Comments on: Odd and inappropriate Valentine's cards of yesteryear http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Greg Ercolano http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644758 Greg Ercolano Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644758 In the first photo ("It's loaded.."), having a hard time visualizing what that "thing" is in front of the kid.. The text implies it's a canon, but it looks like a conch shell loaded with a baloney, or maybe a severed limb. In the first photo (“It’s loaded..”), having a hard time visualizing what that “thing” is in front of the kid.. The text implies it’s a canon, but it looks like a conch shell loaded with a baloney, or maybe a severed limb.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644755 ocker3 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644755  Oh Yeah!  Oh Yeah!

]]> By: Shelah Hockman http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644664 Shelah Hockman Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644664 There are crude and suggestive cards on shelves in grocery stores and card shops now.  Still creepy and inappropriate for general consumption. There are crude and suggestive cards on shelves in grocery stores and card shops now.  Still creepy and inappropriate for general consumption.

]]> By: Conan Librarian http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644580 Conan Librarian Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644580 Whats inappropriate about them, and why unintentional? Looks pretty intentional to me. Did people not laugh in the past? Whats inappropriate about them, and why unintentional? Looks pretty intentional to me. Did people not laugh in the past?

]]> By: Víctor Jiménez Merino http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644484 Víctor Jiménez Merino Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644484 "These are real cards, not something Mitch made up" Also, you are severely underestimating the poor taste of our ancestors. “These are real cards, not something Mitch made up”

Also, you are severely underestimating the poor taste of our ancestors.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644406 Wreckrob8 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644406 These look like saucy British seaside postcards with the message spelt out in words for those who are a bit slow. These look like saucy British seaside postcards with the message spelt out in words for those who are a bit slow.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644269 Gyrofrog Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644269 "Methylene blue is used intracavernously to treat priapism, but it should not be used in treatment of recurrent priapism or fibrosis because it can induce penile necrosis. Temporary blue discoloration of the penis is also of concern." - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapism" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> “Methylene blue is used intracavernously to treat priapism, but it should not be used in treatment of recurrent priapism or fibrosis because it can induce penile necrosis. Temporary blue discoloration of the penis is also of concern.” – Wikipedia

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644150 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644150 You don't say. You don’t say.

]]> By: kid_a_ok_com... http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644108 kid_a_ok_com... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644108 Such an odd, harsh juxtaposition - sweetly nostalgic coupled with lewd "juvenality." Such an odd, harsh juxtaposition – sweetly nostalgic coupled with lewd “juvenality.”

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644083 Navin_Johnson Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644083 That cowgirl must have on one hell of a strap on. That cowgirl must have on one hell of a strap on.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644080 Navin_Johnson Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644080  Then as fart law clearly states: The slumberer must have dealt it.  Then as fart law clearly states: The slumberer must have dealt it.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1644065 oasisob1 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1644065 Damn you. That was my line! Damn you. That was my line!

]]> By: yoshua http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643985 yoshua Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643985 The people of the past were a whole lot less prude than we give them credit for. The people of the past were a whole lot less prude than we give them credit for.

]]> By: Geoff Maciolek http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643967 Geoff Maciolek Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643967 I'm not sure if these are "real" or not - i.e. did the artist create them?  It's not entirely clear to me. I’m not sure if these are “real” or not – i.e. did the artist create them?  It’s not entirely clear to me.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643965 blueelm Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643965 The love cannon is loaded, baby. Oh dear! The love cannon is loaded, baby.

Oh dear!

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643962 franko Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643962 i have no [additional] words. i have no [additional] words.

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643953 jennybean42 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643953 Just look at that banana one. Just look at it. Just look at that banana one. Just look at it.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643940 dragonfrog Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643940 I'm not sure how much of the humour was unintentional, myself. Despite the evidence to the contrary, every generation thinks they invented sex... I’m not sure how much of the humour was unintentional, myself.

Despite the evidence to the contrary, every generation thinks they invented sex…

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/odd-and-inappropriate-valentin.html#comment-1643932 Gyrofrog Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210215#comment-1643932 I don't know about "unintentionally" hilarious, e.g. it's pretty clear that Fido is farting and that the slumberer smelt it... I don’t know about “unintentionally” hilarious, e.g. it’s pretty clear that Fido is farting and that the slumberer smelt it…

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