"I don't get no respect", not even on my birthday. ESPECIALLY on my birthday....
Haha! Now that's funny!
I like these smart-ass kinds of cards. Pretty much everyone who knows me knows if they get a birthday card from me, it's going to be highly insulting. I reserve the serious kind of card to show respect for the deceased because (I'm told) a "bada-bing, bada-boom" sentiment just isn't appropriate. (Even if the dead dude was a joker himself?)
Then there's the "grandma card". You know the type....it's the one with all the glitter on it. I'm guessing years ago a card designer at Hallmark decided nothing says "I love you Grandma" like glitter, and apparently in the glitter hierarchy purple is King....er....Queen. No really. Just go to the greeting card aisle at the pharmacy and look at all the glitter on the floor under the "Grandmother" section. Purple predominates, with some red and some gold scattered in for (I suppose) it's shock value.
But by far the most popular way to say "Happy Birthday" these days is on your Facebook "Timeline". I didn't even know I had a Timeline until yesterday when I was inundated with well wishers. I was flattered, but at the same time baffled. K said there is an icon or something that supposedly pops up on my Facebook page daily to inform me who's birthday it was that day, but I'll be damned if I can find it. So to all my Facebook friends whose birthday has come and gone with nary a "Yo, dude!" from me, I'm sorry.
Some day I'm hoping my technological savvy-ness progresses beyond 1992 and I'll find that elusive Facebook birthday icon. Until then, gimme your snail mail address and I'll send you a highly insulting birthday card....sent with love, of course. ;)
S
