# Is it me or are "funny" greeting cards just not funny. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893 "2011-04-10T20:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/21 "2011-04-11T22:18:42Z")
There are some good ones. I remember one that said, “I’m pregnant!” On the inside it said, “Just wanted to give you a real good scare for Halloween!” ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/22 "2011-04-12T09:31:24Z")
If a card has a baby, toddler, or clothes-wearing animal on the front, that guarantees it won’t be funny. If the animal isn’t wearing clothes, there’s only an 85% chance it won’t be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/23 "2011-04-12T09:39:21Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > There are some good ones. > > I remember one that said, “I’m pregnant!” > > On the inside it said, “Just wanted to give you a real good scare for Halloween!” People give cards for Halloween? 😕 I love funny cards, but good ones seem to be harder to find these days. It could be that I’ve read them all too many times, or it could be that my sense of humour has matured over the years (not bloody likely :D). It helps that I’m a fan of stupid puns. I tend to shop online at sites where you can change the wording as well as choose the image, and if the joke is particularly weak I’ll add my own inside. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/24 "2011-04-12T09:52:21Z")
Whenever I want to find a good card I go to Evangelines in Old-Town Sacramento. That’s the same place I found a refrigerator magnet for my mom that said: “I FOUND JESUS! He was behind the sofa the whole time!” Many of their cards have a similarly odd, and to me, appealing, sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/25 "2011-04-12T13:05:37Z")
I know the licensing must be steep, but bring back Gary Larson Farside cards. Those were guaranteed to be a cut above the normal greeting card dreck. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/26 "2011-04-12T13:13:24Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I kinda do something like that. I’ll give cards that say things like “I wish you the best of luck with your [del]wedding[/del] birthday.” > > For my wife’s birthday I gave her a thank you card and it said, “I’m so glad for your [del]graciousness[/del]birth.” Etc, etc. It cracks me up. I’ve been known to do something like that - I’ll buy a little kids birthday card and change the age. Like if it’s someone’s 35th birthday, I’ll get a 5th birthday card and just write in the 3. They’re usually very colorful and patronizing in a way that I can’t quite describe. For my college graduation, my older brother gave me a Happy Bat Mitzvah card. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/27 "2011-04-12T13:15:23Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > They suck. For a few years my default card was the pickle. The card is just a photo of a pickle and it’s cut in the shape of one too. The inside flap says, “I bet you didn’t expect a pickle for your birthday.” I like it as a commentary piece on how terrible cards are. > > My other method is to buy a totally unrelated card, like a religious and flowery sympathy card, and use a Sharpie to cross off and fill in as much information and language I need to change it into a birthday card. It’s fun to toss in a gift card and strikethrough a phrase like, “We find strength in the Lord” and replace it with “I hope you like Applebee’s.” This is brilliant. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893/28 "2011-04-12T13:21:52Z")
I like to buy the [Mahogany](http://corporate.hallmark.com/Product/Mahogany) or [Sinceramente](http://corporate.hallmark.com/Product/Hallmark-Sinceramente) cards. Just because. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-are-funny-greeting-cards-just-not-funny/577893.md?page=1)