Today it's NINI's birthday. Everytime I hear the expression 'happy birthday' I can't help thinking about an anecdote that happened to me many years ago when I was part of an IUFM jury recruiting new teachers. The day had been quite long when a guy came in who must have been our 20th or so candidate. He had to explain to us how he would teach a class of CM2 introducing a new language or cultural point.He immediately told us that he felt it was very important to teach French kids the tradition of 'Happy birthday'. After a moment of bewilderment, my colleague and I started laughing and soon got into a fit of the giggles. We felt awful about the whole situation but the guy kept on, unwavering. I couldn't hold my papers straight and was almost under the table when he came to an end, repeating proudly how important it was for French kids to get to know this type of typical British tradition. We just about managed to thank him and apologize for our nervous state due to our very long day of assessing candidates. If you have any other funny remembrance of 'happy birthdays' please share it here. And of course 'happy birthday Nini!'