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These lads have been sending each other the same card for 47 years

The best inside joke ever.

Jul 25th 2016, 9:51 PM 9,617 Views 0 Comments

GUYS FRIENDS CAN often seem as if they don’t give a shite. These cousins are the best of mates, and their ultimate birthday tradition is as odd as it is cute.

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Bill and Steve have been sending each other the same card for the last 47 years, after it was purchased in 1970 with the inside reading:

save this card. you can send it to ME on my birthday.

They took it oh-so-literally, and passed the card 94 times.

Redditor LincolnsLostSpeach posted a photo of the card:

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He writes:

So over the past 47 years my fiancee’s uncle and his cousin have been passing the same card back and forth.

[I] should also mention the card only cost $0.25 when it was purchased in 1970.

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The card has been viewed over 1.3 million times since it was posted yesterday. May it long continue.

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These lads have been sending each other the same card for 47 years

The best inside joke ever.

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