I got this in my mailbox today. (By the way, my birthday isn’t until the 26th.)
FROM: UF Dean of Students [ufdeanofstudents@dso.ufl.edu]
TO: Mark Jaquith [***]
SUBJECT: Happy 21st B Day Mark Theodore JaquithDear Mark,
On behalf of the University of Florida I want to wish you a happy and safe 21st birthday.
We know that this is a very special day for you and would like to encourage you to celebrate your 21st birthday responsibly. We have partnered with Gator Cinemas and Cold Stone Creamery to help you celebrate this special day. Attached is a coupon for one FREE movie at Gator Cinemas and one FREE ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery, this offer is only good on your birthday between the hours of 9:00pm and 1:00am. The coupon is needed at both establishments, so please print two copies of the coupon if you plan to take advantage of both offers. Please
bring your ID, you may be asked to prove it’s your birthday. In a couple of weeks we will be emailing you again to ask you how you spent your 21st birthday.Again Happy Birthday, have fun, and please celebrate responsibly.
GO GATORS.
Sincerely,
Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, Ph.D.
Dean of Students
Ice cream and a movie. Sounds like one kickass birthday!
Sar says
You know what I thought was even funnier than that?
“SUBJECT: Happy 21st B Day Mark Theodore Jaquith” They called you by your whole name, but couldn’t be bothered to type out “birthday”… cutting out “irth” must really save them time… it’s so much more cumbersome than, say, Theodore.
Mark says
I think they were trying to be hip. But that doesn’t explain why they spelled out my full name. How hard would it have been to extract the first letter of my first name and add “-dog”? “Happy B Day, M-dog” would have at least been consistent.
Raven says
OMG that is CLASSIC!
Hahaha will you take him up on the offer? A little night at the Gator scooping up a bitsy-bitsy cup of chocolate ice cream! 😉
Oh, and happy B-Day M-Dog! Haha