Postcard of the Day

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Uh...er...um.

That darned turn-of-the-century humor.

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's weird sometimes, ain't it?

Here's one I'm still pondering. I think I saw a reference somewhere else to the notion of buying someone else (one's love/spouse?) clothes, but I'm not sure. Of course maybe it's more a leap year thing.

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

Also why the guy's in the fireplace in this one, I dunno. And is the dog speaking the poem? Very confusing.

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Well, there's that whole bit about girls being allowed to ask guys out on leap day. So that reference makes sense. I suppose that a guy buying a dame clothing is supposed to be emblematic of marriage. Maybe that trope about a guy going broke because of his wife's spending habits?

But the fireplace bit has me baffled.

Isn't there a thing about visions appearing in the fire?

I guess culture changes.

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

Clothes could just be for the rhyme. That's some pretty bad poeming, if so.

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a favorite Spock quote

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

This is presuming that the proposing leap year girl isn't naked. You'd think we'd have heard, if that were part of the story.

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

One could hope, I suppose.