Ahh happy birthday man! Hope you had a good one! No worries about posting- I'm all ears patient.

Gets us onto the next bit indeed- my next one will be short, but I want to nuance it out a bit more....this is gonna be quite an indulgent setup, to say the least! 

EDIT: Post is fast and I thought I would have a laugh with it. A bit of a different comedic setup- really getting at something else here, which is that it's not just the base getting the surprise...