Jason English
Jason English’s 30th Birthday Extravaganza!
by Jason English - July 30, 2009 - 11:08 AM

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It’s my birthday, but I’m passing the savings along to you! (Or something like that.)

Because planning an actual party would be a logistical nightmare—what are the chances we could find a date that worked for everyone?—let’s skip to the part where I hand out goodie bags. To celebrate the end of my roaring twenties, we’re going to give away some magazines.

goodie-bagsThe first 30 people from the U.S. or Canada to email jasonturned30@gmail.com will get a free back issue of mental_floss magazine. If you’re already a subscriber and would like to give an issue to a friend, just explain that in the email and provide that person’s address. But type quickly, because an offer like this won’t come around again until my 40th birthday in 2019. Or maybe when office dog Bailey turns 30 in dog years (early ’10).

Now, what’s likely to happen here is this: we’ll get 400 “I’ll take a free magazine!” emails in the next half-hour, leaving 370 of you disappointed. That sounds like a pretty crappy party, even by fake party standards. So I’ll pick 10 other people at random to receive t-shirts and books to cushion the stinging blow of disappointment.

[Note: Those are the actual goodie bags my wife assembled for our daughter's 1st birthday party last week. We forgot all about them until everyone had left. Do Smarties and Dum Dums keep?]

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Comments (19)

  1. Happy Birthday! Pick me, pick me!

    posted by Claire on 7-30-2009 at 11:16 am

  2. Free issue, please!! (Smarties and dumdums would also be really nice.)

    posted by Katie Bowen on 7-30-2009 at 11:17 am

  3. Silly me, I did it wrong, didn’t I? Better keep typing, Happy Birthday anyhow!

    posted by Katie Bowen on 7-30-2009 at 11:18 am

  4. In the first 10 minutes, we had 96 emails. But like I said, we’ll give away some random prizes to people outside the lucky 30.

    posted by Jason English on 7-30-2009 at 11:20 am

  5. good call. it’s the thought that counts.

    posted by Jessica on 7-30-2009 at 11:40 am

  6. “It’s my birthday, but I’m passing the savings along to you!” It’s bad when the first thing that i think of is Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man sitting in the front yard of Jason’s house on his birthday.
    Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

    posted by Steven on 7-30-2009 at 11:51 am

  7. Happy Birthday!Pick me!

    posted by Sunil Singh on 7-30-2009 at 11:54 am

  8. Happy Birthday!!!

    posted by allison on 7-30-2009 at 12:28 pm

  9. Happy Birthday, Jason!!!

    If you use my handy method of calculating age (multiplying the digits), you are once again a NEWBORN! – I’ve already done this myself… ;-)

    posted by Amy on 7-30-2009 at 1:15 pm

  10. Happy birthday Jason! Many happy returns of the day. And the giveaway. :)

    posted by Chris Higgins on 7-30-2009 at 3:04 pm

  11. haha first 30 people! I thought it was 300. Guess I should read more thoroughly! Happy Birthday, though!!

    posted by Mary on 7-30-2009 at 3:33 pm

  12. Happy Birthday Jason! My daughter’s birthday was on the 27th, and three other people we know have had birthdays on the 28th and 29th, so it’s been a full birthday week!

    posted by EL on 7-30-2009 at 4:24 pm

  13. Happy birthday Jason! My son’s birthday is tomorrow so it is a great birthday week!

    posted by JaneM on 7-30-2009 at 4:51 pm

  14. Buon Complianno da Kate di Italia! Mangi tanta torta e apri tanti regali belli! Bevi tanta birra anche! Lo so non posso vincere i giornali di Mental_Floss, ma ho volevo dire auguri lo stesso. Happy Birthday from Kate in Italy! Eat lots of Cake and open many awesome gifts! Drink a lot of beer, too! I know I can’t win the Mental_Floss Magazines but I wanted to say happy birthday anyways. CIAO CIAO!

    posted by Kate on 7-30-2009 at 5:28 pm

  15. Hope you had a good birthday!

    posted by Monica on 7-30-2009 at 5:52 pm

  16. Hey, Happy Birthday! Wishing you good… stuff. Well you know what I mean.

    posted by Karl on 7-31-2009 at 1:22 am

  17. Happy birthday! ill take whatever i can get

    posted by sammy on 7-31-2009 at 5:38 pm

  18. OOPS! POSTED ON WRONG BLOG ENTRY:

    I’m guessing that I won’t be one of the 10 random winners of the ’sundries’ (tees, books… Dum Dums/Smarties ;)), but happy belated birthday!

    posted by Anon Emous on 7-31-2009 at 11:05 pm

  19. Happy Belated Birthday Jason. Many more!

    posted by Sue on 7-31-2009 at 11:15 pm

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