Re: @Martin an gof -- Maybe I have missed the point
Don't use the word much myself but it's one of my dad's favourites and he's somewhat on my mind today having clicked another year closer to 90, and got very het-up when I proposed that when I did a bit of shopping for him I could bring the children to sit in the car and sing happy birthday. In the end I just dropped off the shopping and some cards and the children sang down the phone.
He's not pleasant when he's depressed and my poor mum is taking the brunt of it. I hope they can survive another six or nine months of this...
M.