Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.
Take out a life insurance policy on her and the night will be complete.
Attention Fiction Writers
Attention Fiction Writers
Please give up, go home, get a another job.
You cannot compete with reality.
Because nothing, absolutely nothing, says “I love you madly, darling” more than “Let’s spend Valentine’s Day planning your funeral, sweetie.”
The Valentine sure to remind your lover of a death in the family or that time she was served with legal process. She’ll never forget.
Sexy.
“….and I’m not getting her anything else until she uses the gift I gave her last Valentines…”
gee, towards the end of my marriage i could have seen it!
Irony is dead.
All right, who confused the Onion again for a real newspaper?
So in the picture, is she actually looking down at the funeral-insurance policy he’s giving her?
This is brilliant marketing. The kind of guy who has “no idea” what to get his gal on Valentine’s Day could actually be tricked into doing this.
@Pinky: I hate to say it, but some of the guys I dated in my earlier years would have been this clueless…..