From The Department Of Really Bad Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

Guys, I’m no expert on these things but I’m pretty sure this won’t go over well:

Valentines Day

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Doug Mataconis
About Doug Mataconis
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.

Comments

  1. James's avatar James says:

    Take out a life insurance policy on her and the night will be complete.

  2. al-Ameda's avatar al-Ameda says:

    Attention Fiction Writers
    Attention Fiction Writers

    Please give up, go home, get a another job.
    You cannot compete with reality.

  3. CSK's avatar CSK says:

    Because nothing, absolutely nothing, says “I love you madly, darling” more than “Let’s spend Valentine’s Day planning your funeral, sweetie.”

  4. rudderpedals's avatar rudderpedals says:

    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.

  5. mantis's avatar mantis says:

    Sexy.

  6. rodney dill's avatar rodney dill says:

    “….and I’m not getting her anything else until she uses the gift I gave her last Valentines…”

  7. bill's avatar bill says:

    gee, towards the end of my marriage i could have seen it!

  8. OzarkHillbilly's avatar OzarkHillbilly says:

    Irony is dead.

  9. grumpy realist's avatar grumpy realist says:

    All right, who confused the Onion again for a real newspaper?

  10. Anderson's avatar Anderson says:

    So in the picture, is she actually looking down at the funeral-insurance policy he’s giving her?

  11. Pinky's avatar Pinky says:

    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.

  12. grumpy realist's avatar grumpy realist says:

    @Pinky: I hate to say it, but some of the guys I dated in my earlier years would have been this clueless…..