Many Happy Returns.

Giving someone a call for their birthday was once a pleasant experience. You would dial the number and find yourself smiling for no particular reason as you waited for the phone to answer. When it did you would put on that bizarre voice, the one that is a few octaves higher than your normal voice – again for no particular reason- and believing the birthday recipient had suddenly become hearing impaired you would bellow down the phone, “Happy Birthday.’ Some even manage…