Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Innocent question

Is it accepted practice to shorten Valentine's Day to "VD" when sending text messages/emails? Example: "May your VD be luminous and joyful" or "May every day be VD for you", or "VD well, little brother". More importantly, will the recipient get the joke?

20 comments:

Nath said...

Accepted practice? Surely, you jest?

No, it is not accepted practice. It is mandatory.

bray said...

I hope your VD was as thrilling as mine!

Jabberwock said...

Nath: Glad someone else feels that way.

B.Ray: Veni, VD, Vici? The advantage of the girlfriend's birthday being the day before Valentine's is that you can ignore the festival hoopla (since everyone know that celebrating on consecutive days is bad for the soul).

jerry said...

not quite man...some may not get it at all!

tintin said...

May you have many more such VD's in future. Each one better than the previous yr?

Black Muddy River said...

VD cheer to you, Jabs. Spread it around.

Anonymous said...

i never get jokes, and i didn't get this one either. but VD somehow expands into Violet Death in my head.
anyway, please to be to explain!

Jabberwock said...

Anon: VD is a sweet, friendly little acronym for "venereal disease" (latterly known as "sexually transmitted disease" or STD - hmm, scope for more punning there). But don't fret, "Violet Death" will do just as well...

Anonymous said...

There used to be a PSA in America in the 60's. American Greetings has made it into a musical Valentine's Day card:
VD is for Everybody

Georgia/Caribbean Free Radio said...

The thing to look out for is any sort of silence/odd facial expression/squirming/lag in responding on the part of the recipient of your VD greeting.

Then you may want to consider adding this person to your "let's keep it platonic" list.

Twilight Fairy said...

HVD is the most commonly used abbr for wishing on Val day. But use VD and no one would get your joke. Or the wishes, I doubt.

Sir Psycho said...

"Viddy well (VD), little brother, viddy well." I get the joke man. A Clockwork Orange isn't it? Brutal. ha ha.

Anonymous said...

Have u ever sung " She's got screwed once or twice/ she got taken by surprise/ she's got VD!" to the tune of "She's a lady?"
DD

Aspi said...

>The advantage of the girlfriend'sbirthday being the day before Valentine's...

At the risk of sounding tacky, I should mention that having your anniversary right after Valentine's is the best case situation. Because not only do you get to do the gift thing once but you can hit all the after-Valentine's sales and save up for the next cricket pay per view.

Stories Untold said...

Ha! Ha! Ha! You are IMPOSSIBLE ... I fell of the chair laughing ... and I am still in splits. This sounds so funny! Hey I missed wishing you .... hope U had a remarkably memorable VD ...and will pray that there are more to come!!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!

savannah said...

what is VD?!and isn't it a little moronic to wish ppl a happy valentines day.haven't we outfrown that stage as yet?

savannah said...

i've never had a good "VD" so just being mean ,i guess

Anonymous said...

a gf to bf: happy VD from me to u, bf: i thought u were a virgin

Jabberwock said...

just being mean ,i guess

Savannah: did you get the tone of the post? It's "meaner" than anything you said in your comment. VD is "venereal disease" btw.

Anonymous said...

:-)