to ask you to ask me how old I am ...

[MmeLindor.]

.. about another 20 times in the next 48 mins so that I can answer, "oh, I am 38 years old"?

Countdown starts now. Another YEAR and 48 mins and I will be 40.

Happy birthday mmeL!

How about MmeMcGowans while in Scotland and MmeRitterSport in munchen?

Are you going back to the homeland or elsewhere?

Thanks, all.

Hmm, MmeMcGowans is not bad. Would the Sassenachs get it though?

It does have to be confectionery based, I think.

Stealth
Yesterday I was a very young 38yo

Surely it has to be MmeFriedMarsBar whilst in Scotland?

They don't get mcgowans in Englandshire?? Poor people

MmeIrnBru??

YANBU

That is all.

My top tip, seeing as I am days older than you, is to start planning your 40th now if you want the type of birthday you actually like.

Happy Birthday!

MmeBierfest is not really me, Mary. They are not refined places, you know. Basically Magaluf in Lederhosen.

Minnie
The "night away in that fab B&B" has already evolved into, "hmm, if we are going to do this, we should do it in a smart car. Maybe we could hire a veteran car for the weekend".

What, you mean like that one we have in the garage, DH?

Oooh you could be MmeLiebfraumilch! Thats refined innit :o

Hope you have had a lovely day! Birthday

Hope you had a lovely 31st birthday, MmeLindor.

31st? How old were you yesterday?

Oh, I can imagine an elegant Grace Kelly in the 60's style entrance in snazzy car and cat eye sunglasses. Hermes scarf de regeur.

LOL at MmeLiebfraumilch. My DH would faint.

Ha. GO. Hermes scarf, sadly not. I do have to admit that I draw the line at an item of clothing that costs such a silly amount of money - even if I could afford it, I don't think I would buy one.

My mum brought me a lovely Burberry knockoff from KL scarf that the whole "chav-Burberry" thing ruined. Was mega cheesed off about that.

MmeWalkers - shortbread???
Happy birthday again
Glad you have had a nice day

Ooh no, not the vintage car and scarf combo - remember Isadora Duncan!!

(people of a younger vintage like Olivia may not be familiar with that sorry tale)

Will have to give careful consideration to the name change, MmeWalkers would be known worldwide of course.

Minnie
I always tie scarf tightly, even though I know that it was a really strange freak accident.

MmeWalkers would make me think of crisps rather than shortbread.
Does it have to be sweet? MmeNeepsAndTatties?

Belated happy birthday, MmeLindor! One day nearer.

No German I've met has ever heard of Liebfraumilch (although maybe I've just met the wrong type of German). I'm sure that one even insisted it would have to be called Liebfrauenmilch.

I was going to suggest MmeMilka, but have just remembered that Milka is Swiss too.

Thanks, Linzer.

Yy, German husband was bemused at Liebfraumilch. We had to endure a glass of warm Black Tower when we were at friend's house, early in our relationship. She was chuffed that she had found German wine.

It was the 18th anniversary of your 21st birthday not 39th birthday

will be 40 soon...

Ha. BlueNails. Will remember that.

Fanjo
No! you don't look a day over 21.

Why thank you, you young thing you