is late....guess I am a follower not a leader
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04-10-2007, 12:27 AM	#10
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Don't you love a guy that's easy to shop for? __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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