# Greeting card writing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703 "2004-11-14T14:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703/1 "2004-11-14T14:33:54Z")
[( link to inspiration cartoon for this thread )](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/pliny/20041111.gif) _To A Senator -_   Your district went Red   Your party is Blue   Better start running now   For 2002 _To My Dearest Mother-In-Law_   We’d love to visit you at Thanksgiving…   Would you mind lifting the restraining order? _To My Blind Date Who Ended Up In The Hospital_   Next time, tell people your allergies before you let them order for you.   And get well soon! ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703/2 "2004-11-14T14:37:51Z")
( Forgot that   is turned off here now. It’s a “hard space” for those who don’t want to look it up.) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703/3 "2004-11-14T14:39:27Z")
The ulimate Get Well Soon Card: We heard a rumour, that you’ve got a tumour. Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703/4 "2004-11-15T00:52:45Z")
An idea for a thank you card from [Geech](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/pliny/geech2004113313112.gif) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greeting-card-writing/274703/5 "2004-11-15T02:05:34Z")
And then there should be some way to work the classic verses into a card. Hmm… _To the exterminator caught in his own mousetrap. \* The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! \*   ~Robert Burns_