Let's make this birthday one to remember.

69 years old (Born on January 21, 1956)

Happy Birthday, Ian McMillan! May your day be filled with more joy than a Barnsley dialect dictionary and more surprises than finding batteries actually included. Your poetic wit has brightened countless mornings on the radio, making even Yorkshire tea seem mild by comparison. From "Batteries Not Included: 36 Poems" to "The Invisible Villain," you've proven that poetry can be both profound and playfully mischievous.

Here's hoping your birthday is as memorable as your finest verses and as delightfully unpredictable as your "Unselected Poems." Keep charming us with words only you could rhyme, in an accent we all secretly envy!