A NEW BLOG FEATURE–ERSATZ eCARDS! by Steve Nadis
I can’t afford eCards, so I’m offering a new, fee-based service — ERSATZ eCard messages right here on “Call Me Snake.” (If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.) I’m the first customer for this service on its “maiden voyage,” so to speak. Here’s the first of what I’m sure will prove to be many messages:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRED! I put the message here so the whole world can see it. Don’t be bashful. The blogosphere is an international zone and your birthday deserves to be celebrated by people in all time zones, including those living across the International Date Line. Next time, maybe I’ll get my act together early enough to send you a Hallmark. But for now, this will have to do. Enjoy the honor of being the world’s first-ever ERSATZ eCARD recipient. And save a piece of cake for your bro’.
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14:57:16
Very good idea indeed Steve!!!
And as far as Hallmark cards are concerned (or any other kind for that matter), I think Jerry Seinfeld tackled that one pretty well:
"There’s something very insincere about these greeting cards we send back and forth to each other all the time. They’re like these little one-dollar folded paper emotional prostitutes, isn’t it? "I don’t know what my feelings are, so I’ll just pay some total stranger a buck to make up this little Hallmark hooker to do the job for me. So I can go, ‘Yeah, I didn’t write this, but whatever they wrote, I think the same thing.’" lmao
Anyway…HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED!!!
Thanks bro. I’m feeling very virtual now. peace from the Far East. frn
Hi Ana — Thanks for the note. I can’t get enough Seinfeld quotes in this blog. I’d quote him myself but I can’t remember too many lines other than, "not that there’s anything wrong with it." Yes, I agree, the blog eCards idea is a certain money maker. As for you frn, glad you got the note. You must feel pretty important, being the 1st ever recipient of an ERSATZ eCard. Enjoy, birthday boy!
It was nice of you to tell the world it was daddy’s birthday today. Saul, Kyoto, Japan
Thank you Saul for taking the time to write all the way from Kyoto, Japan.
There’s a site called MovieTexts.com that does - well they’re much more interesting than ecards. You’d actually want to receive them yourself. The interesting part is that they animate your own text into movies - so it’s none of that “wishing you happiness upon this special day” crap