Valentine's Day! Bah! Humbug!

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]

I thought these old vinegar cards were just great… I can’t believe they used to actually give these out!

Feeling happy today, thinking about your sweetie? Then read this tragic account of Teddy Roosevelt’s harrowing Valentine’s Day loss and despair.

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:

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://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+<b>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

A lot of those show only the front or back. This site gives the wording, at least, for both:

Here are both front vand back for a few:

I’m indifferent to it. To give it any more would be giving it more respect and attention than it deserves. Which is zero.