Our submitter in Provo, Utah came across this sad little display taped to a door at Brigham Young University. “There’s a lot of pent-up, childish anger there,” she says.
Perhaps those would-be party-throwers in Provo could find some consolation from Ricky in Buenos Aires — his 49th birthday party was also cancelled due to a lack of cooperación from his amigos. (Hello, mission trip?)
related: This is not a party, only a reminder to not forget…again.
66 responses so far ↓
#1
zenvelo
it’s not Sprite, it’s 7-Up; you know, BYU = Bring Your own Un-cola.
May 3, 2010 at 9:06 pm rating: 6
#2
zenvelo
I’m not completely up on my Spanish, but isn’t “Fiesta Suspendida” a party with Michael Hutchence?
May 3, 2010 at 9:10 pm rating: 15
#3
ClearlyDemented
I like how they optimistically put the cancellation notes up at all, as if somebody might come and be disappointed.
May 3, 2010 at 9:11 pm rating: 37
#4
Denny DelVecchio
I’d probably still go.
Being over 30 is a rotten bitch.
May 3, 2010 at 9:27 pm rating: 7
#5
Bcteagirl
These two should throw a b*tch party together… tons of fun. BYOB*tchiness, but they will bring enough to share with everyone. Because at least *they* care.
May 3, 2010 at 10:06 pm rating: 3
#6
Silence
I’m with Team NoteWriters on this one.
It blows ass to try and plan a party and then have nobody show up. And it really shows you who your friends are, too.
On the other hand, you do get to eat an entire birthday cake as consolation.
May 3, 2010 at 11:26 pm rating: 22
#7
SeaOtter
I am surprised at the South American note, as I thought this huge obsession with birthdays was a North American cultural phenomenon.
May 3, 2010 at 11:38 pm rating: 1
#8
AuntyBron
Poor Ricky – he’s getting mocked on 2 continents.
May 3, 2010 at 11:51 pm rating: 15
#9
dollbones
Definitely on team note writers. I feel their pain. Especially when you think everyone IS coming and then nobody even cancels and one person shows up. ONE.
May 3, 2010 at 11:56 pm rating: 5
#10
MAMARILLA2
Utah throws a turning 21 birthday party and no one shows up. This is what you get when you want a sober birthday…Now if they had included a keg and some hard booze, they might have gotten a few dozen people to attend…Truely poor planning all the way around.
May 3, 2010 at 11:58 pm rating: 3
#11
Canthz_B
I would feel sorry for the BYU birthday boys/girls, but lack of interest is to be expected when you ban hooch and naked twister on campus.
May 4, 2010 at 12:19 am rating: 11
#12
Canthz_B
You’d think Ricky would have known no one was coming to his Big 49 party at about the same moment he realized he’d have to throw it himself…but DAMN!…It sucks to not have even one friend who’ll throw you a party on your birthday, but it sucks even more to not even have “friends” you can bribe with free booze and eats.
May 4, 2010 at 12:24 am rating: 3
#13
TheOldSchool
The first note is eerily evocative of what happened to my first marriage.
May 4, 2010 at 12:37 am rating: 8
#14
Blogmella
Perhaps I’ve watched too many Disney films but somehow I can’t shake the belief that the people cancelling these parties are actually going to find themselves at SURPRISE parties, later on. All the friends they thought were “not interested” will be there, with balloons, presents and cake. And drinks. It will be awesome.
May 4, 2010 at 1:59 am rating: 14
#15
Canthz_B
Desi Arnaz, Jr. is more than 49 years old, isn’t he?
Nobody likes a liar, “Little Ricky”!
May 4, 2010 at 2:35 am rating: 2
#16
another david
they’re lucky.
my parties all get canceled before the invitation phase.
sigh
May 4, 2010 at 4:23 am rating: 3
#17
Woman on the Verge
These are the same ass hats who will ultimately announce their disappointment on facebook.
May 4, 2010 at 9:02 am rating: 14
#18
Anon Man
In defense of BYU students, it is hard to attend parties while managing your seventeen wives.
May 4, 2010 at 10:29 am rating: 15
#19
Foxy J
The invitation to the BYU party would turn me off. Does it say “feed Richard” at the bottom?
May 4, 2010 at 10:53 am rating: 2
#20
Sirius¤
CANCELLED due to lack of a single fucking thing to do in Provo.
May 4, 2010 at 4:17 pm rating: 6
#21
the byu non mormon
Looked up “BYU-IA Members”… found their blog! Here’s the flyer if you wanna see what it says…
http://byuia.blogspot.com/2010/04/byu-ia-birthday-party.html
May 4, 2010 at 5:16 pm rating: 4
#22
21skulls
I’m still curious as to what kind of game “Feed Richard” is. Who is he? “Richard” seems too normal a name to be associated with a game. I’m suspecting we’re being tricked into community service.
May 6, 2010 at 3:54 pm rating: 0
#23
El Jefe
Isn’t ‘interest & participation’ redundant? Is Mr. BYU really parsing which folks are either
1) planning to participate, but really aren’t all that interested
or
2) super-interested but just can’t make it
from the general round of No-Show’s?
P.S. to all partiers out there: if you don’t have good enough friends to throw *you* a party, you need to drink or smoke more.
May 10, 2010 at 11:22 am rating: 0
#24
Max Time
ok the mexican one jus made me think…. SUBTITLES PLZ:?!??!?! I jus saw “taco taco taco chalupa taco taco” when I read it
May 13, 2010 at 9:09 am rating: 0
#25
Wrench
At a certain point I just decided I no longer have a birthday. I was hatched. Birthday parties past age 10 are pointless, disappointing and end up being more trouble for the person having the birthday than those actually attending, which kind of defeats the purpose.
May 28, 2010 at 8:20 pm rating: 0
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