Post #76

What once was flowers and puppy dogs

18th December 2003, early evening | Comments (11)

Funny how greetings cards have altered since I was a kid. It used to be that any card you bought had to have a strong flower or motor car or loveable-puppy motif; but now I can go to Woolworths and buy my Grandma a birthday card with some bloke’s hairy arse on it (and she’ll like it).

How times change.

Anyway, here are three I bought today:

Jesus is coming, look busy!
Call me a bitch again and I'll pee on your leg
I had sex with my husband and all I got was this lousy kid

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  1. Dan Benjamin:

    Holy cow - those are fantastic. Where'd you get them?

    Posted 37 minutes after the fact
    Inspired: ↓ Dunstan
  2. Dunstan:

    Hey Dan - cards like that are sold everywhere here in the UK, but I notice that those three are imported from a US company:

    http://www.ephemera-inc.com/

    Posted 1 hour after the fact
    Inspired by: ↑ Dan Benjamin
  3. Noelino:

    That's hilarious! I particularly love the bottom one (I hate kids)!

    Posted 3 hours after the fact
  4. Dunstan:

    And Ethan[1] just pointed out this site:

    http://www.annetaintor.com/

    [1] http://www.sidesh0w.com/

    Posted 3 hours, 14 minutes after the fact
  5. Amit Karmakar:

    LOL That's neat! They sure used to be a lot different a few years back, didn't they?...

    Posted 4 hours, 39 minutes after the fact
  6. Andrei Popovici:

    I remember I saw a card somewhere titled "Happy Everything! - Now leave me alone until next year!" featuring a Thanksgiving turkey with a Halloween pumpkin for a head and various other holiday symbols, like bunny ears, Santa hat, Valentine's chocolates, etc. I'll see if I can find it again and maybe I'll post a link here. I made a habit of sending it to people whose birthdays I forget or late after some important holiday (this reminds me, Christmas is coming, better print the next batch ;) )

    Posted 10 hours, 24 minutes after the fact
  7. Colin D. Devroe:

    Maybe if I wanted to be rid of my Grandma, I'd send her a card like that. Hmmmmm.......inheritance?

    Posted 1 day, 1 hour after the fact
  8. Justin Goodlett:

    I would love to receive one of those cards for Christmas. They're freakin' hilarious.

    I can empathize with Noelino for sure!

    Posted 1 day, 3 hours after the fact
  9. [m]:

    Laughed my arse off at those. :D

    And a great gift for the holidays aswell.

    Posted 1 day, 4 hours after the fact
  10. Lea:

    Think that's funny? These are hilarious too (from a Canadian illustrator in my province):

    http://nvisionillustration.com/content/images/xmas2003-1.jpg
    http://nvisionillustration.com/content/images/xmas2003-2.jpg
    http://nvisionillustration.com/content/images/xmas2003-3.jpg

    Posted 1 day, 7 hours after the fact
  11. Kitta:

    I wish someone would send me cards that are as fun as them.

    Posted 2 days, 15 hours after the fact

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