Happy Birthday Adam!
July 15, 2008 1:47 PM Subscribe
According to Wikipedia, today is Adam Savage's birthday!
This post was deleted for the following reason: dude! not cool use of mefi. -- mathowie
DTMFFPPA
posted by roll truck roll at 1:50 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by roll truck roll at 1:50 PM on July 15, 2008
Oh. Oops. Even though I've sat next to Adam and talked to him about ordering pizza on the internet, I still forget who he is.
posted by roll truck roll at 1:51 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by roll truck roll at 1:51 PM on July 15, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM FROM YOUR UNCLE RANDY.
posted by The Straightener at 1:51 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by The Straightener at 1:51 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
You're kidding, right?
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2008
This is -
No wait; this is EXACTLY what MetaFilter is for!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!!!111111!!!!!
posted by yhbc at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2008
No wait; this is EXACTLY what MetaFilter is for!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!!!111111!!!!!
posted by yhbc at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2008
Happy Birthday Linda Ronstadt!
Happy Birthday Forrest Whittaker!
Happy Birthday Jesse 'The Governing Body' Ventura!
Happy Birthday Clive Cussler!
posted by carsonb at 1:54 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
Happy Birthday Forrest Whittaker!
Happy Birthday Jesse 'The Governing Body' Ventura!
Happy Birthday Clive Cussler!
posted by carsonb at 1:54 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm going to jury-rig a liquid oxygen blowtorch and light the candles on the cake from sixty feet away!
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:54 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:54 PM on July 15, 2008
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# 1737 - Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787)
# 1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
# 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)
# 1808 - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, English Catholic archbishop (d. 1892)
# 1812 - James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873)
# 1837 - Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal (d. 1859)
# 1848 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
# 1851 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (d. 1889)
# 1850 - Mother Cabrini, Italian-born Catholic saint (d. 1917)
# 1864 - Marie Tempest, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
# 1865 - Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
# 1870 - Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian publisher and politician (d. 1922)
# 1871 - Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908)
# 1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and writer (d. 1940)
# 1894 - Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
# 1899 - Seán Lemass, Irish leader (d. 1971)
# 1902 - Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission {d. 1983)
# 1903 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
# 1904 - Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (d. 2007)
# 1905 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (d. 1974)
# 1906 - Rudolf "Rudi" Uhlenhaut, German automotive engineer and test driver (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1989)
# 1911 - Edward Shackleton, English explorer (d. 1994)
# 1913 - Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963)
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:56 PM on July 15, 2008
# 1737 - Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787)
# 1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
# 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)
# 1808 - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, English Catholic archbishop (d. 1892)
# 1812 - James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873)
# 1837 - Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal (d. 1859)
# 1848 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist (d. 1923)
# 1851 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (d. 1889)
# 1850 - Mother Cabrini, Italian-born Catholic saint (d. 1917)
# 1864 - Marie Tempest, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
# 1865 - Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
# 1870 - Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Russian publisher and politician (d. 1922)
# 1871 - Kunikida Doppo, Japanese writer (d. 1908)
# 1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and writer (d. 1940)
# 1894 - Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989)
# 1899 - Seán Lemass, Irish leader (d. 1971)
# 1902 - Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission {d. 1983)
# 1903 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975)
# 1904 - Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (d. 2007)
# 1905 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (d. 1974)
# 1906 - Rudolf "Rudi" Uhlenhaut, German automotive engineer and test driver (Mercedes Benz) (d. 1989)
# 1911 - Edward Shackleton, English explorer (d. 1994)
# 1913 - Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963)
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:56 PM on July 15, 2008
I reject your birthday and substitute my own!
posted by elfgirl at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by elfgirl at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
By the way, "Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal" is my next sock pupper
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
Puppet, even
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
It's an urban legend. Someone needs to prove it "plausible."
posted by kuujjuarapik at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
posted by kuujjuarapik at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
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