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in bad taste
- Nov 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM
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I have a box of old photos that I go rummaging through when I need a
smile. They aren’t of my children. They are photos of my grandmother
and her parents. The photos represent all that she was. I especailly
love the ones of her when she was young and in love with my grandfather
or singing in the bars to the men that were serving our country or
hanging lakeside with a group of her friends. They make me smile every
time. Mostly because I can sit and remember her and all the great
memories we had together and how VERY much she meant to me, but also
because HOLY CRAP these people had some AWFUL taste. I mean
seriously. Their clothes were awful, their decor was awful and the
HAIR. OH. MY. GOD. The HAIR.
So last week I was on Pajamas and Coffee
and she did a post about her mother and father and there was this
FABULOUS photo of the two of them. I commented that the photo deserved
to be on a birthday card and that got me thinking and you people know
what happens when I think. I get a headache. Actually, I don't get a
headache. I give other people a headache because I drone on and on AND
ON about my crazy new idea until they just tune me out and I am so
exhausted from hearing myself talk that the idea no longer seems like a
good one at all. Except this time, I didn’t really talk about it
because I was too damn busy and so I am actually going to put my BIG BUTT idea in motion.
Every Friday on this website I am going to
post a bad taste photo and then you, my VERY witty and clever readers,
will come up with captions for the photo as if they were being written
on a greeting card. I will pick my favorite and then post it every
Wednesday on Ooph. At the end of twelve weeks I want to take these
cards and get them published (not sure that is the right terminology,
but I do books, not cards, cut me some slack). Which shouldn’t be hard
right? RIGHT? Anyway it is my hope that someone will take a chance on
them, they will fly off the shelves and then we will give 50% of all
profits to homeless mothers and their children.
If one of my blogging friends happens to come up with the best caption, the back of that particular card would look like this:
If you are not a blogger, I will simply put your name and something remarkable about you.
What do you think? Can we get this done? This is just the
beginning of many fun projects I hope to accomplish on this site that
will give back. I am CRAZY passionate about finding a way to get all
mothers in this country into a warm home. So help a sister help a
sister.
The photo above is the week one photo. What do ya got for me? Please leave your captions in the comments section at Ooph. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.
p.s. “There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't help other women." Madeleine Albright.
No pressure.
Comments:
that is a really awesome idea!
Cool!
I know you mean no disrepsect but I have a hard time making fun of people's clothes as if they matter. If I can wrap my brain around the idea that making jokes about them is different from being contemptuous and condescending, I will try to take part.
stacy & clinton would be VERY good at this. i love their quips about clothing! :)
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L♥ve this idea!
I'm headed out to the garage to grab some boxes...I haven't looked at old pics in a while!
GOOD LUCK!! Voted POP!!
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