Old Tom Foolery Cards Dish Out Hilarious Hard Truths
Matt Ho — January 17, 2012 — Pop Culture
References: oldtomfoolery & theawesomer
There are serious greeting cards, humorous cartoon ones, then there's Old Tom Foolery Cards which is a no-holds-barred set of greetings that tells it like it is.
The format of the Old Tom Foolery Cards involves a newspaper look with the same layout and font that would be found in the New York Times, for example. But instead of delivering news, the greeting cards are here to dish out the truth -- brutally. Each card has a phrase that either talks about why the sender is really sending the card or what the receiver's personality on his/her special day is really like.
Whether it's a birthday, graduation or a wedding, there's sass for every occasion with the Old Tom Foolery Cards.
The format of the Old Tom Foolery Cards involves a newspaper look with the same layout and font that would be found in the New York Times, for example. But instead of delivering news, the greeting cards are here to dish out the truth -- brutally. Each card has a phrase that either talks about why the sender is really sending the card or what the receiver's personality on his/her special day is really like.
Whether it's a birthday, graduation or a wedding, there's sass for every occasion with the Old Tom Foolery Cards.
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