Obligatory Valentine's Day rant

[As I have nothing new to say on the topic, I shall merely republish my post of exactly a year ago]

When I were a lad, the point of Valentine's Day cards was that if you really fancied somebody but were too shy to say it, you sent them a Valentine's Day card ('VD' card, for short?) but you weren't supposed to sign it, which is pretty pointless when you think about it.

Somehow, the whole 'tradition' has now been completely subverted and it's just another reason/excuse for buying champagne, chocolate, a greeting card and some flowers for your existing partner. Can anybody pin down when this happened? It must have been over the last twenty years or so.

Other important dates in history that I'd like to pin down...

1. When did we adopt the European tradition of having fireworks on New Year's Eve? That must have been in the late 1980s sometime.

2. When did rappers stop wearing baseball hats back to front and start wearing them the right way round? Some time in the 1990s, I'd guess.

3. When did people stop putting their qualifications on their business cards? I think I can pin that one down to 2001 or thereabouts.

"Schoolgirl to make baseball history"

Do-gooders are always saying we should Make Poverty History. They've failed miserably, despite decades of trying.

I wonder if this schoolgirl will have more success in her endeavours?