George

Hi.

Jerry

(subdued, almost somber) Hello. Welcome back.

Cheryl

Sorry, it was my aunt's birthday and she makes such a big deal about it.

Elaine

Well, nobody likes to get old, right?

Jerry

Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it's not to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end. Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing.