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Aug 8, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

Birthday calories don't count. It's a rule.

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Aug 8, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

The pasta was clearly calorie neutral, if not a calorie deficit, because of the green stuff. Clearly this is SCIENCE.

And the penguin! *dies of cute*

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Aug 8, 2022Liked by John Birmingham

Happy birthday JB!

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Why does it seem that you can always find the most amazing food in Brisbane? Happy birthday, JB!

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Happy belated birthday also "I huddled under a blanket like a grandad" why was it cold? Asking on behalf of Melbourne.

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On behalf of the Independent Sovereign Nation of Westralia I'd like to petition Melbourne to take its weather back and please return our sunshine days to us. My Melbourne based colleagues are smugly asking for updates on Perth weather just to listen to us ISNoWians moan about the freezing torrential rain and did I mention the freezing, while they casually mention how sunny it is in Victoria. Rude.

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Happy belated birthday JB. Very nice sounding lunch and there should another one just round the corner for Fathers Day, or whatever it is called this year.

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You have sired well, uh...sire.

You're not worried about it being a softening up before the final push/putsch in the war?

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We have come to an arrangement. Separate bottles. Just like a terrible sharehouse.

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The venison pasta looks especially healthy, on account of having green stuff in it. (Sage?) Happy birthday!

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Cheers. I'm not sure what the green stuff was but it came with bacon so we're all good.

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