"Thermo Thelma" in this deck of Old Maid cards from 1968 still freaks me out

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Her mouth is smiling, her eyebrows are not.

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Finnish Old Maid decks don’t have an old maid they had Black Peter.

If you want to see that shit Google Pekka-pelikortit.

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Wow, I forgot all about these! I used to have a deck when I was a kid.

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I had that deck, too! Phoning Flo and GoGo Gertie had an unsettling and unfamiliar but not unpleasant effect on me as a pre-pubescent.

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Her daughter got a job in a different card game:

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Is there an updated version called “InCel”?

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Old Neckbeard.

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like Chuckie

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I DON’T SEE ANY THERMOS!

(looks again)

…ohhhhhhhhh.

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