It’s Mother’s Day – another Valentine’s Day-style ‘appreciation holiday’ that I don’t really get. I mean, I like the concept of ignoring your mother for 364 days out of the year as much as the next guy, but the holiday still seems to ring a little hollow.
Kid: “Here’s a card, Mom.”
Mom: “What’s the occasion?”
Kid: “I just wanted to show you how special you are.”
Mom: “Oh, isn’t that sweet.”
Kid: “Yeah, that’s just what I thought when my teacher told us we were all being forced to make cards.”
It was either a teacher or an executive of a corporation – somebody has to tell us what to do, or nobody would ever get cards. And who would want to live in a world without greeting cards? Oh, wait, I know who: males.
-FG
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