My wife was living in Washington state before we got married. I sent her a homemade card, (Living in CA at the time, trying to compare her to the features of that state. (Poem is in my reply if any are interested.) Her roommate at the time told her, “You don’t want to marry him, he’s a perv.” Both my wife and I are glad she didn’t listen to her roommate.
Well that’s what will happen when the greeting card company outsources its production to a foreign country that doesn’t have that great a command in Inglish language.
It’s what Paul Harvey called the “dumbing down of America”. People don’t care how they slaughter the language. The merchants in their ads are among the worst.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Can I get your opinion on something that happened at work today?
Amy Farrah Fowler : Of course.
Penny : Sure.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Okay, well, I did something that will either make me look like a lovable goof, or a horrible monster, damned to spend eternity in hell.
Amy Farrah Fowler : Oh, I’m sure it’s lovable.
Penny : I’m gonna’ go with monster. What do ya’ got?
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Well, there’s this lady in our office who’s retiring, and they were passing around one of those big cards for us to sign, but no one told me she was in a horrible car accident over the weekend, and what I was signing was not a retirement card, but was actually a get well card.
Penny : [laughing] I’m liking my odds here.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : So on the card, in the hospital, next to the woman who’s clinging to life, are the words “Hey Vivian, you deserve this. And at least with you gone, no one will steal my yogurt out of the fridge. LOL, smiley. P.S., Good luck, wherever you wind up.”
Penny : Why didn’t I put money on this?
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Does this make me a horrible person?
Amy Farrah Fowler : No, of course not. It was an accident.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : What about that I wish she would die before she read the card?
Amy Farrah Fowler : Okay, now you’re straddling the line.
In my family we will use any kind of card for any occasion. My adult child gave me a Mother’s Day card for Mother’s Day and I was suspicious. It normally is something like a “Happy Birthday to a 2 Year old” or “condolences.” We have a lot of fun with it and end up with more to spend on the actual gifts! I confess I started it due to a lack of the correct card, but it took off like wildfire.
oldpine52 about 3 years ago
Shame on you, Brutus, you know that will never happen.
angelolady Premium Member about 3 years ago
Did he do that on purpose? Or is that just his luck again?
wjones about 3 years ago
Brutus, That’s not what you want. Your health won’t be able to take it.
LookingGlass Premium Member about 3 years ago
Mother Gargoyle getting “good” soon?? When pigs, with lipstick, fly!!
/SHMIRK/
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 3 years ago
That’s good. It don’t says “Condolence”
Leojim about 3 years ago
Well Brutus didn’t do so well in English now did he.
KA7DRE Premium Member about 3 years ago
I kind of doubt if Mother Gargle will ever get any better than she already is.
Wilde Bill about 3 years ago
He put back the one that said, “Eat **** and die!”
Baarorso about 3 years ago
giggles For the shame of it, Brutus. You know that Mama Gargoyle…er…Gargle will NEVER get “good” soon. She’ll always be a “witch” with a “b”. ;D
Jeff0811 about 3 years ago
My wife was living in Washington state before we got married. I sent her a homemade card, (Living in CA at the time, trying to compare her to the features of that state. (Poem is in my reply if any are interested.) Her roommate at the time told her, “You don’t want to marry him, he’s a perv.” Both my wife and I are glad she didn’t listen to her roommate.
dcdete. about 3 years ago
GROG Premium Member about 3 years ago
It can’t get any gooder than this!
Skeptical Meg about 3 years ago
I want one. Or at least one that says “Get Swell Soon”
Fishenguy Premium Member about 3 years ago
OMG! Good one! Made me laugh out loud!
Chris about 3 years ago
it, uh… could be a typo. :D …….. or him being a smart-aleck.
walstib Premium Member about 3 years ago
When Johnny B. Goode orders an Uber. ♪ Go, Johnny, go! ♪
rdav1248961 Premium Member about 3 years ago
At least he did not go to the used card store and buy a card already given to someone else.
zzeek about 3 years ago
In Mother Gargle’s case, anything would be an improvement, since she’s basically an evil person.
Jeffin Premium Member about 3 years ago
Looking forward to your approaching normalcy.
Michael G. about 3 years ago
The wishful wishes, eh?
gopher gofer about 3 years ago
he should’ve got something gooder…
wse945 about 3 years ago
It’s what Paul Harvey called the “dumbing down of America”. People don’t care how they slaughter the language. The merchants in their ads are among the worst.
raybarb44 about 3 years ago
No, it expressly states what he wants. Sometimes you just find that perfect card……
preacherman Premium Member about 3 years ago
I can think of someone I’d like to give a card like that to. But, like Moma Gargle, there’s little chance of goodness ever breaking out, anytime soon.
ChessPirate about 3 years ago
From “The Big Bang Theory”:
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Can I get your opinion on something that happened at work today?
Amy Farrah Fowler : Of course.
Penny : Sure.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Okay, well, I did something that will either make me look like a lovable goof, or a horrible monster, damned to spend eternity in hell.
Amy Farrah Fowler : Oh, I’m sure it’s lovable.
Penny : I’m gonna’ go with monster. What do ya’ got?
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Well, there’s this lady in our office who’s retiring, and they were passing around one of those big cards for us to sign, but no one told me she was in a horrible car accident over the weekend, and what I was signing was not a retirement card, but was actually a get well card.
Penny : [laughing] I’m liking my odds here.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : So on the card, in the hospital, next to the woman who’s clinging to life, are the words “Hey Vivian, you deserve this. And at least with you gone, no one will steal my yogurt out of the fridge. LOL, smiley. P.S., Good luck, wherever you wind up.”
Penny : Why didn’t I put money on this?
Bernadette Rostenkowski : Does this make me a horrible person?
Amy Farrah Fowler : No, of course not. It was an accident.
Bernadette Rostenkowski : What about that I wish she would die before she read the card?
Amy Farrah Fowler : Okay, now you’re straddling the line.
timinwsac Premium Member about 3 years ago
Must have been printed in China.
paranormal about 3 years ago
It came from the Cards from New Immigrants Card Co…
Iseau about 3 years ago
Buckeye67 about 3 years ago
Tell he Brutus you got it at a first hand Dollar Store.
John M about 3 years ago
I’d look for the Moonpig (or similar) logo – but then now it is pretty easy to get custom cards printed
Le'Roy Hawkins about 3 years ago
They don’t even mean the same thing. Superman does good. We do well.
kathleenhicks62 about 3 years ago
That would work! She may not like it but it is true.
Moonkey Premium Member about 3 years ago
In my family we will use any kind of card for any occasion. My adult child gave me a Mother’s Day card for Mother’s Day and I was suspicious. It normally is something like a “Happy Birthday to a 2 Year old” or “condolences.” We have a lot of fun with it and end up with more to spend on the actual gifts! I confess I started it due to a lack of the correct card, but it took off like wildfire.
wiatr about 3 years ago
Oops!