Friend's 50th

**acstoon** · 13th August 07, 07:57 AM

We'll be attending the celebration of a friend's 50th birthday.
Since the theme is black, figured I'd wear my solid black kilt.
Ought to be a blast, as a good percentage of the attendees will be biker friends.

Will let you know if there are any survivors...

**fluter** · 15th August 07, 01:01 PM

Black? If they died young, would that be grounds for celebration?

**James MacMillan** · 15th August 07, 01:23 PM

The theme is black?

Explain please.

Is that some kind of cut on his age? What's wrong with being a youngster of fifty?

Confused!

**acstoon** · 16th August 07, 02:34 PM

It's typical, in this area, to go with a black theme for milestone birthday parties.
It's simply a jest regarding growing older... all in good fun.

(for example:for my sister's 30th, we put tombstones all over her front yard, with inscriptions like: "Here lies _____'s youth", etc.)

Additionally, my friend is a biker (as are a good portion of the attendees), black being a dominate color in motorcycling attire. Sort of kills 2 birds with 1 stone, I guess...

It's all silly, but good natured...

**ChromeScholar** · 16th August 07, 02:41 PM

Yeah they do the same thing around here. I put it in the same category as waiters and waitresses singing some dumb birthday song in a restaurant. It's one of the things I will not put up with from my friends.