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Poor Joanie…
Joanie was born in Seattle, Washington,
on January 18, 1973,
but her birthday is during the summer
and she celebrates it each year
with a big party on the beach.How is this possible?
HERE is the solution.
she was born in seattle, but moved to the southern hemisphere. perhaps she lives in rio now where it’s summer in january.
posted by grant on 10-16-2008 at 7:40 am
She moved to the Southern hemisphere. Rio is nice, grant. My first thought was Sydney.
posted by Amy D on 10-16-2008 at 8:12 am
lame
posted by nightstraveler on 10-16-2008 at 9:27 am
Way to easy.
posted by Veritas on 10-16-2008 at 9:39 am
my grandmother came to this country via canada when she was 2.5 years old. the border patrol asked her parents for her birthday, but they didn’t keep track of dates back then. they decided that very day was lucky and should be her birthday. on all official papers, she was xx.5 at her birthday.
posted by Morgan on 10-18-2008 at 8:35 pm