# Valentine's Day! Bah! Humbug! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277 "2013-02-14T13:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277/21 "2013-02-14T20:00:01Z")
I’m just posting here because I also posted in the “If you love is measured in decades…” thread and I want allies on both sides of the issue. [sub]Damn, this fence is uncomfortable.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277/22 "2013-02-14T20:04:45Z")
I thought these old [vinegar cards](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/13/vinegar_valentines_an_old_tradition_of_sending_mean_cards_anonymously.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_blogpost) were just great… I can’t believe they used to actually give these out! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277/23 "2013-02-14T20:18:50Z")
Feeling happy today, thinking about your sweetie? Then read this tragic account of Teddy Roosevelt’s harrowing Valentine’s Day loss and despair. > **[Theodore Roosevelt and Valentine’s Day](http://histsociety.blogspot.com/2013/02/theodore-roosevelt-and-valentines-day.html)** > > Heather Cox Richardson While for many people today February 14 brings images of candy, roses and a fancy dinner, for others that day has bro... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277/24 "2013-02-14T20:28:55Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > I thought these old [vinegar cards](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/13/vinegar_valentines_an_old_tradition_of_sending_mean_cards_anonymously.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_blogpost) were just great… I can’t believe they used to actually give these out! Can’t believe it? Heck, Jack Davis (of Mad Magazine) made a line of Bubble Gum Valentine Cards back in the 1960s with similar themes. I still have some of them: > **[Yahoo Image Search](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images)** [http://www.ebay.com/itm/JACK-DAVIS-Funny-Valentines-TOPPS-card-set-lot-MAD-art-/370483142219?pt=LH\_DefaultDomain\_0&hash=item5642841e4b](http://www.ebay.com/itm/JACK-DAVIS-Funny-Valentines-TOPPS-card-set-lot-MAD-art-/370483142219?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5642841e4b) [http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1960s-lot-of-13-funny-valentine-cards-jack](http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1960s-lot-of-13-funny-valentine-cards-jack) [http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=A0PDoX\_uSB1RiB4AvHSJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DJack%2BDavis%2BValentine%2Bcards%26\_adv\_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DJack%2BDavis%2BValentine%2Bcards%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D69&w=730&h=1023&imgurl=i1101.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg434%2FBalticprince%2F26-10-201174949PM.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.universalmonsterarmy.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D13334.120&size=307.5+KB&name=Showcase+your+monster+\cards+\<%2Fb\>here!&p=Jack+Davis+Valentine+cards&oid=4ec709afe203e4f6ca836572c318dc2a&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Showcase%2Byour%2Bmonster%2B%253Cb%253Ecards%2B%253C%252Fb%253Ehere%2521&b=61&ni=200&no=69&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1233p63n5&sigb=14mt0erie&sigi=124svk7vi&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX_uSB1RiB4AvHSJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DJack%2BDavis%2BValentine%2Bcards%26_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3DJack%2BDavis%2BValentine%2Bcards%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D69&w=730&h=1023&imgurl=i1101.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg434%2FBalticprince%2F26-10-201174949PM.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.universalmonsterarmy.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D13334.120&size=307.5+KB&name=Showcase+your+monster+%3Cb%3Ecards+%3C%2Fb%3Ehere%21&p=Jack+Davis+Valentine+cards&oid=4ec709afe203e4f6ca836572c318dc2a&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701&tt=Showcase%2Byour%2Bmonster%2B%253Cb%253Ecards%2B%253C%252Fb%253Ehere%2521&b=61&ni=200&no=69&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=1233p63n5&sigb=14mt0erie&sigi=124svk7vi&.crumb=G.kSrW0OssH) > **[trading-cards.org - This website is for sale! - trading...](http://ww16.trading-cards.org/Cards-E-F/Funny-Valentines.php?sub1=20250423-0837-27fd-a548-186676b8514e)** > > This website is for sale! trading-cards.org is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, trading-cards.org has it all. We hope you find what you are... A lot of those show only the front or back. This site gives the wording, at least, for both: > **[Funny Valentines](https://nslists.com/funval.htm)** Here are both front vand back for a few: > **[AnOther Magazine | Fashion & Culture | AnOther](https://www.anothermag.com/)** > > A thought-provoking blend of high fashion, art and culture brought to you by the creators of AnOther Magazine ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277/25 "2013-02-15T05:51:15Z")
I’m indifferent to it. To give it any more would be giving it more respect and attention than it deserves. Which is zero. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valentines-day-bah-humbug/650277.md?page=1)