Topic: The Happy Birthday Jeph thread (Read 7026 times)

Is it cold in here? · « **on:** 16 Jun 2013, 19:00 »

It is also Jón Sigurðsson's birthday.

celticgeek · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 19:24 »

Pen-blwydd Hapus!

Iechyd Da!

cesium133 · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 19:47 »

An 88-string guitar? Wouldn't that be the size of a piano? Or IS it a piano?

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 20:40 »

I think a harpsichord would be closer to a guitar than a piano; however, I have no idea how many strings a harpsichord would have.

celticgeek · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 21:09 »

And having an account cracked on your birthday is an especially crappy thing to happen.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 21:50 »

Happy birthday Jeph!

Near Lurker · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 22:28 »

33?

...geez, when I signed up for this forum, then, he was younger than I am...

Loki · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 22:31 »

...I expect he is still younger than you?

Happy Birthday Jeph!

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 Jun 2013, 23:06 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 16 Jun 2013, 19:47

An 88-string guitar? Wouldn't that be the size of a piano? Or IS it a piano?

I win on obscure cultural references! Lehrer had a monologue about how folk music should be performed on folk instruments, and since his piano didn't qualify as such he asked his audience to pretend he was playing an 88-string gee-tahr.

pwhodges · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 00:41 »

Quote from: mustang6172 on 16 Jun 2013, 20:40

I think a harpsichord would be closer to a guitar than a piano; however, I have no idea how many strings a harpsichord would have.

5-octaves (sometimes missing a sharp key in the bass), so 60 or 61 strings per stop; small harpsichords have just the one set of strings, but larger ones may have two or three (separately selectable by a stop mechanism), so up to 183 strings. Exceptionally, in Ireland only (strange but true), some instruments had a range of 5 octaves and a tone, so up to six more strings. Instruments with four courses of strings exist but are very rare.

Oops, where am I? Oh yes - Happy Birthday, Jeph!

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 01:33 »

You mean this isn't the physics subforum and the string theory thread?

Loki · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 02:01 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 17 Jun 2013, 00:41

[thread derailing]
Oops, where am I? Oh yes - Happy Birthday, Jeph!

You had ONE job!

toffee-skye · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 02:17 »

Happy Birthday Jeph! thank you for all the comics!

Welu · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 03:49 »

I got the 88 string guitar reference before it was explained! Whoo!

Happy day of birth, Jeph!

Zebediah · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 04:19 »

Punnishment. Jeph must be punnished.

Also, when did the forum get autocorrect? It kept trying to "fix" my joke.

techkid · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 04:26 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 17 Jun 2013, 04:19

[bad pun]
Also, when did the forum get autocorrect?

The forums knew that the server would collapse from the collective groans of us Questionables.

Happy birthday Jeph!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 04:36 »

*waves*

Happy birthday, Jephzibah! Thank you for bringing all of us forumites together!

TadPrime · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 04:42 »

Happy increment day!

pwhodges · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 05:03 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 17 Jun 2013, 04:19

Also, when did the forum get autocorrect? It kept trying to "fix" my joke.

That's not the forum - probably your browser.

jwhouk · « **Reply #19 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 05:37 »

Happy birthday, Jeph!

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #20 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 07:15 »

Breithlá shona duit Jeph.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 09:38 »

From me as well: Happy Birthday Jeph!

Emoroffle · « **Reply #22 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 10:27 »

Feliz cumpleanos senor artista.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 10:31 »

Quote from: Loki on 16 Jun 2013, 22:31

...I expect he is still younger than you?

On the contrary, NL is quite a bit younger than Jeph. Jeph's age when NL joined the forum (nearly nine years ago, wow) is lower than NL's current age, which I'm guessing is rather close to mine (25).

Oh, and happy birthday, Jeph!

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 10:44 »

HBJJ!

Storel · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 16:55 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jun 2013, 23:06

Quote from: cesium133 on 16 Jun 2013, 19:47
An 88-string guitar? Wouldn't that be the size of a piano? Or IS it a piano?

I win on obscure cultural references! Lehrer had a monologue about how folk music should be performed on folk instruments, and since his piano didn't qualify as such he asked his audience to pretend he was playing an 88-string gee-tahr.

Quote from: Welu on 17 Jun 2013, 03:49

I got the 88 string guitar reference before it was explained! Whoo!

So did I. Those interested in hearing Tom Lehrer's performance of "The Folk Song Army", including his intro at the beginning that contains the 88-string guitar line, can check it out here.

Quote from: Welu on 17 Jun 2013, 03:49

Happy day of birth, Jeph!

Oh, yeah, this too.

Kugai · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 Jun 2013, 19:01 »

Quap'la Jeph

Long life and prosperity to you.

onefish · « **Reply #27 on:** 18 Jun 2013, 08:59 »

Yay, happy birthday! Thanks for writing a comic I've been reading and enjoying since it was on Keenspot!

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