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[cosmolinguist]

Today when davmoo was complaining about Valentine's Day--and rightly so!--his entry was entitled "Love fades, but herpes is forever." It occurred to me that Valentine's Day's initials may have a secret, profound message for those clever enough to see it.

So tonight at dinner I told Jenn that Valentine's Day was a sexually-transmitted disease. (There was much mirth at this, naturally.) I expressed the desire to have such a sentiment on a T-shirt ... but then, if I had shirts that said all the things that I've said I wanted them to say--well, I'd have a lot of cool T-shirts.

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[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Back before antibiotics, there was a device used for curing syphillis (I think, it might have been chlamydia, I'm not sure). It was called the Valentine Machine.

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[cosmolinguist]

I remember reading about that, and for some reason I think it was in a John Irving novel. Maybe The Water-Method Man. Or The World According to Garp--yeah, that sounds about right.

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[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

World according to Garp, IIRC.

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[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany nearly made me propose to somebody.

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[cosmolinguist]

THat was the first of his that I read. I love it. A friend recommended it to me ... actually, she sort of demanded that I read it, so that she could talk about it with someone. :-) She likes it a lot, as well. I can't think of why it might make someone propose to someone else, but I do know that strange things make sense in my brain when I've been reading John Irving novels. :-D

[fantome14.livejournal.com]

Ryan typically refers to it as "VD Day."

[autumnsshadow.livejournal.com]

you'll definitely enjoy these =)
http://www.livejournal.com/community/datinandrelatin/346689.html

[uclacorey.livejournal.com]

i think that's the first journal entry of anyone I've ever read that made me laugh out loud--and heartily at that...kudos to you! =)

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[cosmolinguist]

Such a high compliment. Thanks. :-)

[photomoviegeek.livejournal.com]

I once wrote a poem for a Valentine's Day contest called "VD". It was bitter, sarcastic, and won first prize. Unfortunately I lost it over the years, but could get a copy from Moorhead State if I wanted to. Which I should do. I don't really care about V-Day this year, as I'll be bartending (and there was little rejoicing).