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

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/12/thermo-thelma-in-this-deck.html

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[generic_name]

Her mouth is smiling, her eyebrows are not.

[vermes82]

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

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

[JohnS]

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

[Elmer]

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.

[TheRizz]

Her daughter got a job in a different card game:

[TharkLord]

Is there an updated version called “InCel”?

[deepeyes]

Old Neckbeard.

[Antares14]

like Chuckie

[KipTW]

I DON’T SEE ANY THERMOS!

(looks again)

…ohhhhhhhhh.