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Chan-Mick le Frog Started conversation Dec 22, 2002
Thank you for your birthday poem.
Were birthdays designed by donkeys?
Merry Xmas anyway! 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 10, 2003
Glad you liked the poem. 
I don't know who invented birthdays.
Probably not donkeys, though.
Before the 18th century, people did
not celebrate their own birthdays
as such. They did, however, celebrate
the feast days of whatever saint they
were named for.
That's all I know about it.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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