Over the weekend, Google announced the birthday surprise, explaining that the special doodle will appear on google.com if you add your birthday to your Google Profile and are signed in to the service on the special day.

You can then click on the birthday logo to see your Google Profile, which will be decked out with virtual streamers, a cupcake and a “Happy Birthday” message from Google.

The personalized touch is a nice addition to the Google experience, but we also suspect less altruistic motivations behind the gesture — mainly, to encourage more Google users to claim and fill out their Google Profiles.

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried
chicken.” She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right,
everyone else in the class laughed.

My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried
chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my
teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals and don’t understand real people. I love animals, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.

Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office. I told him what
happened, and he laughed too. Then he told me not to do it again.

The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal
was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, just like she’d asked
the other children. So I told her it was because you could make them into
fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal’s office again. He
laughed, and told me not to do it again.

I don’t understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher
doesn’t like it when I am. Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what
famous person we admire most.

I told her, “Colonel Sanders”.

Guess where I am now…