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100 Funny Birthday Wishes to Make Them Laugh

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The best birthday message is the one that makes them laugh out loud in public. Below are 100 original funny wishes, grouped so you can match the joke to the person. Tap Copy on any of them, or turn one into an animated fireworks card and send it as a link.

Short and savage birthday wishes

Happy birthday! You are not old, you are vintage. Expensive, rare, slightly cracked.

Congratulations on completing another lap around a giant ball of fire.

Happy birthday! Age is just a number, and yours is getting harder to say out loud.

You are one year closer to being able to complain about everything professionally.

Happy birthday! I would say you look great for your age, but I do not want to lie on a special day.

Another year survived, mostly by accident. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! You are aging like milk, but in a charming way.

Congratulations on being older than you were last year. Truly groundbreaking.

Happy birthday! Do not think of it as getting older, think of it as leveling up with worse stats.

You have officially been alive long enough to be someone else's cautionary tale. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Your warranty expired years ago and yet here you are.

Happy birthday to someone whose age I could reveal but choose not to, for money.

Another year older, another year of blaming your knees on the weather. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Statistically, this is the youngest you will ever be again. Enjoy it.

Congratulations, you survived another year of your own decision making. Happy birthday.

Funny birthday wishes for a friend

Happy birthday to my emergency contact, my alibi, and my worst idea's biggest fan.

Happy birthday! I would take a bullet for you. Somewhere non-essential, obviously.

You are the friend my mother warned me about, and I am grateful. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Our friendship is basically two people enabling each other indefinitely.

I was going to buy you a great gift, then I remembered you already have me. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to the friend who knows too much to ever be allowed to leave.

Another year of you and I still have not been arrested. Happy birthday, that is a win.

Happy birthday! You are the reason our group chat has to be muted at work.

You are older today, which means my terrible advice now comes from someone younger. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to the friend who texts me at 2am and expects a reply. And gets one.

I would call you my best friend, but the competition never actually applied. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! May your coffee be strong and your questionable choices be even stronger.

Cheers to another year of us pretending we have our lives together. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to my partner in crime. If questioned, we were both home all night.

Funny birthday jokes about getting older

Happy birthday! You have reached the age where a good night out means being home by nine.

Congratulations! You are now old enough that your back hurts from sleeping wrong.

Happy birthday! The good news is you are aging. The bad news is the alternative.

You are at the age where you excitedly discuss mattresses. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Remember when your birthday was the best day of the year and not a medical checkpoint?

Congratulations on being at the age where you know exactly which chair is yours.

Happy birthday! You are not over the hill, you are just enjoying the view from the top.

At your age, the candles cost more than the cake. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! You have officially entered the phase where naps are a personality trait.

Congratulations, you now say things like back in my day without irony. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Your body is basically a group chat of noises now.

You are old enough to remember when phones had cords and people had patience. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! At this point you should get a discount just for showing up.

Congratulations, you have officially become the friend who leaves parties first. Happy birthday.

Funny birthday wishes for a coworker

Happy birthday! Take the day off in spirit, since you clearly cannot take it in reality.

Happy birthday to the only person who makes these meetings bearable.

Congratulations on another year of pretending to look busy. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! May your inbox be light and your excuses be believable.

Happy birthday to my coworker, my witness, and the reason I have not quit yet.

You bring the energy this office desperately needs. Please do not leave. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! I hope someone brings a cake so we can all stop working for eleven minutes.

Congratulations on aging in a chair. Happy birthday, colleague.

Happy birthday! You deserve a raise, but here is a message instead.

Happy birthday to the person who knows exactly how the printer works and never tells anyone.

Another year of you covering for me. Happy birthday, and thank you.

Happy birthday! Today is the one day nobody can complain about your out of office reply.

Funny birthday wishes for family

Happy birthday! We are related, so legally you have to accept this message as a gift.

Happy birthday to the family member who peaked at a wedding twelve years ago.

Congratulations on another year of being the reason our family has stories.

Happy birthday! I am contractually obligated to celebrate you, and mildly happy to do it.

You are the family member everyone likes best, which is a very low bar in this family. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Do not worry, we all agreed to lie about your age at the party.

Happy birthday to the person who taught me most of my bad habits.

Congratulations! You are officially old enough to be the one who falls asleep first at gatherings.

Happy birthday! Our family tree is questionable but you are one of the good branches.

You are proof that dysfunction can still be lovable. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to the relative who reads every message and replies to none.

Congratulations on another year of being someone else's problem too. Happy birthday.

Sarcastic birthday wishes

Happy birthday! I put a lot of thought into this message, which is why it took until today.

Happy birthday to someone who deserves the world, but is getting this text instead.

I would have written something longer but I know you would not read it. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Please accept this free message as a symbol of my deep and inexpensive love.

Congratulations on being the center of attention for one legally mandated day.

Happy birthday! I hope your day is exactly as good as the effort you put into mine was.

This message took me three seconds and it is still better than what you got me last year. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to a truly unforgettable person, whose age I have absolutely forgotten.

I asked what you wanted and you said nothing. Congratulations, I delivered exactly. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! You are one of my top five favorite people, in no particular order, no further comment.

Wishing you the kind of birthday you would wish for me. So, moderate. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Here is your annual reminder that I am still slightly younger than you.

Funny wishes about cake and candles

Happy birthday! Calories consumed on your birthday do not count. That is science.

Happy birthday! Please blow out the candles quickly, the smoke alarm is nervous.

Wishing you a cake so big that nobody asks if you want a slice.

Happy birthday! I ate a slice on your behalf. You are welcome.

Happy birthday! Remember, the first slice does not count as a slice.

May your cake be enormous and your candles be misleadingly few. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! I hope you get the piece with the most frosting, and nobody sees.

The candles cost more than the cake this year. Happy birthday and good luck.

Happy birthday! Blow out the candles and make a wish. Preferably about my gift next year.

May your birthday be sweet and your cake be entirely unshared. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday! Eat cake for breakfast. It is your day, nobody can stop you.

Funny belated birthday wishes

Happy belated birthday! I did not forget, I was just testing how much you would notice.

Happy belated birthday! Consider this a surprise second birthday.

I am late, which frankly is the most consistent thing about me. Happy belated birthday.

Happy belated birthday! In my defense, calendars are hard and I am weak.

Better late than never, and honestly, better late than the gift I almost got you. Happy belated birthday.

Happy belated birthday! I am giving you an extra day of celebration. You are welcome.

I remembered on the day and then did nothing about it. Happy belated birthday.

Happy belated birthday! My message is late but my affection is unchanged and moderate.

Sorry I missed it. I hope your day was great and your expectations of me remain low. Happy belated birthday.

Happy belated birthday! Being fashionably late is a lifestyle, not a mistake.

Make them laugh and then make them stare

A joke lands harder when it arrives with fireworks. Type their name into the free fireworks card maker, choose the loudest colours you can find, and send it as a link. It plays instantly on their phone, no app needed.

Best combination: paste a savage one-liner from above, then drop the fireworks card link right underneath so it explodes into their name.

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