There I was giving a lecture on national branding during the week I spent as a guest of the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida when I felt a hot flush coming on.
Nerves? No.
My friends in Florida had checked out my passport and realised that it was my birthday. Where they got all those candles from I'll never know, but the flames on my surprise cake as it was carried in very nearly caught the attention of Steve McQueen and Paul Newman fresh from Towering Inferno. Florida must have suffered a birthday candle shortage for months after.
Don't try and count the candles, please. I believe the blaze was visible on Google Earth.
But what a lovely surprise. I'll always remember that.
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