[geeks] Halloween

[wa2egp at att.net]

> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> 
> > Last time I had a birthday, my sons decided to put candles on the cake, one
> > for each year.  When it was lit, the smoke detectors in the neighbors
> > houses went off!  (Didn't really happen, but sounded funny.)
> 
> When I turned 25 (6 and a half years ago), we did my birthday at Chi-Chi's.
> The cake design was such that my wife felt she had to put the candles in
> a 2"x2" square where it didn't conflict with the elaborate design on
> the cake.
> 
> Twenty five candles.
> 
> When lit, it was like a torch.  The waitress carrying it out carried it
> with her arms at full extension, almost cringing while she carried it
> and sang Happy Birthday =)
> 
> The flames were almost a foot high =)
> 
> That's one of my favorite birthday memories...
> 
> --Kurt

Flame on! (Whoosh!)

Kinda reminds me of some of my attempts in programming :->