Fresh today · Monday, 13 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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Wishing you a birthday loud enough to be remembered and not loud enough to be a problem at the next family event.

Happy birthday, friend. You're not getting older. You're just getting more material for our jokes.

Birthday wishes from the friend who would carry your secrets to the grave. (Probably.)

Happy birthday. The candles are many. The fire department is on standby.

Wishing you a birthday where you can complain freely and nobody tells you to be grateful.

Happy birthday, friend. Another year of pretending we're adults. We're killing it.

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