the other side of the mountain

difficile est saturam non scribere

First principles

Posted on 28 June 2010 by kyknoord

First!
UPDATE:
Many thanks to Dolce, Nursemyra and Daisyfae for their extremely shapely birthday greetings

You three could probably make a small fortune if you sell that t-shirt on eBay. Your fanboys will be clambering over one another for the opportunity to own such a valuable item.

UPDATE 2.0
Stv has added his unique, yet classic take on matters.

71 thoughts on “First principles”

Helga Hansen on 28 June 2010 at 00:16 said:

FIRST! 😀

LikeLike

Reply ↓
Helga Hansen on 28 June 2010 at 00:18 said:

Oh, and happy, happy… let’s see if I can remember to spell “verjaarsdag”… 😉

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:01 said:
  
  Many thanks and congratulations on your first.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - Helga Hansen on 28 June 2010 at 18:28 said:
    
    It was my first FIRST, and will probably be my last 😛
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 18:38 said:
      
      Perhaps, but everybody remembers their FIRST.
      
      LikeLike
      
      Reply ↓
secret agent woman on 28 June 2010 at 00:26 said:

Wait, what? Jeez I go away for the week and suddenly I understand nothing. Have you been ill?

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:02 said:
  
  Hah! You’re lucky. Understanding nothing is my default option. However, to answer your question: I was ill, but I am much improved now.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
redsaid on 28 June 2010 at 00:51 said:

*More jazz hands* Aaaaaand carpal tunnel.

Just kidding. I’m made of sturdier stuff. Happy birthday, even though I’m not first. Not that THAT is a first. Because I’m NEVER first. (And never bitter about it.)

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:04 said:
  
  Never? Don’t make me quote all those competitions you’ve won back at you, because I will.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
robinaltman on 28 June 2010 at 02:53 said:

Happy birthday, Kyknoord the Terrible!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:07 said:
  
  Thanks Robin. It’s very kind of you to use my new official title on this most special of days.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
hisqueen on 28 June 2010 at 02:53 said:

fifth….
what..why do i always get smacked down by Jebus H. Krispies but he failed to show up yet for the others.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- hisqueen on 28 June 2010 at 03:29 said:
  
  psst.. happy birthday..you don’t look a day older.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:08 said:
    
    Jebus is a capricious bastard isn’t he? I think he’s playing silly-buggers because his water-into-wine scam got exposed. And thanks, btw 🙂
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
Malach the Merciless on 28 June 2010 at 04:26 said:

LAST!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:09 said:
  
  LOST!
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Rob on 28 June 2010 at 05:05 said:

Did you know that every day, somewhere in the world, it is someone’s birthday? Appears that today (tomorrow from my locale) is yours. Have a happy one. Celebrate. Enjoy. May as well, eh?

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:10 said:
  
  Quite right. Otherwise I might be out there roaming the streets without anyone keeping an eye on me.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
anne on 28 June 2010 at 06:06 said:

Hold on a second here…
(See what i did there?!)
Happy Birthday, sir. I hope your day brings you many surprises and delights.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:13 said:
  
  (What? What? (I jest, I did))
  Thank you. I’m also hopeful that the surprises and delights will be coincident.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
dinahmow on 28 June 2010 at 07:36 said:

Isn’t Cancer considered a “feminine” and “negative” sign?
Oh well, have a happy day anyway.No, really.Blow your vuvuzela.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:14 said:
  
  Are we talking astrology or disease here? Paaarrp!
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Jon in France on 28 June 2010 at 07:54 said:

Sooo… get anything nice?

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:26 said:
  
  Well, there’s this fur-lined thong…
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
betenoir on 28 June 2010 at 08:33 said:

technically, I was first! why didn’t you say anything yesterday! I would have got you something! like an naartjie or a tiny kitten or a balderdash set!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:43 said:
  
  What? And steal your thunder? Never! Any idea where I can find a naartjie-flavoured kitten?
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Dolce on 28 June 2010 at 09:39 said:

Happiest Mr Noord. Hope it brings you goodness!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:49 said:
  
  Some religious dude warned me that “Shirley, Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”, but I’ve managed to obtain a restraining order against them.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Flutter on 28 June 2010 at 10:27 said:

Lastest!

Happy Happy Kyk the Noord!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:52 said:
  
  Thank thank you. I will do my very best.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
the person formerly known as luke on 28 June 2010 at 10:31 said:

can i have a piece of cake, Kyk?
have a jolly day
oooo …. pwezentz
🙂

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:53 said:
  
  It’s in the post. You do like cream, don’t you?
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Jean Pant... wiff a dog on 28 June 2010 at 10:49 said:

We’re wagging our tails wiff joy over here. Happy Biffday.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 12:55 said:
  
  Kief. I’ll save you some koeksusters.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
The Unbearable Banishment on 28 June 2010 at 13:10 said:

So who do you share a birthday with? Anyone wealthy and famous. Or attractive?

Happy birthday from stinky old New York City. [We’re in the midst of a heatwave.]

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 13:26 said:
  
  Well, I know Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 (my day has been a bit better than his thus far)
  As for wealthy, famous and (possibly) attractive, you can’t do better than Henry VIII. Yup, Henry the Eighth.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - Helga Hansen on 28 June 2010 at 18:27 said:
    
    You better crack on and get another few wives, then… 😉
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
    - kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 18:37 said:
      
      Only if I get to chop their heads off with impunity.
      
      LikeLike
      
      Reply ↓
      - Helga Hansen on 28 June 2010 at 22:43 said:
        
        Well, Henry would expect you to do the job properly… else heads will roll… 😀
        
        LikeLike
        
        Reply ↓
Charmskool on 28 June 2010 at 13:30 said:

Rats! I feel sure (in that guilty way that I always do – catholic/jewish guilt is a terrible thing – the last vestiges of my religious past mwahahaha) that I should have known it was your birthday. Why you didn’t say anything so that I could stick a candle in a naartjie-flavoured kitten and sing happy birthday to you? Consider it done. Happy happy birfday Kyk.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 18:03 said:
  
  But you already let me win that one Scrabble game. That’s pretty damned generous in my book.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
savannah on 28 June 2010 at 14:05 said:

happy birthday, sugarpie! xoxoxo

LikeLike

Reply ↓
Stephanie of Stopbouncing on 28 June 2010 at 15:01 said:

Seems to me like you got QUITE the birthday present from Greece… not everyone I know gets thinly veiled boobies.

(I had a feeling you were a Cancer…)

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 28 June 2010 at 18:09 said:
  
  I know! I usually get thinly-veiled threats.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
daisyfae on 28 June 2010 at 21:13 said:

you owe us photos in the fur lined thong. [tapping toes. looking at watch.]

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:03 said:
  
  What? And destroy all that goodwill that you garnered for me?
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
TexasTrailerParkTrash on 28 June 2010 at 22:17 said:

Many happy returns of the day!

(Is that a “faux” fur thong or are you saying PETA be damned and going with the real deal?)

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:08 said:
  
  Ta (You don’t expect me to give away all my secrets at once, do you?)
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
savannah on 28 June 2010 at 22:46 said:

i thought i’d left a birthday greeting earlier, sugar, but it seems i was still hungover from the night before! happy birthday! xoxoxo

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:09 said:
  
  Very kind. Hungover wishes are the best!
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
thegnukid on 28 June 2010 at 23:45 said:

happy b’day, my friend… what a great present from Europe. all six of them!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:12 said:
  
  Thank you. Makes me wish I was Darth Vader: “I have felt your presents”
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
syncopated eyeball on 29 June 2010 at 01:08 said:

Happy birthday, dude!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:14 said:
  
  Thank you. My returns were happy, indeed.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Wicked Shawn on 29 June 2010 at 04:54 said:

Happy birthday. I’m not first. Not second, third, fourth, etc. In fact, I probably fall under the day late, dollar short category. 😉

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 10:15 said:
  
  Wicked wishes are always welccome 🙂
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
renalfailure on 29 June 2010 at 05:03 said:

Furst! As in Stephen Furst who was Flounder in Animal House, and he was also on Babylon 5. Oh, and that movie The Dream Team where he and Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd and Peter Boyle were escaped mental patients.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 12:42 said:
  
  Wouldn’t you rather be Faust?
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
cew on 29 June 2010 at 05:36 said:

Last!

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 12:51 said:
  
  Close. Here’s your cigar.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
RubyTwoShoes on 29 June 2010 at 06:30 said:

They were shapely greetings weren’t they?!
I’m with Daisyfae (not as in I’m squeezing my buxom bosom at you, as in I’m tapping my toe in impatient anticipation of fur lined thong images…)

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 12:53 said:
  
  Quid pro quo, Clarice.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Dolce on 29 June 2010 at 09:59 said:

Stuff the t-shirt- I’ll start taking bids on the outtakes 😉

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 12:54 said:
  
  I have trouble believing you stuffed the t-shirt.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
anicker on 29 June 2010 at 15:34 said:

Happy Today to You x

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- kyknoord on 29 June 2010 at 18:12 said:
  
  Thanks! It was the best Today evah!
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
Steve on 30 June 2010 at 07:41 said:

With apologies for lateness, didn’t build it to scale, etc:
*crosses fingers, prays to jeebus it works*

LikeLike

Reply ↓
- Steve on 30 June 2010 at 07:42 said:
  
  Ah, fucksticks.
  Try this instead:
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - Dolce on 30 June 2010 at 08:29 said:
    
    Whahahahahaha…
    
    LikeLike
    
    Reply ↓
alonewithcats on 30 June 2010 at 09:20 said:

Oh, I am very, very late to this birthday party. My apologies. On the upside, I appear to possibly be a winner at the LAST! game. Unless someone leaves a comment after me. In which case I am not a winner. As I’ve always suspected.

LikeLike

Reply ↓
Bee on 30 June 2010 at 09:59 said:

Last… but not least?

LikeLike

Reply ↓