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Happy Birthday



...to A. A. Milne.

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dive said…
A mega-day for birthdays!

Cary Grant, Danny Kaye and A.A. Milne. Splendid people all.

And the last one very apt, considering my blustery day …
Scout said…
Tut Tut, it looks like rain.

It's also Bobby Goldsboro's birthday, but I couldn't think of a reason to honor him.
Sassy Sundry said…
I love Eyeore. He's just so cynical and unintentionally funny. But I think sometimes I'm really Tigger.
dive said…
EWW! Bobby Goldsboro!
NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!

Now I'll have that awful song in my head for the rest of my life (sob) …

Spookily, though …
The Hunny (Pooh) and Honey (Bobby Goldsboro) and Honey (Sassy's last post) …

I feel a certain type of sandwich calling me.
Sassy Sundry said…
It's better than all the talk about pandas.

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