I recently went to a collector's fair. One of the stalls had a big box of greetings cards, all with painted scenes from the 1940's. My girlfriend looked through them to find one with aeroplanes on for my Dad's upcoming birthday. What did she find instead?

THE WORST BIRTHDAY CARD EVER MADE. Behold:




Yes, It's supposed to be a Bobby comforting a small child. But that isn't what it looks like, is it? How did this leave the factory without anybody saying, "Hang on, that looks a bit like OH GOD NO"?

And yes, it does say "Happy Birthday" inside. Giving this to someone would guarantee that they'd have a very bad birthday indeed, mostly spent washing their eyes.

Here's the back of it, just to prove I'm not making this up:



It's available as a print, apparently. Sell many prints of this, Rothbury Cards...? Didn't think so.

I feel a bit ill now.

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