Is it good to blow candles on Birthday cake after 40 years old

[Christina Ang]

Hello Mr. Lee,
Good afternoon.
My question to you is that is it good to blow candles on Birthday cake
after 40 years old?
I have colleagues asking me this question.
Thanks.
Regards,
Candy
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[Cecil Lee]

In my opinion, please don't!!!!
As if I am not mistaken; recently read an article: for hygiene purposes; blowing out a small number of candles is bad enough!
Blowing all 40 (or 4 big ones); no offence: the entire surface of the cake is full of that birthday person's and other's (helper's) saliva material. yucks! Yucks! And yucks!

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On 10/10/2013 3:36:27 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hello Mr. Lee,

Good afternoon.

My question to you is that is
it good to blow candles on
Birthday cake
after 40 years old?

I have colleagues asking me
this question.

Thanks.
Regards,

Candy
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[Cecil Lee]

Most of the time; taboos has it's roots under common sense.
For example, the birthday person's saliva is littered with bacteria or germ or sometimes even HIV or certain disease that can be passed thru the saliva e.g. flu etc...

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On 10/10/2013 4:21:10 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In my opinion, please don't!!!!As if I
am not mistaken; recently read an
article: for hygiene purposes; blowing
out a small number of candles is bad
enough!Blowing all 40 (or 4 big
ones); no offence: the entire surface of
the cake is full of that birthday
person's and other's (helper's) saliva
material. yucks! Yucks! And yucks!On
10/10/2013 3:36:27 PM, Ang Sor Lan
wrote:
Hello Mr. Lee,


Good afternoon.


My question to you is that is
it good to blow candles on
Birthday cake
after 40 years old?


I have colleagues asking me
this question.


Thanks.

Regards,


Candy

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[Cecil Lee]

Australian children to be banned from blowing out candles on birthday cakes together because they might spread germs

• They must also wash hands before playing in sandpit
• New guidelines issued by National Health and Medical Research Council

By Richard Shears

PUBLISHED: 12:56 GMT, 6 February 2013 | UPDATED: 08:05 GMT, 7 February 2013

Australian children are to be banned from blowing out candles together on birthday cakes ? because they could be puffing germs onto one another.

And in what is seen as an attempt to ?bubble wrap? children, youngsters attending birthday parties will be told to take along individual cup cakes on which to place single candles.

The extraordinary new guidelines from the country?s National Health and Medical Research Council has provoked an angry response from parents who say that the ?nanny state? is trying to take all the fun out of birthday parties.

Sensible or a load of hot air? Children in Australia are to be banned from blowing out candles no birthday cakes together because of fears they will spread germs (file picture posed by model)

Even doctors say that the birthday rules are going to far ? because children are also now expected to wash their hands before jumping into a sandpit to play with their friends.

Day care staff will also be instructed to wash toys, doorknobs floors and cushion covers every day to prevent the spread of germs.

The guidelines state that kids who want to blow out a candle at birthday parties should bring their own cupcakes to avoid blowing germs over one another when they puff on a shared cake.

?Children love to blow out their candles while their friends are signing ?Happy birthday?? states a guidelines document from the research council.

'Elf and safety gone mad: The new guidelines also say that children will be expected to wash their hands before jumping into a sandpit to play with their friends (file picture)

But it adds: ?To prevent the spread of germs when the child blows out the candles, parents should either provide a separate cupcake, with a candle if they wish, for the birthday child.?

Alternative, it says, enough cupcakes should be provided for the other children ? or a large cake that can be cut up into portions and shared should be made available.

Turning to sandpits, the council says that children must wash their hands with alcohol sanitiser before and afterwards.

The guidelines have astonished Australian Medical Association president Mr Steve Hambleton.

?If somebody sneezes on a cake, I probably don?t want to eat it either ? but if you?re blowing out candles, how many organisms are transferred to a communal cake, for goodness sake?? he told Sydney?s Daily Telegraph.

Mr Hambleton also attacked the new sandpit rules, saying that all that was necessary was for children to wash their hands before they ate.

?It?s normal and healthy to be exposed to a certain amount of environmental antigens that building up our immune systems.

?If you live in a plastic bubble you?re going to get infections (later in life) that you can?t handle,? he told the paper.

Also attacking the ?clean hands? rules, Miss Gwynn Bridge, president of the Australian Childcare Alliance said she was certain parents did not disinfect the door handles at home every day.

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On 10/10/2013 8:26:03 PM, Anonymous wrote:
These are further considerations:1. Some
"girls" don't like their age to be
revealed. Of course, if asked; would
deny this "allegation"2. Another old
Chinese tale is: "if we (drink) another
person's saliva; we would have to
(listen) to them"....3. After, hearings
so many negatives; I am sure; or rather
guarantee that all your colleagues will
not want to eat another birthday cake
that has lighted candles... chuckle...
hahahahahaha...On 10/10/2013 6:02:48 PM,
Cecil Lee wrote:
Most of the time;
taboos has it's roots
under common
sense.For example, the
birthday
person's saliva is littered
with
bacteria or germ or sometimes even
HIV or certain disease that can be
passed thru the saliva e.g. flu
etc...On
10/10/2013 4:21:10 PM,
Cecil Lee wrote:
In my opinion,
please don't!!!!As if
I
am not
mistaken; recently read an
article: for hygiene purposes;
blowing
out a small number of
candles is bad
enough!Blowing
all 40 (or
4 big
ones); no offence:
the
entire surface of
the cake is
full of that birthday
person's
and
other's (helper's) saliva
material.
yucks! Yucks! And
yucks!On
10/10/2013 3:36:27 PM,
Ang Sor Lan
wrote:
Hello
Mr. Lee,


Good
afternoon.


My
question to you is that is

it good to blow candles on

Birthday cake
after
40
years old?


I have colleagues
asking me
this question.



Thanks.


Regards,


Candy


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[Cecil Lee]

These are further considerations:
1. Some "girls" don't like their age to be revealed. Of course, if asked; would deny this "allegation"
2. Another old Chinese tale is: "if we (drink) another person's saliva; we would have to (listen) to them"....
3.The concern that when one blows out or snuff out a candle; it is considered inauspicious; to me is the least of the concerns - if any.
4. After, hearings so many negatives; I am sure; or rather guarantee that all your colleagues will not want to eat another birthday cake that has lighted candles... chuckle... hahahahahaha...

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On 10/10/2013 6:02:48 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Most of the time; taboos has it's roots
under common sense.For example, the
birthday person's saliva is littered
with bacteria or germ or sometimes even
HIV or certain disease that can be
passed thru the saliva e.g. flu etc...On
10/10/2013 4:21:10 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
In my opinion, please don't!!!!As if
I
am not mistaken; recently read an
article: for hygiene purposes;
blowing
out a small number of
candles is bad
enough!Blowing
all 40 (or 4 big
ones); no offence:
the entire surface of
the cake is
full of that birthday
person's and
other's (helper's) saliva
material.
yucks! Yucks! And yucks!On
10/10/2013 3:36:27 PM, Ang Sor Lan
wrote:
Hello Mr. Lee,


Good
afternoon.


My question to you is that is
it good to blow candles on
Birthday cake
after 40
years old?


I have colleagues asking me
this question.


Thanks.


Regards,


Candy


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