KL September Birthday Bash

On Saturday the Grand Room reverberated to the sound of about 40 enthusiastic if perhaps not operatic quality voices belting out Happy Birthday to nine KLers who had September birthdays. The unusual ratio gave rise to some speculation. The sociologists among us pointed out that September came 9 months after Christmas and New Year. Hmmmmm. The statisticians calculated that among about 120 households you would expect 10 to have a September birthday. The sceptics pointed out that since the birthday celebrants were specifically invited and should be excluded from the calculation, leaving only one attendee whose September birthday was not before known, there were actually less than the 3 that would be expected. At that comment the discussants were observed to turn their focus to rapidly emptying their wine glasses.

As usual the tables were covered with an unusual variety of food which disappeared rapidly. It's really hard to become svelte in this place. And as usual a minor miracle was performed when it was time to clean up. With super efficiency plates were cleared, glasses washed and the room returned to a pristine state in no time. I wish I could tidy my apartment as quickly.

As the sparklers on the huge birthday cake fizzled out and huge slices of cake were being distributed one keen celebrant suggested we similarly celebrate the October birthdays next month. A party weary cynic pointed out that there were 12 months and statistically we would have about nine or ten birthday people every month. On that note more wine glasses were rapidy drained.