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14 Miserable Facts About St Valentine’s Day
- Published February 10, 2010 by Lia and Nick Romeo - 979 Comments
[This list contains a competition - see comment 1 for details] St Valentine’s day is fast approaching and those who are in love, want to be in love, or want to re-ignite their love are preparing flowers, candy, and cards for the object of their desires. But not all is fun and roses when it comes to the 14th of February as this list attests.
1. In the two week period leading up to Valentine’s Day, American sales of gold jewelry lead to 34 million metric tons of waste.
2. The vast majority of roses sold for Valentine’s Day in the U.S. are imported from South America, wasting fossil fuels.
3. Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men stripped naked, grabbed whips, and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility.
4. The Christian martyr St. Valentine was beheaded on February 14 for performing marriages in secret.
5. Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.
6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
8. The first Valentine’s Day card was sent by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He remained a prisoner of war for the next twenty-four years.
9. A recent poll found that one in ten young adults admitted to feeling lonely, insecure, depressed, or unwanted on Valentine’s Day. And that’s just the ones that admitted it.
10. Forty percent of people have negative feelings towards Valentine’s Day.
11. The famous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, in which seven Chicago gangsters were gunned down on February 14, 1929, was one of the bloodiest in mob history (pictured above).
12. 64 percent of American men do not make Valentine’s Day plans in advance.
13. Candy hearts taste like crap.
14. Even if you’re really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually.
Lia Romeo and Nick Romeo are the authors of the humor book 11,002 Things to Be Miserable About and the humor blog www.thingstobemiserableabout.com.
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February 9th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Competition: The publishers of the book “11,002 Things to Be Miserable About” have very kindly offered us 5 copies of the book to use as a prize on this list. When tomorrow’s list is published, I will randomly select five comments from this list to win a free copy of the book! Good luck!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Wow! Five copies! Please give me one
February 10th, 2010 at 1:33 am
I absolutely love this list, because I hate Valentines day so much. Thank you for this list.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:36 am
This competition is much better than the earlier, there is a higher probability of winning
February 10th, 2010 at 1:36 am
This book would be awesome, I always complain enough as it is. It’s something chronic sometimes.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:39 am
great list as usual!!
WoW! would appreciate to have one of the prizes for the competition..
thanks
February 10th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Good list, bad holiday!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Great list. I like how #6, #7, and #9 relate to each other.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
“67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.”
“Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.”
Can anyone please tell me how the above facts are related to Valentine’s day?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
WHY WONT IT LET ME PUBLISH COMMENTS!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
cool prize!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
No one to spend valentine’s day with
…..but heart candy are awesome
February 10th, 2010 at 1:42 am
Nice. Valentines Day bashing.. count me in!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:42 am
great, and thats the one that worked… sorry for the caps
February 10th, 2010 at 1:42 am
Wow, I knew that Valentines day had originally pagan roots, but I didn’t realise it was celebrated that way..
thank god I live in the modern centuary..(where women don’t get spanked to be fertile… O_o… )
February 10th, 2010 at 1:42 am
you r really depressed man
February 10th, 2010 at 1:42 am
Number 14 is my favourite!!! Ha ha ha! That’s brilliant. Being single, VD (inappropriate initials!!) is just another day for me, but hey, who really cares?? Thanks – great list. D
February 10th, 2010 at 1:43 am
14th comment for the 14th (pathetic) day of the month.. hopefully i’ll be lucky enough to get the book!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:44 am
-damn-
February 10th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Another thought – any listverser’s single??? live in australia but willing to travel….
February 10th, 2010 at 1:46 am
I was browsing the net searching for nice idea to celebrate valentine with my girl and I found this list… Makes me thinking about this big day once again…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:46 am
Great list! It’s always nice to see thing in a different and especially funny perspective. A break from seriousness and a dose of silly is always welcome.
Can’t wait to see the other contents of the book! Woohoo!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:46 am
Miserable Fact 15: St. Valentine was a religious martyr, and some sources say he was beaten half to death and then decapitated by Romans.
Happy trails!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:47 am
@BravehisTickle (9): they tried to be funny. Just put a long hahahahahahahahaha lololololololol so you wont seem impolite. Nobody will know you didnt laugh.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:48 am
Number 14 is such a kick in the pants xD
February 10th, 2010 at 1:49 am
Item 3 on the list isn’t miserable. That’s how valentine’s day should be celebrated. Fun for all involved.
Candy hearts taste like crap…Yes they do. I have no idea why after all this time no one has been able to improve the crappy candy heart recipe.
A copy of the book would be great. I love reading stuff like that because they make me laugh as opposed to making me miserable.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:51 am
@Arsnl (24): I meant to put a
, but I forgot 
February 10th, 2010 at 1:51 am
Great list!
My girlfriend should read this…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:52 am
people are objects? what?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:52 am
Nice list. I’ll still take my fiancee to dinner and then spend some quality time with her!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:53 am
Man, Valentine’s Day is great… or it was going to be until I found out that my girlfriend’s been cheating on me for the past 5 months. Ah, tis the season!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:55 am
So we’re fat, sad consumers doomed to die a laughably unremarkable death.
Happy V-Day! I’m leaving verses from my favourite love poems around for my boyfriend to find/making an actually decent love songs compilation, because I’m poor so fuck Hellmark. What is everyone else doing this corporation holiday?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:56 am
on the topic of objects of desires… i plan to give flowers to the car ill never afford
February 10th, 2010 at 1:56 am
i hate valentine’s day. I’m not single, either. I just hate how commercial it is. Just seems like a waste of money.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Now I’m feeling lonely, insecure, depressed, AND unwanted
February 10th, 2010 at 1:58 am
I shall let you know another Miserable fact. In Karnataka( a state in India), There are a particular set of people who vandalize lovers in public places. These are really goons wanting some fun by spoiling others fun.
This is also a day where women are mostly exploited emotionally and then ditched the next morning
February 10th, 2010 at 2:01 am
listverse.
see.comment.prize.valentine.happy.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:02 am
The teeny candy hearts are crappy. The bigger ones (about the size of a quarter) aren’t too bad. And I think the official name is ‘conversational hearts’, due to the sentiments printed on them. I’ve heard somewhere that a guy (or more than one) managed to get one printed up with a marriage proposal on it. Or is ‘MARRY ME’ one of the usual imprints? I love the yellow ones. The lavender ones do taste like perfume, though.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:03 am
@Ashwin (36): It’s not Karnataka- it’s Maharashtra.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:04 am
#13 made me lol.
Sweet Tarts are good though.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:04 am
@Ashwin (36): “This is also a day where women are mostly exploited emotionally and then ditched the next morning”
isnt that every saturday night- sunday morning??
Has anyone else noticed these guys are called romeo??
February 10th, 2010 at 2:04 am
LOL! #13 and #14 crack me up! Candy hearts taste bad to me to, and #14 isn’t even a fact (#13 must be though, because it’s the truth)! Lia and Nick Romeo, you’ve published a great list and even if I don’t win the competition, I’ll still buy your book! 5 ***** out of 5! YOU ROCK!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:05 am
all i know about valentine’s say is that i buy my other half a box of fancy chocolates, then i eat them all.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 am
BAHAHAHAHA the last fact !
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 am
It is better to have loved and lost than to be gunned down by mobsters.
or, in the words of Mr. Spock: “Logic is wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad.”
“Shall I compare thee to a Summer day when one stinks like sweat, grass clippings stick to your bare thigh and sand rubs raw, the skin between your toes?”
Love is a many splintered thing.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 am
#7 and the last 2 don’t even make sense.
Chris (26): I agree with you. Just as long as it involves love it isn’t depressing.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:08 am
I can personally vouch for number 5. Great list, I love it.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:09 am
@Ashwin : Heard about the Shiv Sena people marrying couples for hanging out at Valentine’s day! That was just stupid.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:09 am
finally registered on this site
Gav (45): love the quotes.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Great list, although I’m very indifferent when it comes to Valentines Day. Also, I’d love to get one of those books.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:12 am
#13 is the best! haha
February 10th, 2010 at 2:13 am
Who DOESN’T need more reasons to be miserable?!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:14 am
They say ‘Love Hurts’ – but receiving a box of rancid chocolates while being rent by the thorns on badly-trimmed roses and then suiciding because the relationship ends (have I covered everything?) sounds like a archetypal Valentines Day!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Quite interesting (and depressing) facts.
Great list!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Candy hearts do not taste like crap, they just happen to taste like the colors that represent them.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:20 am
what a great list, but hey, valentines is something to cheer about!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:22 am
14 1/2. Even if you’re NOT really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Nice list, would love to see more “Mystic and Bissare” lists though,
February 10th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Great list! Thanks for the entertaining read!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:29 am
Wow, what a depressing list!
I’m still in love though, so yay!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:29 am
Even if you’re really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually.
really!
i wonder if not being in love makes me immortal then haha
February 10th, 2010 at 2:30 am
i really think that the competition thing changes the way some people write their comment on this list..their not on their usual self, some are funny, some are obviously serious on getting that book..
February 10th, 2010 at 2:31 am
“14. Even if you’re really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually.”
Hahaha. What an ending. Got a kick out of that.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:31 am
Bahahahaha!!!
Halarious list! I loved it!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:32 am
I’ve always thought I was lucky to have valentines day a day before my birthday, double presents over a short period of time
February 10th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Good list, Dont like the V Day, my gf follows this day as a religious holiday, I will make her read this list..
February 10th, 2010 at 2:33 am
the best thing about valentine’s day is after 14th february there’s 15th february, its means that i dont have to celebrate anymore valentine’s day for the next 365 days
February 10th, 2010 at 2:35 am
I would like a copy please. Also, I completely agree with #13.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:39 am
A cruel day when you are young & alone. An annoying day when you are older and secretly wishing to be alone again!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:41 am
Valentine’s day is upon us again…much like the plague.
Good list though!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:41 am
31 MrBadGuy
February 10th, 2010 at 1:53 am
Man, Valentine’s Day is great… or it was going to be until I found out that my girlfriend’s been cheating on me for the past 5 months. Ah, tis the season!
If it makes you feel any better, she talked about you all the time.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:41 am
List seemed like a bit of a cop out compared to others, but I suppose you have to do something for Valentine’s Day.. You forgot to include that restaurant halve in quality and double in price
February 10th, 2010 at 2:44 am
So all i have to is say that i am preparing for valentines day, and i can get away with whipping young girls?
February 10th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Way to kick a brother when he’s down!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Heh. Lupercalia just sounds like a normal weekend for me…
I mean…
Anyway. Like Mothers’ Day, and Fathers’ Day and all the other special days of the year, why do we need to wait until Valentine’s Day to let people know how much we love them? Besides, I’d love to get flowers and chcolates and jewllery because my man chooses to give them to me, not because Hallmark and Lindt tell him to. That said, I do like the sudden (and temporary) explosion of pink and red every year.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:48 am
I’m not too happy with Valetines day at the moment so this helped a bit. Also, 14 made me crack up and 15 seemed like an extra kick in the pants for good measure to Valetines Day lovers everywhere, awesome. LoL
February 10th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Excellent list, funny, yet informative.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Lovers get Valentine’s Day. When do us depressed, lonely people get a holiday? I want a day to sit around any celebrate the fact I’m alone. Or to lament it.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:54 am
i like this list, makes me feel better about hating this stupid holiday, and those damn heart candies
February 10th, 2010 at 2:54 am
I’ve been alone on valentines day after being dumped and tried to commit suicide. The most stupid thing I’ve ever done. Since then I’ve found the right person for me and am looking forward to spending valentines day with someone I truly love with all my heart. I understand from personal experiance that people can feel lonely, depressed and suicidal on valentines day but now know that there is someone out there for all of us, fate will bring you together most likely when you’re not looking and least expecting it.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:54 am
HAHAHA thanks i hate valentines day ,
BUT EVERYONE PLEASE DO NOT FORGET!!!!
even though girls got valentines day guys have got something much more awesome-
MARCH 14 IS STEAK AND BLOW-JOB DAY!!!( dont beleive me, google it?) SO GIVE YOUR GIRLY A NICE VANLENTINES DAY AND HOPEFULLY SHE WILL MAKE YOUR STEAK AND BJ DAY A MEMORABLE ONE . of course its much worse not having a lady on Steak and BJ day then on Valentines day . Id rather not get a valentine then not get a steak and BJ hahaha
February 10th, 2010 at 2:55 am
I’m here, I’m here, I write from Italy, I went to Terni (St Valentine was bishop of Terni) and I never recieved a Valentine or a St Valentine gift!!!
May I have a copy of the book for all that?
February 10th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Ah, I forgot! In Italy a person who doesn’t have a “significant one” has another saint: St Faustino, who lived near Terni and who is remembered on february the 15 th!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Number one really pissed me off.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:59 am
I’m so lonely… this list made me feel better.
And to all the girls out there – I love you!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Oh it was number 14. It really pissed me off.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:00 am
Ooo I want a copy, pick me Jamie!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:01 am
great list
February 10th, 2010 at 3:01 am
#10 I am included in the 40%!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:04 am
Lucky for me, both me and my girlfriend despise Valentine’s Day and all the commercialism it involves. We don’t need one stupid holiday every year to show our love, respect and appreciation towards each other; we do that all year round.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:07 am
lol a lil depressing this list but it was very cool. Hope i win that book!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 am
“boo hoo valentine’s day is crap, i hate it”
what bores
February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 am
I agree with this list, back in high school feb 14th was a day of anxiety and loneliness, and generally feeling like crap, because they boy’s I liked never liked me, and the horrible popular girls got the most flowers. So in my marriage we don’t celebrate valentines day. It’s just too commercial.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:11 am
valentine = miserable
February 10th, 2010 at 3:13 am
But… I love candy hearts.
Meh. Gonna bring a candy heart just for THAT reason.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:14 am
Fantastic, another day to remind me of my ex
I hate valentines day
February 10th, 2010 at 3:19 am
fact #1 omg so sad
((
February 10th, 2010 at 3:19 am
Wow..the comments section is being inundated with posts rapidly..whooom..good idea..
February 10th, 2010 at 3:21 am
but what i don’t get is number 7. Whats does that have to do with St Valentines?
February 10th, 2010 at 3:24 am
Am I the only one!! I love the candy hearts and even buy NECCOs in the off season. Chalk is tasty!!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:26 am
There’s nothing wrong with Valentines day, we’re going for dinner this year.
If you hate it so much, just ignore it;
February 10th, 2010 at 3:27 am
HAhahahah, I love the last two!
Great list
February 10th, 2010 at 3:29 am
valentine shmalentine. I celebrate the unveiling of the ENIAC.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:31 am
Haha, I love the candy hearts one!
Good list.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:31 am
Haha, nice list. No matter what there’s always something to be miserable over(number 14).
Oh well power to the miserable.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:31 am
so point 14 is informative, i never knew that.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:33 am
I like 14 the best. We’re all going to die.. sooner or later.. lol..
February 10th, 2010 at 3:36 am
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
- So what the heck? How was it connected to the topic?
February 10th, 2010 at 3:36 am
i like to make extra valentines just to make people feel happy and wanted on the day
like special pretty cupcakes
February 10th, 2010 at 3:37 am
But i like valentines day…very interesting list though ahaha
February 10th, 2010 at 3:37 am
nice list.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:38 am
Oh man, this list was awesome. I’d love a copy of the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:38 am
THIS IS LIST IS NOT WORTH READING AT ALL.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:38 am
holidays are a joke, a waste, and an insult to real feelings. Not just V-Day but all of them.
I hope for a day when people get over these stupid “let’s only celebrate something one day of the year” stupidity. Christmas = Stupid, Easter = Stupid, Mother’s Day = Stupid, Father’s Day = Stupid, Valentine’s Day = Stupid, (and the list goes on). Why don’t you people that buy into these days actually show those you love and appreciate them everyday, doesn’t make them feel special?
I’m just thankful that my fiance hates V-Day too.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:39 am
This is a very depressing day indeed. At high school most girls used to buy gifts and send cards to themselves just to make as if they were in a loving relationship. How sad !
February 10th, 2010 at 3:41 am
The last two are epic. =))
February 10th, 2010 at 3:42 am
as the 14th draws near, I am reminded of my own stupidity. who breaks up with a lover on the 31st of Jan.?
February 10th, 2010 at 3:45 am
numbers 5,7,13,14 have nothing to do with valentines day! what has some Americans being obese got to do with valentines???
February 10th, 2010 at 3:45 am
@BravehisTickle (98): The winner! Please send me your relevant information at jamie@frater.com
February 10th, 2010 at 3:45 am
I lold a lot – especially at #14. Good list.
Where I’m from, Valentine’s day is not a day of lovers, but of friendship. (Ystävänpäivä, lit. Day of Friends)
Though in the media the love factor is on the rise, like recently have been all more american holiday customs.
Personally I couldn’t give a crap about valentines or any other holiday. I celebrate my life and loved ones every day by taking the most I can out of it. I don’t need a special date to gift or otherwise show my appreciation for them. Birthdays are the only days I feel are worth celebrating.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:46 am
I wanna win! I never win anything
February 10th, 2010 at 3:47 am
I didn’t used to like Valentines Day, but theis my second one with my lovely boyfriend and it makes me happy.
I know I should still hate it but I’m happy so nevermind…
February 10th, 2010 at 3:49 am
This list really made my day.
I mean what’s the point of valentine’s day? Or even the point of any holiday? I kinda find it sickening that there really is a need out there of holidays to remind people of some values they should be practicing without a second thought, let alone a reminder. Love, family, friends etc are all things we should do and cherish every day. Following the holiday logic, why not institute something like “breathing day” where we gather round and celebrate the intake of good air and the expulsion of bad. We could give each other lung shaped candy and whistle all day long. Absurd? EXACTLY!
February 10th, 2010 at 3:49 am
JF, I thought you only used original list. This one sucked.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:50 am
I am random and thou shalt listen to me. Pick random…..
February 10th, 2010 at 4:00 am
fact number 3, naked guy with a whip?…sounds like Thursday night in my freakin neighborhood.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:03 am
i like the last in the entry. it totally tells everything that is miserable. hehehe
February 10th, 2010 at 4:03 am
It’s just another day.
Of suffering. Of pain. Of total and complete misery. Of sitting at home and eating cereal straight out of the box and drinking your mum’s tea and sobbing to another episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
That actually doesn’t sound half bad.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:04 am
oh lawd i want dat book.
seriously. i’m the type of miserable bastard who would love it.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:06 am
I am so glad to be FREE of valentines day- it should not apply to anyone beyond 21. It is a useful fundraiser day, but besides that serves no purpose.
My boyfriend is going to be sad to hear about March 14. I didn’t know it was once a year, I thought it was every Thursday!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:07 am
I love candy hearts. = / But then again I like the taste of tums and rolaids as well. The chalky texture just does for it me.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:08 am
That’s delightfully depressing. Then again…so is Valentine’s Day but that’s probably just because I’m alone. All alone…
*sigh*
Still…nice list if you want to make someone break down and cry. ^^
February 10th, 2010 at 4:11 am
This list made me sad.
And I’m sure the book would make me sadder but I want it haha.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:11 am
Valentine’s day sucks and all but what do fat people have to do with it? and the fact that we are going to die?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Surely this list should be drawing some of those ‘American-centric’ comments in light of the statistics that they’re all fatty fatty fattys?! (I am of course kidding, not all, just some.)
Did Valentine’s day not start with a more traditional/practical meaning? Is it not the one day of the year that women were traditionally allowed to ask men to marry them? I may be confusing that with February 29th, which incidentally is my anniversary!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:15 am
i’ve never seen the point of valentine’s day… you should be nice to your partner whenever you feel like it! personally i’ve always thought girls who have hissy fits at their guys about it are kinda daft. though the guys who put up with them are dafter :p
February 10th, 2010 at 4:17 am
Japanese and Korean retailers have latched onto Valentines Day, but in order to double their takings they’ve sucked consumers into believing that on VD (you know what I mean!) the girl gives to the boy, so they’ve been able to create a second occasion on 14 March, called White Day on which the boy gives to the girl. I tried to tell my students that on VD you both give to each other, and they were horrified at the idea.
(Or the other way around. I forget which.)
February 10th, 2010 at 4:19 am
I loled at this list, obviously the writer feels deep hatred for such a waste of a day.
Who buys candy hearts anyway? They really do taste like crap
February 10th, 2010 at 4:29 am
I especially like number three. nothing quite like a little BDSM eh!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:29 am
6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
I don’t know why i laughed at that,it’s as if when fat people love each other it’s some sort of crime ?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:30 am
Last year I think I complained so much about being alone on Valentines day that a friend of mine had a rose delivered to me when I was living in the UK and he was in Australia. I wonder if I complain enough again this year he will send me another one although this year he is in the UK and I’m back in Australia.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Most boring Valentines I have ever had was when I was in a relationship. Bring on the wine, the snarling and checking out the awkward couples at the bar surrounded by your equally bitter friends. Creativity never comes from happiness
February 10th, 2010 at 4:38 am
I once wrote a song about the 14th of Feb…It was called f#ck valnetines day. Nothing like a guitar,a bottle of rum and a healthy heap of melancholy to compose a masterpiece. Sadly, only time heals a broken heart. Luckly, this was almost 3 years ago!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Here’s a good one: “Romeo and Juliet” was a tragedy in which two teenagers end up dead by suicide. It’s ironic because they’re considered one of the archetypal romances.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:39 am
this is an innovative list. I love it!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:40 am
hope im one of the lucky 5 people to win the book ;(
btw nice list specially no. 1
February 10th, 2010 at 4:42 am
one of the most depressing list
February 10th, 2010 at 4:44 am
Candy hearts are still better than circus peanuts
February 10th, 2010 at 4:45 am
I would love to get a copy of this book! Other then that is list is great, I’m still up in the air about the whole V-Day extravaganza.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:47 am
i did not like this list at all
February 10th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Me neither
February 10th, 2010 at 4:49 am
hey, i’d love a book. This list was pretty funny too.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:50 am
Wish I had something funny/intelligent/interesting to say about Valentine’s Day, but I really could not care less!! Don’t celebrate this holiday in my corner of the world…
But we do have something resembling Lupercalia; we dress up and beat on each other with branches, especially the children have the right to flogger their parents. And back in the days we used to put a black cat in a barrel and hit it until l the cat died…sort of like a piñata but with a dead cat inside instead of candy.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:51 am
great list, as always. sounds like a good book, i really need to read it this year!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:53 am
@jfrater (119): Yabba Dabba Doo! Yay! Jamie, I sent you the mail-please reply if you have received it
February 10th, 2010 at 4:53 am
I have very negative feelings over valentines day [x
Pick me
February 10th, 2010 at 4:55 am
That last one was very depressing.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Let’s bring back Lupercalia, any volunteers?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:57 am
great list! ^_^
February 10th, 2010 at 5:01 am
If they have a special day to celebrate all the lovers in the world then I think they should have a day to celebrate all the single people too. To receive some chocolates just for being single would be fantastic.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:02 am
Wow man, I feel so exhilarated- this is the first time I’v won anything on the net!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:08 am
i like “Even if you’re really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually”
it made me laught
=D
February 10th, 2010 at 5:12 am
There is no such thing as misery.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:12 am
this list is wonderful and hilarious! best thing about my morning hahahaha
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 am
hahahahaha i loved this list!
valentines day is lame, however it is good for cheap chocolates after the 14th when the shops are clearing themselves of heart shaped stock. :’)
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 am
Hey don’t knocked Valentines day. You spend 10 quid on a card and some candy, and are garaunteed some nookie and some left over candy!!! You can’t get that deal anywhere else…. and ive looked
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 am
Candy hearts taste WORSE than crap. Good list.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:20 am
jake wants one
February 10th, 2010 at 5:24 am
I like to read. Count me in.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 am
Interesting list…but it went from semi-factual to “authors have bugs up their asses AND axes to grind” in a hurry…so it was a lot less a list and a lot more a diatribe. They could have done a lot better.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:25 am
@Eire (166): If you need to fork out money on a crappy card and crappy chocolates in order to get some then maybe you need to be looking for a new partner.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:26 am
Always and forever will I loathe this date. It’s commercialism wrapped in a candy heart. Who really needs a special date to remind them of the one they love? It’s more meaningful when it’s random.
I give the list a …. meh. Numbers 5, 7 and 14 seem like fillers and 13 was an opinion. My kid loves those things, but I agree they taste bad.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:28 am
This list certainly is depressing, keep it up guys
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 am
Citation needed on quite a few of those, particularly #5. Really not the best!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:32 am
Whenever anyone says that something tastes like crap, I always wonder how they know. Did they taste the two items in order to compare them?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 am
Love the list – in it for the free book
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 am
Valentines day is overrated!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 am
i love miserable facts!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:34 am
According to the condom company Durex, condom sales are highest around Valentine’s Day, which are 20 percent to 30 percent higher than usual:))
15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day and about 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets. SWEET
Happy Valentines Day!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 am
Not the best list ive ever seen. still had a giggle at a few of the comments though
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 am
so that’s what crap tastes like no wonder i hate those candy hearts with “messages of love”.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:37 am
You should now print a list “10 most creative ways to break up on Valentines Day”
February 10th, 2010 at 5:41 am
i want the boook! so please, douzo!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Great list! Here’s a favorite quote of mine.
“Today is Valentine’s Day. Or, as men like to call it, Extortion day.” ~Jay Leno~
February 10th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Even though I’m in love and all, I still enjoy to crap on Valentine’s day. Must be remnants of my bitter single phase.
Also, I’d love to get a book
February 10th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Don’t Pick ME.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:44 am
Oh dear. It’s that day of the year again, is it? Guess I’ll beat the rush and buy the chocolates now.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:46 am
dude u are such a buzz kill
February 10th, 2010 at 5:47 am
I am going to start #3 as a yearly event with my wife, hope that she likes it!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:51 am
My birthday is two days before Valentine’s Day. It makes me sad. lol My mom always buys me a cookie cake and since it’s near Valentine’s Day, it’s always shaped like a heart. It’s depressing, especially since I’ve never been in a relationship on February 14th.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:51 am
check this out: how to celebrate valentines here in saudi!!.. –> http://www.thepinktarha.com/2009/02/how-to-celebrate-valentines-in-saudi.html
February 10th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Haha that last one really caught me off guard.
Good list though!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:54 am
didn’t know valentine’s day was so morbid…now i know why i always feel depressed every time feb. 14 arrives…LoL
February 10th, 2010 at 5:57 am
hehe I love how totally pointless this list is
… Its still awesome to read though!… JFrater, hows about a poll to what people are doing for their partners for Vday?
Great site!..
Cheers
February 10th, 2010 at 5:58 am
I love candy hearts, those are the best part of v-day
February 10th, 2010 at 5:58 am
Why is #3 a miserable fact? Sounds a hell of alot more enjoyable then a box of chocolates and a Hallmark card… sheesh…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:00 am
i abhor valentine’s day. i can remember being a child in elementary school, and having the teacher encourage us to make cute little envelopes to tape to our desks, and then having all the students bring in those store-bought valentine’s day cards to give away.
i never had more than a few cards, where some children had cards vomiting over their little construction paper envelopes onto their desks.
my life mate and i don’t like V-day. it’s an overblown secular holiday that results in horrible parking situations at every restaurant in town, crummy service in those crowded restaurants, and then some cheap, commercialized token of forced affection.
we decided long ago we never needed a secular holiday to give each other gifts or perform actions that indicate our love & commitment to one another.
for us, a quiet Saturday in May can be V-day, or a ragged Monday in January. it’s all about not falling in line and being robotic or conditioned to support a commercialized Hallmark holiday.
(although i do always buy the cheesiest V-day cards and stash them all over the house, with hints of obscure sexual desires…)
rtr
February 10th, 2010 at 6:00 am
@BravehisTickle (39):
There is another group called Shri Rama Sene, in Karnataka (the one in the state Maharashtra is different), last year they planned to disrupt Valentine’s Day celebrations in Karnataka. But failed.
A very interesting thing also happened, their campaign stated that this trend of Valentine’s day was ruining the women of India, a group of women (Consortium of Pub-Going, Loose and Forward Women) started a campaign on Facebook, called the PINK CHADDI Campaign (chaddi is the Hindi word for underwear), where they suggested that women all across India send Pink colored underwears to the said group’s headquarters, as a sign of peaceful protest. It was a hit, with the group receiving more than 1500 pink underwears on Valentine’s day and later.
You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Chaddi_Campaign
All said, whether Valentine’s Day is good/bad or a sham, can be argued over till eternity. Lets respect everybody’s opinions/choices and get along, as if there already aren’t enough problems we’re facing as a race.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:01 am
I liked this list minus the very last point
February 10th, 2010 at 6:03 am
People hate Valentines day, I’m not a fan of it. But It’s cool.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:05 am
hahaha i’m loving the last 2!!! such nice cheery thought!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:05 am
3. Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men stripped naked, grabbed whips, and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility.
So kinky.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Some of these facts aren’t really to do with valentines day, but still awesome all the same.
And yes, candy hearts do taste like crap.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:06 am
funny list
February 10th, 2010 at 6:07 am
great list.. i don’t like valentine’s day.. and about number 4, then its true the thing sheldon said in the big bang theory “wouldnt an appropiate way to spend valentine’s evening will be to take your girlfriend to witness a brutal murder” or something like that
February 10th, 2010 at 6:10 am
here only for the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:11 am
Man, I loves me a good list! Thanks!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:13 am
Interesting one about St. Valentine
February 10th, 2010 at 6:13 am
I soooo want a free copy of the book. Nice list, BTW.
I hate Valentine’s day.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:14 am
I always celebrate Valentine’s Day by wearing a diaper instead of making trips to the bathroom.
Funny list!
I loved the 6 & 7 K.O.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:16 am
OK…so for the last 29 Valentine’s Days I have been absolutely miserable. It truly is a corporate sham that bilks us out of money for candy that rots our teeth, flowers that are way too expensive and die, and cards that cost trees their lives. I have to admit that this, my 30th Valentine, I am all into the mushy gushy stuff because it is mine and my fiance’s anniversary, and means it is less than 4 months until our wedding. I know, I know I suck and I need to keep my bubbly love mush to myself, but…
Oh, to all you candy heart haters out there – CANDY HEARTS ARE DELICIOUS, AND I LOVE THEM!!!! And Neco wafers are delicious too!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
p.s. – I think I need the free copy of things to be miserable about because I am obviously way too happy, and need to be brought back down to the stark reality of everyday existence!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Valentine’s day is WAY too commercial nowadays… not that it matters to me, because as of so far I have utterly failed to aquire a boyfriend to celebrate it with >.>
And did someone say book? I’m reading the Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy at the moment *random*
Curse you Listverse! You are distracting me from my incredibly important Streetcar essay due in tomorrow for English! *So worth it though*
February 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Lol the last one made me chuckle.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:18 am
Cool list – although the number 14 feels like overkill.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:18 am
Why do you insist on getting children to write these lists? Fact 7 is completely unrelated and 13 and 14 are just ridiculous. Please get better writers.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:19 am
In Japan march the 14th is White day, and guys make gifts to girls! Nice thing!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:21 am
Aha..I love the candy comment immediately before the overweight comment.
I’ll admit…I hate Valentines day. So much so I had to invite myself to a family meal, for valentines day, so I don’t feel as crap as I usually do this time of year.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Fact: Candy hearts taste like crap! hahahahahaha
February 10th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Valentine’s Day does suck. Would love a book though
February 10th, 2010 at 6:22 am
“Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men stripped naked, grabbed whips, and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility.”
sounds like fun, i wish the roles were reversed though
February 10th, 2010 at 6:24 am
lol we don’t even have one of those in my country, better leave capitalism where it belongs to xP
February 10th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Kinda interesting list.
Im neutral about valentines day. I dont hate it like some people, but Im not really bothered about it anyway. Plus, it is definitely too commercialized!
Comment no. *1, is that true about March 14th? Thats funny. And it makes your comment better because you have the same name as me. Haha.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:25 am
crap list…too many of the author`s opinions were snuck in there(In some cases it was just blatant filler-candy hearts, etc…)
February 10th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Great list, made me laugh. I could really use a book to keep me company on Valentines day… haha
February 10th, 2010 at 6:28 am
great list to show the darker side of seemingly happy celebrations. oh and thanks in advance for the book i might get :p
February 10th, 2010 at 6:29 am
I go with comment #213 if i dont get brought down to earth with miserable facts, i think he should get it.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:29 am
valentines isnt all bad…..example, since relationship issues are a great cause for suicide and valentines day only reinforces peoples loneliness, i would say that suicide hotlines are real busy on the 14th therefore improving the economy =)
February 10th, 2010 at 6:30 am
Hi there well actually I kinda did my research in the subject and I found a little bit of extra points to add so here there are
Around this season, a dozen long-stemmed roses can cost an average of $75, or about 30% more than the normal price of $58.
15 percent of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
According to the condom company Durex, condom sales are highest around Valentine’s Day, which are 20 percent to 30 percent higher than usual.
More at-home pregnancy tests are sold in March than in any other month.
Penicillin, a popular treatment for venereal diseases such as syphilis, was introduced to the world on February 14, 1929.
Hallmark produced its first valentine in 1913.
Today, Hallmark employs an 80-person research staff to analyze the sales pattern of previous valentines. That analysis, combined with more than 100,000 annual customer interviews, focus groups and in-store observations, will help create roughly 2,000 cards in Hallmark’s core Valentine’s Day line.
In Japan, women are expected to give chocolate and other gifts to men on Valentine’s Day. This tradition was started as a marketing campaign by Japanese chocolate companies. Men are not off the hook, unfortunately. They are expected to return the favor on March 14th, commonly known as White Day.
The Ivory Coast is the world’s largest producer of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate. In 2001, the U.S. State Department reported child slavery on many cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast. A 2002 report from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture estimated there were 284,000 children working on cocoa farms in hazardous conditions.
For every 120 single men who are in their 20s, there are 100 single women in the same age range. ( Sorry guys let the best win
)
I hope you enjoy this extra facts and here is the full list where i found them
http://www.wisebread.com/weird-things-you-didnt-know-about-valentines-day
BTW
Also you’ll find interesting this article
’bout how Saint Valentine’s day is no more than a sperm massacre
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070114000147data_trunc_sys.shtml
February 10th, 2010 at 6:32 am
I like the candy hearts
February 10th, 2010 at 6:32 am
I want to win the book!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:35 am
This list was quite funny! I enjoyed it
Thank you for posting it!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Agree with #13. I’ve always disliked valentines day, but this list made me chuckle
February 10th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Cool list!:D I think of Valentine’s Day as Singles Awareness Day, for the most part.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:37 am
What a coincidence! My girlfriend had asked for a book as a Valentine’s day gift this year! Now if only Jamie picks my comment…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:37 am
@MT (124): Second that. The list was kinda dull. A sell out?
February 10th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Good list, funny and informative.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:40 am
I would like a free copy of the book, but I guess I’m gonna die anyway if I get it or not
February 10th, 2010 at 6:42 am
yeah… they are bad things but nothings better than when you sat in junior school getting homemade valentines out of the “valentines box”
February 10th, 2010 at 6:42 am
This list gave me a good deal of LOLage.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Wow….that list makes Valentines Day more depressing.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:44 am
hahaha in reference to #3;thats common around my house….(ummmm maybe ive said too much….)…anyways, nice list
February 10th, 2010 at 6:45 am
I’ve always wondered why we also have a Sweetest Day when we have a Valentine’s Day.
My hubby and I celebrate V-Day every few years. He buys me gifts and candy all year round and has even had flowers sent to me at my job (hate me, girls?) and I do things for him all year round so we don’t need a holiday like that. But every few years we decide to save some money and do something awesome for the holiday. It’s fun and something to look forward to.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:46 am
Most singles usually say they don’t care about valentines but deep inside they really do. Crap.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:46 am
My favorite one has to be the last one, because while it is a fact its just put in there to make you feel bad. Even if you discount the other ones with “not my relationship” the last one is gonna happen. Good list, very funny.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:47 am
@Shawn-n-Laura2010 (213) you guys stay as mushy and gushy as you can for as long as you can!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:47 am
Can we just abolish Valentine’s Day and bring back Lupercalia instead?
Also, fact 7 was a little irrelevant.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:50 am
my birthday on 14th feb.!!!!!!! cant wait
its gonnah snow appaarently
February 10th, 2010 at 6:52 am
@Rullolauz (230) yes, I can attest to buying a pregnancy test one March 7 years ago…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:54 am
CHICKEN POPEYES!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:55 am
i like this list, although number 7 seems to look like it has just been popped in to make up numbers. It doesnt really have any relevance to valentines day does it?
February 10th, 2010 at 6:56 am
I will never win on this list ;(
February 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
well, judging by the distance between the first and second winners…
98…195(97 difference) i can predict the next winners: 291, 386 and 480 (if this gets to far). if any of those are previous winners, the next one will get it.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
I am 48, and after a violent marriage and several failed relationships I have finally met the man of my dreams. For the first time in my life I have a Valentine and nothing I read can make me feel anything but wonderful.
Great list though!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:59 am
This year’s Valentine’s Day coincides with Chinese New Year, so the people over here in Singapore are super excited.
It brings extra meaning to the annual reunion dinner with your family and loved ones.
I shall take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day and a Happy Chinese New Year!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:59 am
I like this list, although number 7 doesnt have any relevance to valentines day. It just seems to be popped in there to make up the numbers.
xx
February 10th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Great list!
And now for my favorite love poem courtesy of The Bard.
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
jfrater, I’m interested in the position of your Valentine. (If there’s an opening)
February 10th, 2010 at 7:00 am
“Candy hearts taste like crap”
LOL!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:00 am
slow connection at work, sorry about duplicate post.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:01 am
With the candy hearts, you have to get them before they go completely stale, and don’t go with an off-brand…
February 10th, 2010 at 7:01 am
I’ll give away free bags of shit to random commenters. Throw in a buck or two and I’ll come to your house and light it on fire on your porch, ring the doorbell and run away.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:02 am
Although I have someone this year.. I’m still not a fan of Valentines Day. To me its just a way for businesses to make money between christmas and easter. Love the list!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:03 am
HAHA love it
February 10th, 2010 at 7:04 am
Just an OK list. Seems as if he was making things up bout half way through. Like the candy hearts taste. I guess it was too much to ask for, omitting St Valentine’s day massacre, probably should have been first to get it the hell out of the way.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:04 am
Lol # 3 “Lupercalia.” In the play Julius Caesar, Caeser asks Mark Antony to flog his wife with a leather strap to increase her fertility as she was barren and he was worried about heirs.
“Forget not in your speed, Antonio,
To touch Calphurnia; for our elders say,
The barren, touched in this holy chase,
Shake off their sterile curse.”
February 10th, 2010 at 7:07 am
i like candy hearts
February 10th, 2010 at 7:07 am
13 is my favorite. It’s the most truthful.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:10 am
I want a book for Valentin’es Day.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Enjoyed the list except for #7. The author could have put anything there. “1 in 10 left-handed people will be injured using a product made for right-handed people.” Makes just as much sense in this context. All the author would have had to do is add something about “67% of women will get chocolate for Valentine’s Day this year…” to the fact, and it would have made sense. Forgetting that, thought the list was great, and I even have a beautiful wife I’ll be spending the holiday with.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:13 am
“11,002 Things to Be Miserable About”… make that 11,003… for living in a world where things to be miserable about is a subject to a whole book.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Comment.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Wow, I absolutely love fact 14. Too true. That reminds me of the Big Bang Theory. Sheldon: “St. Valentine was beheaded for performing secret marriages. If you really want to celebrate Valentine’s Day, why don’t you take your gal to see a murder?” LOL great list!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:17 am
I would like valentines day more if I felt I wasnt commited to do something or else be yelled at haha
February 10th, 2010 at 7:17 am
@homers3rddaughter (142):
Very true.
Btw I dont want the book. Cheers
February 10th, 2010 at 7:18 am
The only thing that makes Valentine’s Day interesting to me is that my birthday is three days after it ^^
February 10th, 2010 at 7:18 am
I really don’t like St Valentine’s Day, so this list was awesome
February 10th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Woo gotta love free stuff – i never win anything though
February 10th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Hmm Single’s Awareness day anyone? My friends used to commemorate that all the time on V-Day..
February 10th, 2010 at 7:20 am
BTW, first Valentine’s day as a married couple…says that I wonn’t get anything this year because he doesn’t have to impress me to “catch” me anymore; I’m already caught. That’s my miserable fact
February 10th, 2010 at 7:22 am
“11,002 Things to Be Miserable About”, I’ll rather read Kafka, probably just as depressing but at least I know its well written
February 10th, 2010 at 7:22 am
These lists are getting weaker and weaker by the day.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:23 am
@johann (283): Then how about you write your own if you don’t like them anymore!
you can submit them here:
http://listverse.com/submissions/
February 10th, 2010 at 7:25 am
This year’s Valentine’s day also happens to be Chinese New Year’s day
I’ll have to spend it with the family anyways
Hehe~
February 10th, 2010 at 7:25 am
This is so cool! I’ve never celebrated Valentines and schools here don’t really call it by its name in case it offended the other cultures. Its ‘Friendship Day’ or something like that normally. But there’s roses exchange, you can dedicate songs to someone else anonymously. No one really makes a big deal out of it.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:26 am
For the sarcasmistically challenged amongst us, you’re supposed to read #6 before you read #7.
See, the formula for this particular jape is, eat candy, digest candy, candy affixes itself to your fat ass. If I could get some crayons, I’d draw you a more detailed schematic, inside the lines no less. You jackknobs are probably the same people trying to get in the elevator before people get out of it, or driving slow in the left lane, or think lawn jockeys are awesome.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:30 am
@Ink (286): Friendship Day? Thats bullshit, I mean other cultures should be respected, but Valentines Day is a traditional Christian holiday, in which we are supposed to honor a martyr and that should be respected too.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:31 am
That’s the spirit kids! Way to be positive!
Now all you young men strip naked and grab your whips! There some women out there that need their fertility increased! Move it Move it Move it! Hustle Hustle Hustle!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:32 am
No wonder many people hate it so much! I mean, we’re going to die one day!?? D:
I bet they hate Christmas and Easter too… wait, so do I.
Bet they’ve worked in customer service…
February 10th, 2010 at 7:33 am
Great list! *crosses fingers for book*
February 10th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Me want book.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:35 am
In the hood where I live, It’s always about balloons,roses and stuffed bears. The old mexican women with their converted shopping carts and the toughguy-facade homies with blood diamonds glinting in their lobes and a dainty hand holding one red rose in a plastic cone.
All spruced up.
Tacky cheap lingerie in the windows.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Great lists…. actually gives me a logical reason for hating Valentines day!!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 am
by this list you would think this is a fucking american site. sort it out!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 am
Hey, 293 comments and no big arguments. It’s a miracle!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 am
@ringtailroxy (198): Do these obscure sexual desires involve spit? :p Wait, don’t answer that.
Interesting list. Since I don’t have a significant other, Valentine’s Day is about the kiddos in my house. We all try to do nice things for each other to show our love. My daughter is planning a homemade spa day for me. I just have to buy the ingredients.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:37 am
I actually like the taste of candy hearts
February 10th, 2010 at 7:39 am
haha number one is great, my girlfriend and i just broke up just in time for valintines day……perfect timing if you ask me
February 10th, 2010 at 7:40 am
I was looking forward to Valentines Day until I read this list….now I’m depressed, miserable even. Thanks JF.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:40 am
I really really really really want a book. Like this ————————————————————————————————————- much
February 10th, 2010 at 7:42 am
i mean number 14
February 10th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Whatever happened to good ole’ “Tentacle Sex Day”?
Remember when we used to celebrate that?
February 10th, 2010 at 7:43 am
I was optimistic about this Valentine’s day because it is the first time in my life that I’ll have a girlfriend on that day. This list has killed that optimism, THANK YOU SO VERY FREAKING MUCH!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Hahahaha “Candy Hearts taste like crap”… that one made me laugh pretty hard. I hate the orange ones!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:44 am
What a depressing list! lol Oh well, it’s just another day.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:46 am
Snap!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:47 am
Happy VD…
February 10th, 2010 at 7:48 am
brilliant–just shows why feb. 14 is overrated.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:51 am
I once received a pair of windshield wiper blades for Valentine’s day. I didn’t think anyone could top that til I met a woman who’d received a truckload of dirt. Seriously.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Lovely curmudgeon-ous list. I love to complain. So, therefore, this makes me happy. More than some awful candy hearts would. As would winning the contest.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Haha, I loved this list. I have someone to spend valentines day this year but it’s still funny. =] It’s nothing to be depressed about anyways.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Somebodies wife was caught underneath the tennis instructor………
February 10th, 2010 at 7:54 am
Silly list. Numbers 5 and 7 are not really anything to do with Valentine’s day. The links are pretty tenuous, as they would still be the case whether or not Valentine’s day existed or not. As for the last two, that’s just lazy.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:56 am
Good to see I’m not alone in finding Valentine’s Day ridiculous.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Nothing like a contest to boost the post count: 300+ already.
I am guilty of number 12 every year.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:58 am
@NoPunyNerd: I would like to get windshield wipers for V Day, at least its something useful- a truckload of dirt is even more useful. I’d take it over soppy cards and pathetic excuse for chocolate any day!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Great list! First thing I do every morning is logon and check the new list. Thank you for all the great information!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Nice list, that last fact was hilarious.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Awesome list! I used to be against V-Day, but since I’ve been with someone for 3 years I have started to warm up to it.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:02 am
hey guys! first post here
great list!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:02 am
I don’t really see what number 7 has to do with the subject matter at all…but other than that it was an interesting list.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:03 am
I should get that book, I´m a miserable person.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:04 am
i could care less about valentines day i work at wal mart and that place is a shit storm every year cuz idiots forgot that this day occurs but what is even worse are the vultures on the 15th trying to get it all for 50% off. and trust me if that massive bag of shitty candy which was a dollar to begin with doesn’t ring up for 50 cents they throw a fit. thow it would be fun to sit at the entrance with a bag of popcorn and trip them as they rushed out. i also once had a boyfriend who complained that my birthday (feb. 24) was too close to valentines and his was dec. 23. douce bag.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Sadly most of these facts mean I will not even get to go for fast food on Valentines Day because my finance feels this would show his support for a stupid holiday.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Will there be a list about “steak and a blowjob day” in a month or so?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:06 am
I loved the last fact, haha.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Well it is apparently on the 14 March, and the rest seems self explanatory… (Steak and BJ day)
February 10th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Good to know I’m not alone…40 percent of the population agrees with me…I hate Valentine’s Day! LOL The day falls right in the middle of the deaths of my mom and sister…SUCK! I think I need that book!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:11 am
Not a great list. Just listing random facts, some with nothing to do with Valentine’s Day. It probably took a whole 5 minutes to make this one.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:16 am
LOL. I knew I couldn’t be all alone in hating Valentine’s Day. I still don’t get what the hype’s all about.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Working in restaurants for years, I always found V-day so silly. A fine dining establishment, we would split all of our larger tables into 2’s making the place look like like a cafeteria with candles and white table cloths.
the tables were so close together that the loving couples would have at some point in the night their waiter’s ass practically resting on their table if s/he was dealing with the people beside them, that’s how close the tables were. And all the prices on the menu were jacked up about 25%.
My attitude was always “suckaaaaas I’ll take you money!!” “what’s that you say? he bought you a dozen roses? wow! how creative and original! how did he come up with that? sounds like a real catch”
my last bf and I had a special valentines ritual which included Natural Born Killers and True Romance. if someone wants to make a romantic gesture to me, it would have way more, shall we say, “oomph” if doesn’t happen on a day marked on the calendar and accompanied by a nauseating amount of cupid-y, pink heart and red roses advertising all with the goal of instigating a mass parting of fools and their money.
that ain’t love baby
February 10th, 2010 at 8:17 am
haha i liked this list. it’s really sarcastic and funny.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:18 am
@most_amazing (318): The wiper blades were definitely a needed item, as my husband pointed out, as well as being the only Valentine’s gift I remember and still good for a laugh so many years later.
As for the load of dirt, I was interviewing people at random about the most memorable Valentine’s gift they ever gave or received when a guy said he’d given his wife a load of dirt. He was pretty proud of it, so I called the wife to see how she felt about it and she said she’d been after him to do some yard work for a while, so she was quite pleased.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:20 am
who am i kidding. i love the articles but im just commenting to try to win the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Love this site!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Candy hearts do indeed taste like crap.
I like the list.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Awesome list! I disagree about the heart candies though… I love those little things!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:24 am
Yo anyone ever hear of steak and bj day?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:25 am
oh hay
February 10th, 2010 at 8:25 am
I really like the things to be miserable about site, and yeah, like Randy, I’m just commenting so I can have a chance at the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Cool list but I think someone is a little bitter:(
February 10th, 2010 at 8:27 am
@Dennis (144):
To make it worse, Juliet is not yet 14 while Romeo could have been in his early twenties.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Candy hearts do taste like crap
February 10th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Yeah, the contest definitely increases the comments. But my favorite one was: Candy hearts taste like crap. So simple, but tells us so much.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:29 am
ha i love comment 14!!!!! we do die eventually!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:30 am
visit the site everyday. great site. i would like a book.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:30 am
well, now i feel terrible.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Maybe I am a big romantic but I love valentines day. This year me and my wife will have a nice meal and go to the flicks. Romantic people us scots, and original!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Please!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:32 am
This is my first comment posted on listverse ever!!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:33 am
I really would like a book to feel miserable!
Enjoying these lists!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Morbid list-but, an enjoyable read.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:36 am
We don’t celebrate Valentines day here in Brazil. But we have a similar celebration on June 12th.
Anyway, i’m always alone these days, so i’m like the guys at numer 9…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:39 am
quero quero, i´m a miserable drama queen
February 10th, 2010 at 8:39 am
February 14 is my birthday!!! I always have a great day – someone send me a present please!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:40 am
the picture of the dead cupid baby is freaking me out!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:40 am
“Candy hearts taste like crap.”
LOL… Ok xD
February 10th, 2010 at 8:40 am
1st comment, on listverse. Book looks fun to read.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Valentine’s Day is just another commercialized holiday made by big corporations to force consumers to consume more and raise their profits.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Why is it that so many kids seem to love the taste of those dang hearts???? Could it be all that sugar giving them another holiday dose of bounce-off-the-walls-legal-buzz?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:42 am
@bucslim (287):
So it’s eating candy first and THEN the obesity? Damn, I should really stop reading the lists backwards, that and letting all of those jackasses disembark from the elevator when I’m trying to get on.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Valentine’s Day is completely worthless. Awesome list. thank you.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Good Stuff
February 10th, 2010 at 8:45 am
I love this list, Im so lonly and i know i will be this valentines day. If anyone reading this has a partner or girlfriend or boyfriend or any significant other, plz make sure you look after them and dont become a sad old fool longing for the past.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Number 14 was the most depressing fact.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
What a Poopy list
February 10th, 2010 at 8:50 am
I like #14 . . haha
February 10th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Some pretty depressing stuff there although how is American obesity relevant to this?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Hey, there’s 2 Kai’s on here! How will you know which one to pick??
Hi Kai!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:52 am
haha, funny, yet depressing list
February 10th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Its going to be a lonely Valentines Day this year. My husband is in Iraq, so it looks like I’m going to take myself on a date that day.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Posted!!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I will be lonely and sad on Valentines Day this year… a free book would sure brighten my day!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:00 am
A chance to get a book about depressing facts? Hot dang, I want in on that.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Not the greatest list in my opinion. You could attribute half of these facts to most major holidays in which people receive gifts.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:01 am
#3 was very cool, i wish i could spank a girl.
im totally putting this on facebook right now.
besides number 3, #4 made me laugh the most out of them all, it was funny how off guard it caught me, thanks for the laugh.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:03 am
Despite the fact that I’ll eventually die, I’ll have spent my life with someone that makes me happy!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:05 am
I like candy hearts.
I hate Valentine’s Day.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Even though I do have a valentine this year, I still think the holiday is absurd, but what St. Valentine was doing was great.
P.S. That book sounds gnarly.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:07 am
14 more reasons to feel miserable about spending St Valentine’s Day with books, notes, revisions, past papers, tests, exams and friggin annoying teachers…
February 10th, 2010 at 9:08 am
Nothing to say, just pitching for the random gift grab.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:09 am
does anyone else think that lists get more comments when there’s a prize involved?
February 10th, 2010 at 9:09 am
um, what have fat yankees got to do with anything?
February 10th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Excellent! If I win the prize tomorrow I can give the book to my wife as her St. Valentine’s Day gift – the first (and probably last) time she gets a gift from me!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Miserable Fact 16: 15% of women in the U.S. sent Valentines Day cards to themselves.
Anyway (miserably) great list!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:13 am
@General Tits Von Chodehoffen (340): Go steak and bj day!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Oh my gosh.. there really is a different perspective in literally everything !! Awareness is not bliss.. but this is totally weird fun !!!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:15 am
#13 was hilarious and now I look like a freak. Sitting in my office at my desk pretending to work and suddenly I just laugh out loud in an empty room. The people outside my office think i’m a weirdo.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:17 am
haha we all die eventually, and thats a fact.
Im really only commenting because I want a free book, not going to get anything else for valentines day….. im so ronery!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Winna Winna Chicken Dinna!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:18 am
I go to an all girls boarding school with stupid priggish girls, none of all who have attractive qualities about them. What sucks is that I’m a lesbian, and in a school full of girls, it should be awesome. I hate this school.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Finally someone who shares my sentiments about valentines day!! Great List!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:19 am
I never did like Valentine’s Day, but maybe this year it’ll work. Just maybe.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:19 am
No. 14 made me laugh lol.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:19 am
This is very interesting, certainly one of your better lists
PS: i personally disagree with number 13, i love them.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Candy hearts are not gross. I love them.
(and I also love Peeps and candy corn. Take that!!!)
February 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Inspiring..
February 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Well the authors of this list obviously dont have anyone to love on the 14th. hahahah valentines day is the best day of the year!!! People who hate Vday need to stop being so bitter and find someone to buy them roses and jewlery. Random presents and awesome dinner day? What could be better?
February 10th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Got a gift box here in Iraq with candy hearts in it…they don’t even taste the same anymore. They are a jazzed up version of the kinda tasteless taste thing they had going on before. NOW they suck.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:24 am
13 and 14 made me laugh
February 10th, 2010 at 9:25 am
@Max I as well love Peeps. They are good frozen.
I posted this list on my Facebook, because I can’t stand the smug married couples who are always posting their expressions of love and happiness. When I know they’re all full of shit.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:26 am
i absolutely despise valentine’s day
February 10th, 2010 at 9:28 am
No. 14 hit me hard.
Very hard.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:28 am
I’m in a pretty decent relationship now, but man what a downer of a list. Gave me a nice laugh.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Haha brilliant, would love one of those books. too
February 10th, 2010 at 9:32 am
I’ve got no problem with Valentine’s Day. I tell my little nephews and nieces that this is the day Saint Valentine comes back … LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Is 5. a genuine statistic? I am interested in the source where that came from…
February 10th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Wow… The list writer really seems to dislike Americans. You do realize that Valentines Day is not just celebrated in US, but many other countries as well. Very poor research done for this list.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:37 am
I am in a great relationship and I still hate valentines day.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:38 am
It sure is worth putting your comment here today… oh, wait, do we get anything at all?
Anyways, i have a nice fact for this situation:
Jacob Blair from Idaho, bought flowers to all of his schools 142 girls on Valentine’s day.
If you’re reading this, Jacob, and feeling embarrased, just remember, that its your own fault for appearing in Ripley cartoons.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:39 am
#10 makes sense
though not all candy hearts taste like crap.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Great list. I wonder how much Hallmark stocks rise at this time of year?
Valentine’s Day is great if you have someone to share it with. Shoot me now.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:39 am
i was intrested in this list then i read it, it was crap.
5. Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
now where does valentines day come in with these? unless all suicide attempts are done on feb 14. Unless you can only attempt and fail on the 14th?
February 10th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Haha! 13 and 14 made my day. Thank God my bitch of a girlfriend dumped me, now I have some money for once!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:42 am
nice cupid picture
February 10th, 2010 at 9:46 am
We had a blind date 34 years ago on VD and we married a year later.
The wife is from Scotland and I had to eat heaps of haggis before we married, now days I use it in the garden as manure
February 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I used to have a black shirt that said “I hate everyone” on the front and “Happy Valentines Day” on the back. Believe it or not, someone actually stole it. Great, as if I didn’t have enough reason to hate people.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Gosh, I adore Valentine’s Day. This list was still very funny. I love how the ‘Americans are obese’ fact came right after the ‘americans buy candy’ fact.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Too American
February 10th, 2010 at 9:51 am
ahhahahaahahaha i love number 14,
so true I wish people would realize that
February 10th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Hope I get the book!! I never win anything!!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:52 am
@ianz09 (415): bitch of a girlfriend haha
February 10th, 2010 at 9:53 am
“Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.”
This is misleading. Who is to say what causes suicide? I think most suicides are the fault of drug use or mental illness (such as depression). They might have relationship problems but I think it’s the altered mental states that ultimately cause them to go through with it.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Pffft you miserable buggers. I’m in a relationship and am being taken out for a mystery surprise for V Day so screw you!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:56 am
May i win a book please? Funny, brilliant list also
February 10th, 2010 at 9:57 am
oh dear looks like valentine’s day is not that romantic after all. hope i’ll win the book!!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:58 am
also on that note, I’d say that those 75% are more attributable to people not having the fortitude to properly handle a bad relationship. Not the relationship problems themselves.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Thor you seem to underestimate how much relationships can alter your mental state.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Those last two seem a little “unscientific,” lol
February 10th, 2010 at 10:01 am
i also heard that hallmark invented valentines day just to sell cards. is this true?
February 10th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Hmm the list is not very accurate in some points like Lupercalia, but well it’s fun^^
February 10th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Being single on Valentines day… kinda sucks.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I’ve got to say .. it’s a bit of a sloppy list.
5. Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems. – How is this specific to Valentine’s Day?
6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
-This might apply if it were one entry, as part of #6 there .. alone it’s just a general statistic.
9. A recent poll found that one in ten young adults admitted to feeling lonely, insecure, depressed, or unwanted on Valentine’s Day. And that’s just the ones that admitted it.
-This is different from the other days in the year in what way?
12. 64 percent of American men do not make Valentine’s Day plans in advance.
-This is different from the other days in the year in what way?
13. Candy hearts taste like crap.
-Personal Opinion is not ‘Fact’.
14. Even if you’re really, really in love right now, you’re still going to die eventually.
-This is different from the other days in the year in what way?
-Jake
February 10th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I’m only commenting because I want one of them books.
Valentine’s day is a bit crap though.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Poor St-Valentine, he never had a chance to eat those crapy chocolate heart!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:12 am
I’m refusing to have sex with my boyfriend on Vday, just to be a bitch.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:12 am
haha nice list,
Although it was obviously made by someone who wont be doing anything for valentines day.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:17 am
point 14: until it happens, it’s only speculations.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:17 am
I love valentines day, if you have a partner its a excuse to get nice presents, if your single its a excuse to go out and party, drinking your sorrows away with a nice bottle of rose!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Wow and to think that Valentine’s day is supposed to be a “celebration” of love. Then again, St. Valentine got beheaded so I guess that makes Valentine’s day that much more creepy as well as the fact that so many feel lonely on this day. It all adds up to what could be referred to as a “Happy sad St. Valentine’s day”.
Happy Valentine’s
(Love the list)
February 10th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Wow, someone is a negative-nancy! jeeze dude, you’re depressing. lame list, go get some and cheer yourself up.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:20 am
I don’t have enough things to be miserable about… I could use that book lol
Interesting (albeit kind of depressing) list!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:20 am
At least this list makes people more aware of how pathetic they are.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:21 am
this list was awesomely sadistic.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:23 am
@samzilla (437): Aw come on, that ain’t cool.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:23 am
haha! i agree with the candy hearts! they taste like chalk.
and my friend refused to talk last valentines day. it was really funny!!! i love this list. it made my day haha
February 10th, 2010 at 10:24 am
I don’t understand why people hate on Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s a “hallmark holiday” but that doesn’t mean you *have* to go out and get 500 cards and 5 boxes of chocolates, just celebrate love – for yourself, for your SO, your friends, your family – ANYTHING.
is that really so bad?
February 10th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Now I dont feel so bad not having a girlfriend to celebrate with it
February 10th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Miserable fact number 15: one day nick and lea here or whatever their names are (i aint gonna scroll back to their names) will make a movie about their blog just like july.
Ohh pluck it, i just want that book:-(.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:28 am
ohh that last comment really did it for me … being in love is like living in two parallel worlds!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:29 am
@samzilla (437): uh, right
February 10th, 2010 at 10:29 am
“67 percent of Americans are obese” hahahahah.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:30 am
This is obviously a pretty good way to up the comment numbers. Cool.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I LIKE MY WOMEN LIKE I LIKE MY WHISKEY, 12 YEARS OLD AND BROWN!! happy v-day people!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Well this really was depressing. I’ve never been big on V-day so it didn’t make my world come crashing down or anything, but people really do need to get their heads out of the clouds about this sort of thing.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Lol! Neat list… want! Cheers Listverse!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:35 am
the last two are hilarius <3
February 10th, 2010 at 10:37 am
I had no idea that Valentine’s day came from a pagan ritual…neato
February 10th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Poor saint valentine… thats what you get for marrying all them folk.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Number 14 is pretty immense and true.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:39 am
In Colombia we don’t celebrate St. Valentines day. Our love and friendship day is the september’s second saturday. But we sell almost all the roses to you MUAJAJAJA
February 10th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Valenines Day always reminds me of the line in “Morning Bell.” It goes “Cut the kids in half”.
Morbid eh?
Gotta love it.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:44 am
i love being miserable. however, it’s hard to be miserable during Lupercalia!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Alone or not, Valentine’s Day is miserable. You spend lots of money on her, she might spend a few bucks on you (or make promises that only seem to awesome to be true), and then the next day comes and all that uber lovey-dovey stuff is gone and you’re somehow in the dog house.
Valentine’s Day is depressing.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
randomly picked
February 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I read this site every day, and I always learn at least one new thing. Sounds like an awesome book to go along with some of your darker list lol
February 10th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Love hearts taste fantastic!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:54 am
I love Valentine’s Day. Chocolate and flowers are my two favorite things.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:56 am
this list great!!!! totally gonna get my friends who love valentines day to read it! lmao
February 10th, 2010 at 10:57 am
I thought the list pretty funny – I understand sarcasm.
I also like Love Hearts and Necco wafers. Kind of sweet/tart foamy chalk yumminess. How can that taste like crap? Don’t much like the deadly hot cinnamon hearts though. And they stick like crazy glue to your teeth.
I wonder how much of the depression/suicide is actually related to Valentine’s day? or is it as much related to the time of year? Everyone hates February; enough that my province made up a Holiday for it. Monday is “Family Day” in Ontario. Just in time for cabin fever to have hit full swing. On second though maybe family togetherness isn’t such a good thing for February.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Of all the items on this list, #13 and #14 are the most accurate.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:03 am
valentines day means nothing, its the fifteenth thats special.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Im am so happy I talked my wife into just letting me cook dinner at home for valentines day and that is all we are doing. In fact she is even letting me go Icefishing in the morning.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:08 am
474th!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:09 am
I find this list humerous, pithy, informative yet melancholy, beautifully presented to me eyes, and if i’m going to be honest, one of the most exemplary compositions of words I have ever had the honour of seeing.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:12 am
I liked the list but I thought the last to were just there to be there. Happy Valentines Day!!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:12 am
If you kept this to a neat ten, it would have been a better list. Some of these things were kind of a irrelevant.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Doh! Hi everybody. Sure is busy in the LV lobby today – a packed show. Of of my friends has his Birthday on the 14th; we have the annual joke: “You got your Valantines Cards today?”, “Yep, 15 in fact – aren’t I special!”.
This is yet another national celebration day I’m not bothered about BUT, if I had a girlfriend I’m one of those soppy creatures that loves to show affection.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:16 am
#15: It gets in the way of my birthday!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Thats what I think too zerohundred.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:17 am
My Dearest Jamie,
I am different from your other registered list-lovers; I am 60 years old, and a big fan. So big, in fact,that I was wondering if this Valentine’s Day, YOU, Darling Jamie, would BE MINE? (Please don’t tell my 72 year-old husband so I don’t risk losing my mini-box of chocolates….) xox Love, NYCVAL xox
February 10th, 2010 at 11:17 am
I’m totally one of those 1 in 10 young adults T_T…
February 10th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Wait I get it now 14 miserable facts about st valantines day because its on the 14th.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Excellent list, seeing as I loath Valentine’s Day. Makes me feel happy that I’m ignoring its existence again this year.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Candy hearts do NOT taste like crap!!! That’s YOUR opinion!! I’ll have you know they taste completely different!!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
i still carry out number 3
February 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
This list was a bit sad, but still amusing.
I hope I get a book in any case.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Better those candy hearts than candy corn, Satan’s treats.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:23 am
“Candy hearts taste like crap”
So THAT’S why my ex keeps sending me them. And why the dog devours the whole thing in twelve seconds.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:24 am
what an actually awful list.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am
My girlfriend is against Valentine’s day waste.
But she will still cook me a special dinner.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Who cares about Valentine’s Day when the Daytona 500 is on? (and yes, I’m a woman
)
February 10th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Haha This list was awesome. Its always nice to have lists like this. Well done Listverse
February 10th, 2010 at 11:30 am
wow, someone is bitter about V-day
February 10th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Now I don’t feel so bad. Thanks!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am
@ianz09 (446): lOL actually the 13th is our one year anni so Im sure some of the activities from that night spill over to the next day, So I’m not that much of a bitch.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Frankly, I don’t understand why the St. Valentines Day Massacre was portrayed negatively. I’m not saying gangsters are bad and should be killed, but sometimes brutal acts of violence are refreshing. Its empowering to know what you are capable of with enough time and half the effort.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Number three sounds like a stag night
this list was awesome sauce, thanks.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am
And I always thought that Valentines was invented by hallmark & women to manipulate men.(with financing from the Rhodes family)
February 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am
”Love is in the air” LOL
February 10th, 2010 at 11:40 am
@chefcasey (489): I love Candy Corn, they now have it in pink, calling it “Cupid Corn”
February 10th, 2010 at 11:40 am
hahaha this one’s funny
February 10th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Good idea: Wishing a loved one happy St Valentine’s day.
Bad idea: Replying, same to you.
The love was lost and ended pretty fast, still though i got to keep a teddy and gave yhe chockies to my mam
February 10th, 2010 at 11:41 am
13 and 14 made me laugh out loud!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:45 am
I’m glad I have a girlfriend who hates Valentine’s day. I can keep all of the spite towards V-day with none of the feelings of loneliness.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:47 am
506th
February 10th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Jfrater, I’ve been on this site for months now, and this is my first time commenting! Competitions bring out the enthusiast in us all!
In regards to Valentine’s day: I find it quite interesting that it’s a heavily disliked holiday. Maybe people should get up and take more interest and initiative in their love life; 67% of Amers are overweight or obese surely doesn’t help their love life. People want too much from so little.
Or maybe the capitalist pigs should stop trying to exploit every human interaction, and let us live a little more freely, not worried about economic pressure on everything we do?
Who knows? Great list!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:48 am
PLEASE NOTE: someone from Pakistan was masquerading as me in the comments announcing winners. This was not me. The first comment says that the winners will be selected tomorrow when the next list is published. This is still the case. There are still 5 winners to be selected.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:49 am
3 is amzing
February 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am
@jfrater (506): Uh-oh, does this mean somebody got people’s personal info?
February 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Great list. I laughed.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:51 am
The last couple facts are hilarious
February 10th, 2010 at 11:54 am
@ianz09 (508): No – just my email address which is public knowledge anyway. They did not hack the system – they just posted a comment using my username and email.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I don’t care. I love Valentines Day! Probably because I’m in a relationship. If I wasn’t I would be all bah-humbug. When I was single my son was my Valentine, before he was born, my mother. I am just a big gooey blob of emotion like that.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I can’t wait to buy my Valentine PEEPS….
PEEPS are the best part of all holidays!!
Check out their site to read AMAZING facts ~ worthy of a list!!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I like the last one
February 10th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Wow, a person has to get up pretty early to get in on a contest eh…already 3 books given away!
My mom used to make us personalized heartshaped sugar cookies, she’d decorated them up so nice. So that’s what I am doing this year for my kids and their kids. However my sweetie lives 1000 kms away from me, so was thinkin of mailing him one…lol I wonder if canada post can get it there without breaking it.
Also to the commenter who said “hellmark”, I lol’d at the appropriateness of it, whether it was a mistake or not…
February 10th, 2010 at 11:59 am
I don’t need no stinking valentines!!
Send me PEEPS!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@jfrater (506): dude cant you ban directly someone who uses jfrater as an user. Now poor brave will wake up in the morning without a book. This sucks. Id get really mad if i were brave.
@ianz09 (508): no cuz the email is jfraters. So now jfrater has their emails. I hope he sends a sorry email with a funny bunny photo.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I’m trying to plan in advance, but the guy setting it up won’t answer my calls anymore. Got a Valentine’s Day-Gram planned, but they haven’t called to finalize the details.
Now I’m miserable!
Need a backup plan, any ideas?
February 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I want a book!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Oh yay! I didn’t see jfraters comment until I after I posted my own…guess I wasn’t too late
February 10th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned the real ass-clowns of this ridiculous holiday; the jewelry industry. Not only do they attempt to wallet-rape the men of this country on a daily basis, now they’re given a holiday to increase their effort thrice-fold! I don’t know what part of the country you guys live in, but around here we have to deal with the helariously awful radio and television commercials from Tom Shane (The Shane Co), Dean and Jumi (Wedding Day), and the Arthur’s Jewelers asshats. One commercial makes me sick. But this time of year, it’s every commercial!!! By the time the holiday is here I want to knit sweaters! And by knit I mean punch, and by sweaters I mean babies!!! Enough already!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned the real ass-clowns of this ridiculous holiday; the jewelry industry. Not only do they attempt to wallet-rape the men of this country on a daily basis, now they’re given a holiday to increase their effort thrice-fold! I don’t know what part of the country you guys live in, but around here we have to deal with the helariously awful radio and television commercials from Tom Shane (The Shane Co), Dean and Yumi (Wedding Day), and the Arthur’s Jewelers asshats. One commercial makes me sick. But this time of year, it’s every commercial!!! By the time the holiday is here I want to knit sweaters! And by knit I mean punch, and by sweaters I mean babies!!! Enough already!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Well, James, you have finally made me comment on your site, good job.
The list wasn’t anything amazing, the obese America fact caught me by surprise though.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
#9…. le sigh. I guess that’s what happens when you go to a super predominantly female college! The few that do have boyfriends are a source of envy and the few guys that go here are lucky… some of the girls get pretty desperate.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Looks like a lot of people want “something to be miserable about.”
Consider me in.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
@Gaster (523):
Jamie* How could I have misspelled your name, man.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Wow 524 comments just because you can win a book. People are greed
February 10th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
i know, the greed of people! haha
February 10th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Nice list, I like number 14.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Oh My darling , This is a great list ..
Cry cry cry
February 10th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Valentines day 1989, dumped by telephone while laid up with a broken leg.(broke the leg rescuing her stupid cat)
February 10th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
i am miserable after reading that, it was a terrible list, eg number 7)
“67% of americans are overweight” what the hell does that have to do with Valentines day?
Rubbish
February 10th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Haha! I vote we go back to the old traditions of Lupercalia from #3…then maybe I wouldn’t get arrested this year for indecent public exposure!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I feel loved this year and my gf hates valentines day. Book or not, I always win on valentines day.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I want one because my pet dog just died, boyfriends just dumped me, been evicted and just been sacked….Fail
February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
i like this list. it was full of interesting facts
February 10th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
cool list
February 10th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Hehe, this list is awesome! ^_^ I especially like facts 13 and 3. Although I must say that I don’t find 3 miserable at ALL.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I don’t mind Valentine’s Day. And I’d love a copy of that book.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
I don’t mind Valentine’s Day. And I’d love a copy of that book.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I need the book because I’m too happy. Please give me the book to end this madness.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
There should be more miserable facts.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
What’s wrong with me, I plan Valentines Day, remember our anniversary, my wife’s birthday, the kids birthdays, and even the special days for the cats.
I must be going through the male menopause, and now entering competitions to win books, my life is getting so sad.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
How will this randomly picking work out?
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
#5 makes me feel better about being asexual.
#13 is just plain untrue. I could eat Valentine candy hearts-and NECCO wafers-by the truckload.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I really love Valentine’s day, actually. Well, I did until now.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
i NEED the book because i’m too happy. please help me end this madness.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I always want to do something on Valentines day but for some reason in the end I never do.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
good list , small bit depressing but anyway
February 10th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
The hubby started talking magnificent VD plans the other day. I told him to stfu.
After 3 kids and 1 grandkid, not to mention ALL the other crap (good and bad) over the last 30 years, I can’t see getting mushy at this late date.
I told him it was his upcoming surgery talking, he agreed and now we just sit here like always…glaring at each other with love in our eyes.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
The hubby started talking magnificent VD plans the other day. I told him to stfu.
After 3 kids and 1 grandkid, not to mention ALL the other crap (good and bad) over the last 30 years, I can’t see getting mushy at this late date.
I told him it was his upcoming surgery talking, he agreed and now we just sit here like always…glaring at each other with love in our eyes.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
The hubby started talking magnificent VD plans the other day. I told him to stfu.
After 3 kids and 1 grandkid, not to mention ALL the other crap (good and bad) over the last 30 years, I can’t see getting mushy at this late date.
I told him it was his upcoming surgery talking, he agreed and now we just sit here like always…glaring at each other with love in our eyes.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Candy hearts don’t taste THAT bad! Shun all the candy-heart-haters!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
great list , bit depressing though
February 10th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Children between ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine’s cards with teachers, classmates, and family members. Just wait until they find out all the unfortunate facts about valentines day…
February 10th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
All right!! I am part of the top 64 percent that did not make any plans in advance!!
February 10th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Tried twice to submit my last post….let’s see if this one goes through..
If not I’ll blame Jamie’s personal troll. If it does I’ll still blame the troll. That’s what they’re for.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The site is eating up my comments like yesterday’s candy hearts.
Guess I’ll come back in a few hours sounding like Loopy Lostpost
February 10th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Oh wow–triple post….way to go! *embarrassed*
February 10th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
@deeeziner (559): great story deeeziner. Now ill give you my address and you can send me all your excess candy. People will start believing now that they can be in love after 30, they’ll get married and after 3-4 years …..two lawyers get to go to bora bora. Lovely.
Ps: good luck for your husband with that surgery
February 10th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
75% of suicide attempts are because of relationships, the other 25% are people who got depressed after reading this. as far as # 13 goes…
“These candy hearts are chalky and unpleasant!!” – Lurr (ruler of omicron perseii VIII)
February 10th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Im going to die!!! Why wasn’t I informed about this?!?!?
>.<
February 10th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Just when I was looking foward to my first Valentine’s day with an actual boyfriend…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
BravehisTickle
February 10th, 2010 at 1:41 am
“67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.”
“Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.”
Can anyone please tell me how the above facts are related to Valentine’s day?
Fat people eat a lot of candy, like candy hearts.
Valentine’s day is about love. Relationships = love, love = relationships one way or the other.
How is that even a valid question?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
@Arsnl (561): I can say that in those 30 years WE almost sent some lawyers to Bora-Bora. A FEW times…hehehe.
No candy for you…I prefer poundage to postage. Call me Crazy American.
And thanks for your well wishes to my better(?)half.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
best to avoid vd
February 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
How is #3 miserable? I think it’s awesome!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I’m from Romania,which is an orthodox country so we don’t officially celebrate Valentine’s Day.But we have our own “lovers day” which is called “Dragobete” and it is celebrated also in february.It is very funny though that if you ask a child what is “Valentine’s Day” he will answer you immediatly but when asked what is “Dragobete” he’ll probably wont know.Talk about the power of media….
February 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
This list is too Pagan.
I joke… I also diagree on number on number 13 and am curious where you get the scientific evidence to back that up! I love candy hearts!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Oh, i want one book… I hate st valentines because its so close to my bithday…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Very cool list!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I highly enjoyed the list, minus the last fact.
We may die, BUT LOVE LASTS FOREVERRRRR!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
“3. Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men stripped naked, grabbed whips, and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility.”
Seems like it would just increase the chances of sporting a black eye.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Urgh, Valentines Day. Buying into feminism.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
@BravehisTickle (2):
Your first comment reminded me of a time I was in a restaurant and I asked the waitress for a double entendre so she gave me one
So glad this list was published now, gives me 3 whole days to think of an excuse why I couldnt be arsed to buy a card or a present
February 10th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
And what about St Valentine’s Day euphoria that can instantly turn into depression when you wake on the 15th and see who you wake next to?
Okay, Now I’m just trying to increase my winning chances.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
@deeeziner (566): well i do imagine marriage is no trip through willy wonka’s factory. But maybe you can send me a post card. C’mon. Ill be good and i wont go all suicidal:-).
About the better half: he should post a list and we all can judge that :p. Like “20 things deeeziner hates doing …that i had to give up”, or “10 unbelievebly greasy foods i can it while my wife is surfing listverse”.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Valentine’s Day is basically a consumerist holiday that results in more emotional distress than it claims to alleviate. The higher value one puts on Valentine’s Day, the more likely they are to be disappointed. Much like Christmastime, relationships suffer during Valentine’s Day as well. Also, note Valentine’s Day = VD
February 10th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
In my country we don’t celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, a fact that makes me happy indeed.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Fricking Hallmark holidays. Grumble, grumble, grumble…
Don’t get me started.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
ehehehe all true.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Ahhh come on people ure telling me that 95% of u guys hate valentine’s day lol find a chick and take her out period:p not ure mom lmao
February 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
I like valentine’s day. cause my birthday is the day after.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I love the “13. Candy hearts taste like crap”. xDD
February 10th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
This list does not have the usual quality that I normally find on this site.
Also most of the “facts” come from statistics or researches that probably have other statistics or researches that says something totally different.
And I wonder what the #13 comparison is based on? Do the author actually tasted crap to compare its taste to the heart candy?
February 10th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
“Marry me Dorothy and you’ll be farting through silk.”Robert Mitchum
“Love, the quest, marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.”Helen Rowland
“Valentine’s Day–tweetless in Richmond.”N. Wylie Jones
“Love smeared across his face, like a road accident.” Brian Patten
The World’s Most Creative (And Dangerous)Quote Book -
http://www.knowords.com N. Wylie Jones
February 10th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Haha hilarious list!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’m not an American but i cant understand what does number 7 have to do with Valentines Day (??)…
And hey, I thought it was 15 facts? but there’s only 14 on the list.. lol
February 10th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
75% of suicides? wow!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I love Valentine’s Day!
And I love YOU ListVerse!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
“Candy hearts taste like crap” absolutely made my day.
Even though they carry lovely coincidental messages…
U leave me breathless, anyone?
Oh, Fry…
February 10th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
@Arsnl (578):
Roses are red…
Violets are blue…
Arsnl wants sweets….
Maybe they’ll send them to you.
(best watch out for “them” Arsnl. You know how they like to talk.)
February 10th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
What does obesity have to do with Valentine’s Day? You might as well have thrown in that red is the most commonly pulled over color of car.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
DON’T MAKE CANDY SOUND EVIL. @___@
February 10th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I miss jajdude!!! What happened to him?
February 10th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Valentines Day is the worst holiday ever.
this list was prtty funny though
February 10th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I am Sooooooo depresesd.. Even after reading that. I am certin the book will pick me up- Hmmm maybe not but I will give it a go.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I especially enjoyed this list due to the fact that I’m a Jehovah’s Witness and we don’t celebrate this holiday. As in mentioned in factlet 3 we don’t celebrate it because of it’s pagan roots. Also, not really mentioned in this list is that the Roman festival Lupercalia was done in order to worship Juno Februa, meaning “Juno the purifier “or “the chaste Juno”, and Pan also known as Lupercus the god of shepherds. I also agree with factlet 13. Those candies are horrid and are only good for giving to little kids to make cute funny cards and letters
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Reason #15: My birthday is on Valentines but everybody to busy or too depress to acknowledge my birthday.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Oh my. I do dislike valentine’s day! haha, makes me feel better about being single though!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
yeeeaaah, commenting for the sake of hopefully winning! that book sounds awesome. im not very lucky, but ill keep my fingers crossed
February 10th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
@jfrater (512): Perhaps if you added a feature so that website admins/moderators usernames were highlighted in a different color than the average commenter? That way when impersonators try things like that, we’ll be savvy to the trick. I know that’s what many websites do
February 10th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
that sucks seinVerstand it must be a bummer with valetine’s day being such a big deal in our society I just wish that people would bring that mentality of love to their partner every day instead of having a “holiday” for it.Granted just like other holiday’s the main reason why it was adopted was to make money.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Randomly selected from the comments….hmmm…..I’ll drink to that.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
wow I was fine with all of them, but that last one kinda hurt.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
What I love about Valentines day is I get to wear my red-tinged sunglasses. Really enhances the romance.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
When I was single, I was very cynical about Valentines Day. Now that I am married, I still am. By all means let couples celebrate their own anniversaries and milestones, but don’t force it on us, especially when it goes straight into the pockets of businesses which manipulate us.
We may be commemorating the wrong day, anyway. There were two St Valentinuses. Chaucer mentions that some species of bird pairs up on VD. The middle of Feb is way too early for that. The other ST VD falls/fell in April or something, which makes it a far better day for birds to mate.
And if people object to Christianity because they claim that Jesus did not exist, then let them also rail against VD because there is no real evidence that St V existed.
I may get steak on Sunday.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
boooo valentine’s day D:
February 10th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
hahaha, how the fuck did list get more than 600 comments?
February 10th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Random comment designed to up my chances. Observation that a post has several misspelled words. Witty and obtuse saying from something I read on another site. Argument that another person is stupid. Jab at the author for not doing enough research or leaving something out. Curse word. Juvenile back and forth with a noob. Final observation meant to prove my point or stick it in deeper to whoever I’m arguing with.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I lol’d at the list and i admit i dislike valentines day because i feel left out and insecure, but yeah, just another holiday to make the other end of the population feel more insecure.
And lol 612 comment!!! the time i was born =] 6:12 PM
would be weird if i won the book lol.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Interesting, but I can’t seem to understand how some of these relate specifically to Valentines day.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
When I was 11 I ate candy hearts that made me so sick I was in the hospital for two days. Candy hearts, I do NOT luv u.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
comment #614…crap. there go my chances.
anyway, the tart candy hearts are quite good. but i agree, the regular ones are gross.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I love writing mean things on candy hearts and giving them to my friends. Not actually mean, mind you; just mroe mean-spirited. It’s what I do.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
well that was depressing, I actually like candy hearts though.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
This is the worst list on Listverse. I dont want to win a copy of their book. Extremely unfunny.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Huge disappointment.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Last comment! …. for maybe 10 minutes. Kick his ass sea bass! (random dumb and dumber quote)
Yes, this comment was posted only to try and win a free book. What of it?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
hahahahaha!
valentine’s day is such a hallmark holiday
February 10th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Well thank you Jamie, now I’m gonna cry myself to sleep tonight! Thanks a F*CKING LOT! Why the hell did you publish this list? I hear enough depressing crap on the news everyday, and I don’t need Listverse to be a gigantic, boiling pot of rotten feces too!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day.
Necco candy hearts are blah. That’s why Mr. Wonka made Sweet Tart hearts. <3
February 10th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I would love a book! I love your lists!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
hey i’m random give me a book.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
yes, great list. But what was the point with Number 6?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I hate Valentine’s Day. -.-
February 10th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Great List
February 10th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Love the site jFrater. Seems like I’m not the only one who hates Valentine’s Day.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
That sounds like an awesome book!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I want to read that book.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Number 13 is awesome. And quite true.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Fact #3 sounds like what I’m going to have to put up with from my room mate and her boyfriend on Valentine’s day.
Nice list, even thought I wouldn’t think that #7 is about Valentine’s. Love how bitter face #1 is.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
@tasmanian devil (618):
Cry me a river. :’(
February 10th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
cool list, and wow 5 copies of the book
February 10th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Hilarious. I personally dont really care about Valentines day, but my Partner does so I humour her. Im just grateful its not as crazy in NZ as it is in the States.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Well I could sure do with a book. (:
February 10th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I hate candy hearts!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
love the last two ones! and i was plannoing to buy flowers but i am not anymore because it can contribute to global warming. and i want that book
February 10th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Geez, as soon as something is offered for free, the # of comments goes through the roof. Tight asses.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I liked this list!! One of the best,actually! Number one is very funny!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This year I wasn’t going to get my boyfriend a Valentines day present and wasn’t expecting anything until he brought it up and said he was getting me something.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
# 14 is a straight up truth. Can’t go wrong with that one. Great list btw.
Ps: Can i get a copy of the book?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
valentines day is just another ploy by greedy corporations and florists.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I am getting a little distance between book tries.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Wouldn’t it be great if I won a copy of that book?
February 10th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Lupercalia sounds like a whole lot more fun than cards and chocolate!
February 10th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Maybe I’ll have my husband enter this comment list as my Valentine’s from him.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Does a gift “request” count as a Valentine’s gift?
February 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I do like winning things!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
what’s with #6? interesting list…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I havent seen this many comments since Shannons abortion list!! furthermore, I refuse to take any part in this travesty of a list or this debauched competition!! (send me a book or i’ll pee in your mouth)
February 10th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
HAHA! Number 14 cemented this as one of my favorite dumb-lists ever.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
“6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.”
Lol:-)
February 10th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Am I the only one who actually likes to eat candy hearts? It’s probably the best part of Valentines Day!!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Could you add a bonus fact to the list for me. Two years ago on St. Valentine day Northern Il University had a former student enter an auditorium in Cole Hall and open fire killing six. I was a student at NIU at the time and Valentine now carries a different meaning completely. It was the worst day of my life.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
First Valentines as a married woman and I couldn’t care less
February 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Hilarious!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Send me a book Jamie! im gonna carve a hole in the pages to hide my bags and smack needles !!!!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I especially like the last one…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Lol. I hate those freaking chalk hearts.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I hate candy hearts, too…but would love a copy of the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Once again Valentine day is the worst day of the year for me because as shooting that end in the death of six people occurred on that day only two years ago. It is the four worst college shooting in the U.S.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
valentines day is just a normal day. the only difference is its the only day where it is socially acceptable to make out in public
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
@midknight (663): Who cares !!!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I love heart candy. Well, eating them, at least.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Whoa…The last one…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.”—Woody Allen
depressing, fun list.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
THE GAME
February 10th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
love the list. Would love to read the book.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Valentines Day, what a bummer…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
@Ender (666): goddamn you ender !!! I was so close! you’re not worthy of that number !! I hope you choke on your fucking heart candies and die
February 10th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
BRING BACK LUPERCALIA!!! (Sorry, I used to be Catholic)
PS Can I win a book, Jamie?
PPS The busdriver asked me “Am I happy?” this morning. WTF?????!!???
February 10th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Did someone say free?
wow… a lot of people want this book…
February 10th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Wow. Why do yo gotta hate on the candy hearts? Or candy corn?
Anyways, Valentines day is only fun when you’re a kid or you’re not single.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
If you select me ill post a video of me getting raped by a pterodactyl.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
This will be my first Valentine’s Day since I got divorced. I’m not exactly sad to be alone because he treated me like crap but despite being a stupid holiday…it’s a sucky reminder of my former wedding anniversary and how different it is when you’re no longer young and in love. Good thing I have my daughter to celebrate with! We’ve made lots of heart crafts and no way am I buying those nasty candy hearts! It’s chocolate for us!
February 10th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
frothing at the jowls are we?
This is all ass backwards
Lets all cross our fingers and pray tonight(or whatever) that Lia and Nick get something out of all this (maybe one book sold for each one given away).
Perhaps they will update their site sited, but i doubt it.
Yeah, it’s all turned around
but who the f*ck cares.
excellent follow up to Kjsem78’s posting yesterday,”10 Tricks Casinos Use On You”.
wow. hey, I may have just scratched my name down with those LV departed of yore.
Times closing in.
But it’s still early.
who knows
February 10th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Valentines day sucks. What’s the point? Men only do it to get laid and women just want to feel good about themselves.
I have no reason to do anything involving giving things to people because I love them. Truth is, I don’t. I generally don’t like people, and days like Valentines day are part of the reason why. People delude themselves into thinking that they need traditions and that they must follow it.
Bottom line, the day is just another reason for me to ask why.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Free sounds Sweet!!
hehehe you could consider it a valentine’s gift to me?
February 10th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Candy hearts have history.
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=14307
February 10th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
valentine’s day is a day created to specifically increase the sales of:
1. roses
2. sweet delights (candies, chocolates, etc.)
3. condoms
4. hotel reservations
5. and last but not least, to justify that we can get happiness from “love” through material things even for just a day. lol.
my 2 cents.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
For a hoot make your own candy heart here:
http://acme.com/heartmaker/heartmaker.cgi?text1=debs&text2=hart&color=Purple&r=54724977
February 10th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
@#668,pesqueli- I hereby add your quote to this list:
http://listverse.com/2007/12/09/top-15-woody-allen-quotes/
February 10th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
No…with that link you get MY hart.
Acme Heart Maker homepage:
http://acme.com/heartmaker/
February 10th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
At my location there is still 7 1/2 hours til tomorrow’s list is published.
Wonder how many comments there will be then.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I love this list.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
freaking awesome list….. love the humour of no 1…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Piece of constructive criticism Jamie….
I like the old “Latest Comments” box better.
My gripe is that the old format informed you of what list the comment was added to.
If the new “latest comments” did that I’d have nothing to bitch about.
(Not that I’m trying to be the voice of Me Me Me.)
February 10th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Also, it doesn’t appear to be working at peak performance in regards to “latest”.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Take that back! I love candy hearts….
V-Day does suck, though.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I question lil’ ‘diogenes’, one of my former selves on this site….In fact, http://listverse.com/2007/12/09/top-15-woody-allen-quotes/
deeeeeziner, if you win a book I denounce my ‘appearance’ ever again on this site. In fact, if EYE(sic) dont get a FREE (who-gives-a-fuck-free) book, then THIS is my last comment!
No,nonono. dont feel that there is any need to beg for me to stay or to get the word out to all the womenz that Diogenes will be no more if he doesn’t get something FREE out of all these years of practically being a daily lurch of this site ..did I say for years? At least since 1984(as far as memory serves), I have been commenting on this here site and havent won sh*t. What gives? I thought favoritism was a hush-hush sort of wink-wink thing.
I guess I was mistaken.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Been a long time fan of this site-first time i have commented though, felt like now was a good time to start!
PS. a list i think would be cool would be a top ten list of references to the real world (historical figures, mathematics, symbolism) in the movie and/or book Alice in wonderland. I know there are a lot of them but i don’t remember what some of them were. I would be eternally grateful!!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I don’t like to follow the crowd, so I sent yellow roses 6 days early, for no particular occasion, this past Monday. Yes, she was surprised in addition to being delighted.
On the other hand, I also like the way the Japanese do it (the sexes are reversed – I dated a woman from Japan years ago, and she indeed brought me candy on Valentine’s Day – very cute!).
February 10th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Valentines Day……I’ve always been weak at selecting gifts for special occasions. As a result, my bar (as far as my wife is concerned) is now low enough that I cannot fail as long as I get her ANYTHING. Gentlemen, this is a valid but long-term strategy to employ. It takes years, perhaps decades, to come to fruition but it is worth it.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Valentine’s day is a day just for your wife/partner/girlfriend why isn’t there a day just for men to drink beer and do nothing all day? but I suppose there is it is called Saturday.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
It’s nice to hear some negative things about Valentine’s Day for once. When you’re single and everyone around you seems to be frolicking happily in the throes of young love, the fourteenth feels like it was specifically designed to make you feel like an utter failure in life (something which it does quite well).
February 10th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
If Deeeziner wins a book im renouncing my citizenship and moving to Laos !!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Great list…interesting facts!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Valentine’s day starts with a V
February 10th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
So-called “Valentine’s Day” has become (like most holidays) another extremely profitable wasteful rip-off by greedy bloated corporations ~ and, of course, we trained human monkeys all suck it up like the brainwashed airheaded robots we have become. You’re welcome.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
loved this list >.<
February 10th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
So what’s with Number 7? hahaha…
February 10th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I lost my virginity on valentines day
February 10th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
In spanish we call it “Dia del amor y la amistad”, or “Day of Friendship and love” not valentines. but still, i like the name xD.
Good list!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Loved it. The last fact was genius!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Okay, why is Number 3, concerning Lupercalia, a “Miserable Fact?” From the description, some people would pay good money in Vegas for a night like that. Just one question though, are only the men naked or are the young women also without clothing. If the women are clothed then it would have to fall under a “Miserable Fact.”
February 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
It’s amazing how a free book makes people come out of the woodwork.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Wow, over 700 comments. Is this some sort of a record for commenting on lv?
February 10th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
This is deeez’s kid.
Mom made me read the list.
I think its pretty col.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
the last two facts are great.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Good list! But im too late for the book aren’t I?
February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
haha on the last two facts…sounds like someone ran out of ideas
good list in any case.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
cool list
February 10th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
interesting…and some sad things on there.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Good list, I never liked Valentines Day anyway
February 10th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
670 comments??!! I am astounded at how sucessful the promise of a freebie iS!!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Freebies are always good. This will be my first valentines alone in a long time so yay!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I remember a card from a former boyfriend that he made himself (thought it was romantic, I suppose) and he didn’t have space for “Valentine’s Day” so he wrote
HAPPY VD DAY…
Thanks for the list!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Yet another one . . . a cherub is not a cute chubby baby – according to the Bible, it is a large protective angel with 4 faces – lion, eagle, man and an ox. Big, bad and burly.
I always wondered whose idea it was to write messages on antacids. If you’re going to write a message on there – it should be something like “hope you feel better” or “no pain no gain” or something.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Toaster Oven With Bacon Lasers!!!!! I Guess That’s Random Enough;)
February 10th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Woo. (: This is a comment.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
yay
February 10th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I wonder whether or not the Marquis de Sade used Lupercalia as inspiration. It sounds very much like something he would use or would’ve come up with on his own.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
In all honesty, i’m posting this comment just so that i get a chance to win the prize. Been visiting listverse regularly for goodness knows how long.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I’m from outside the US, can I still join?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
yaa V.Day!! I hate it. hahahah
February 10th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
hopefully valentine’s will be good to me this year..
February 10th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
What a bummer of a list!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
A list about Valentine’s Day that isn’t gooey. I like it!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
i want a free book
February 10th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Yo yo send one of those free books over here to New Zealand please
February 10th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Score another for the discontented misanthropes among us. All hail Lupercalia, Lupercalia is dead.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Valentines day, o how you bring out the sadness in us
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
All you little whiney bitches are sad because you couldn’t find a girl to mingle with. Look at me I have to spend V-Day with my girlfriend and a whiney bitch that can’t grasp the idea of her boyfriend breaking up with her because she is mean and whiney.
If you have some get that and if you don’t then try your hardest to get some
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Ha! Number 14, obviously.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
I want one of the books too please.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
My fiance is leaving to go overseas on Saturday. Some Valentine’s day.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
meh, valentine’s day
February 10th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
People whine about Valentine’s Day too much. It’s just a day, who cares?
February 10th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
i wanna have the book!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Loving no.13
February 10th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Miserable fact #15: I will have thought ahead and gotten my husband a gift which is both practical and beautiful, something he will use every day. He, on the other hand, will (if I am lucky) remember to pick up a card at the pharmacy the day before.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Valentine’s day is just like another day I guess, if you’re alone that is.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
xD I fully love this list.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Aw man shit…Anyways..it wasn’t the Listverse book..
The stupid troll..
February 10th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I was initially a bit skeptical..because the 1st post implied what Jamie clarified later on. Jamie should remove post#119 ‘coz.. ‘coz..it makes me friggin’ mad!
Competitions will keep on happening 
February 10th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Cool list!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
andie valentino.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
hi….please give me the fifth copy….i also want one….
February 10th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
@bucslim (285): This comment made my night. Awesome.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I wish we could still celebrate Lupercalia… Maybe I’ll make an old/new tradition in my house!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Very cynical list… I approve. >:)
February 10th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
This year February 14 is also the Chinese New Year. I hope there will also be a list about that
February 10th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I read #5 out loud to my girlfriend, and she instantly assumed I was trying to give her a hint… So it’s 4 days before valentines day, and my girlfriend now thinks she is making me suicidal. Thanks listverse!
o.O
February 10th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
kinda depressing…
February 10th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
cool list, but sounding a little bitter towards the end there
. i kind of like candy hearts though!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
cool list, but sounding a little bitter toward the end there
. i kind of like candy hearts though!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
This list makes me feel comforted. I’ ve never had a date on Valentine’s
February 10th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
LOL. The picture of the cupid is really funny!
) He never saw it coming! hahaha. 
February 10th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
LOL. The picture of the cupid is really funny! hahaha. He never saw it coming.
nice list by the way. I personally don’t celebrate valentines day but I enjoy seeing others going gaga about it.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Man..I feel so stupid right now on sending..well..
February 10th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
wow over 760 comments, people are really interested in V-day
February 10th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
@jcfmendoza (762): No, people are more interested in winning the book
February 10th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
I have absolutely NEVER had a boyfriend plan a Valentine’s Day date. I’m 40.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
These are opinions not facts
February 10th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Here is a tale that I would call Book Worthy!!!!!!
Seven wise men with a knowledge so fine, created a pussy to thier design.
1st was a butcher, with smart wit, using a knife, he gave it a slit.
2nd was a carpenter, strong and bold, with a hammer and chisel, he gave it a hole.
3rd was a tailor, tall and thin, by using red velvet, he lined it within.
4th was a hunter, short and stout, with a piece of fox fur, he lined it without.
5th was a fisherman, nasty as hell, threw in a fish and gave it a smell.
6th was a preacher, whose name was McGee, touched it and blessed it, and said it could pee.
Last was a sailor, dirty little runt, sucked it and f*cked it, and called it a c*nt!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Out of the 65+ V- days i”m problbly going to have. I know I’ll enjoy only like 6 of em… D:
February 10th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
pretty funny… but what a drag
February 10th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Free book? Count me in!
isnt valentines also known as SAD? Single Awareness Day
February 10th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Great list!
Anyway, as a man who has been enjoying Listverse since it’s infancy, I think I deserve a book even though I’ve never contributed in anyway whatsoever.
I mean, please?
February 10th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I don’t know about this one, your definitely losing your touch…
February 10th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
This list is pretty eye opening.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
For All Singles out there!!! Singles Awareness Day is also celebrated on February 14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Awareness_Day
February 10th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Got the computer back from my teen….
Just watched Couple’s Retreat. Now there’s a place to spend Valentine’s Day.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Whoo hoo! Free stuff!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
@BravehisTickle (763): The winner! Please send me your relevant information at jamie@frater.com ( for reallzz this time )
February 10th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
@Miss_Info (776): Heh heh That certainly lifted my spirits
February 10th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I like how cynical this list was. I found it appropriate and relatable.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
did i win? lol
February 10th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
I love all of the double posts.
No other lists have so many.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Classy!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Tired of the lame ol’ sweet nothings on your candy hearts?
http://despair.com/bittersweets.html
February 10th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I used to hate Valentine’s day, but now that I’m not single I view it much differently xD
February 10th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
@deeeziner (782): Lol I want to stay up and just post comments all night to get my chances up. You’re my inspiration.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
A random comment as an attempt to win.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
0.64% chance of winning.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
I love this list. I also agree that those candy hearts are horrible!! I wonder how much waste and fossil fuel usage happen because of all the other many holidays…scary.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
I’ve been coming to this site after school for about a year now but now that I can get a chance to win some cool books im going to start posting comments.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I wonder why Randall stayed away from the comments section? Apparently he is averse to random comments contributing zilch
February 10th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Valentine’s Day Sucks
February 10th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Wooh!
February 10th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
I think the person who wrote this list just doesn’t have anyone to spend v-day with.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Nice list, especially since I’m single and not particularly looking forward to Valentine’s Day this year.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:00 am
@Samzilla (784): Always glad to be an inspiration to others…
February 11th, 2010 at 12:01 am
The 11,003rd thing to be miserable about…I probably will not win the prize.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:08 am
This is great!
February 11th, 2010 at 12:08 am
A few more to reach 800
February 11th, 2010 at 12:09 am
I’m not here hoping to win the prize. I just want to comment, that’s all. In fact I want somebody else to win it.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:13 am
@hypocrite (798): Hahahaha me too!
February 11th, 2010 at 12:13 am
#800 will be me!
February 11th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Strange list but entertaining non the less. My partner and I always do something special on Valentines Day, we don’t buy into the hype of roses/chocolates etc, it’s another one of those things that have been ruined by over commercialization (if that’s even a word) just like Easter, it’s all about the money spent and the gifts received…I’m happy at home with my man with a nice home cooked meal in my belly and a couple of DVD’s…the one night where I can get away with picking the feel good, chick flicky romances!
February 11th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Long time silent reader. Figure this is a good time for a fist comment, no? And the book would be supah sweet.
However, I thought the list was kindaaa not up to par.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Meh. I was hoping for mostly historical facts, and got mostly Valentine’s bashing… And I seemed to have missed out on the funny aspect too. For all those who hate VD so much why not make it a day to show affection, for all the people in your life that you care about, not just your significant other. I mean, really, how often do you give a friend a present, card, go for coffee (or whatever) just to say ‘thanks for being such an awesome person, I’m glad you’re in my life’? Think of it as an opportunity rather than a day to be depressed. <3
February 11th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Over 800 comments and no conflicts….Sounds like love at it’s finest to me.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Great list, I especially agree with 13 and 14.
That book would make a great addition to my coffee table
February 11th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Well, that’s some achievement
Now I can rust in peace 
February 11th, 2010 at 12:28 am
I found the part about the Duke of Orleans really interesting. It’s these kind of lists that I like a great deal. Not too many facts that you lose track but enough to give you something to go read about after you’ve looked at the list.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Holy crap, look at all the comments! Good list, i especially like #14
February 11th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Ah, its a competition list, i see now… Still great list!
February 11th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Hello Lestat..what you doin’ for valentines?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Wonderful list, and a book on misery? Absolutely perfect lol.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:45 am
This post is great, and who wouldn’t want a book on misery?! Crossing my fingers haha
February 11th, 2010 at 12:49 am
Has anyone here actually gone to Amazon.com to check out the book we’re trying to win?
I can only say it’s no ListVerse Book of Lists.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Good list, I am gay;
don’t know how to celebrate this day.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:57 am
@deeeziner (813): Of course it can’t match the Listverse book of Lists lol. But it does seem to be a rather entertaining book~
February 11th, 2010 at 1:02 am
seems like this list will reach up to 850 comments by the time next list is published, which means I will only have 1 in 17 chance to win a book. Forget it, I know I don’t fare good in games of chances.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:05 am
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
How the hell is this a miserable fact of valentines day?
February 11th, 2010 at 1:06 am
wooo free book!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:11 am
@Magictree (815): True enough…
February 11th, 2010 at 1:12 am
@chavez (817): The only way to find that out would be by winning the book…I hope the book isn’t as miserable as the facts in this list are.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:12 am
I hate Valentine’s Day. The only action I get is from my cat, when he falls asleep and uses my boob as a pillow. Bring on the Japanese food and misery!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:12 am
BTW BravehisTickle–Good luck! Enough drama for the day deserves a real win!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:15 am
I hate valentines day.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:16 am
On a side note, miserable reminds me about my last girlfriend.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:24 am
@knight_forked (824): What a liar you are..aren’t you ‘gay’? Oh, you meant the other meaning..as in happy
February 11th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Lol at 286. Valentines is indeed a good Christian holiday. What happens to influential christians, they get killed.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Ah, Valentine’s Day. Last year I was dumped after a two year relationship which I later found out was mostly a lie. This year I think I’ll blow up a Hallmark store.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:46 am
@chavez (817):
It’s miserable because it comes straight after no.6
February 11th, 2010 at 2:18 am
@BravehisTickle oh yeah i forgot about that
i want a book too..
February 11th, 2010 at 2:21 am
valentines day is pathetic. -.-”
February 11th, 2010 at 2:22 am
I wonder how many comments this list will get.
1000+?
February 11th, 2010 at 2:52 am
Good to know.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:54 am
Oh the irony – more than 800 people r excited about a prize intended to make them miserable xD. I guess there’s a little masochist in us all-.
February 11th, 2010 at 3:14 am
I seem to remember a List going along the lines of “top things to get the one you…er, don’t love”. Though this one was more informative, I couldn’t pick a favorite of the two!
February 11th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh … I’m Gonna get that book.
& if I don’t …
February 11th, 2010 at 3:48 am
& also, how is the percentage of Obese people in America related to Valentines Day ??
Help me, someone, for I’m lost.
February 11th, 2010 at 4:13 am
So, 3 comments out of around 840 (at the time of writing) give me a (3/840)*100 = 0.35714285714285714285714285714286 % chance of winning the books. But there are 5 books so multiply the original answer by 5 = 1.7857142857142857142857142857143 % chance.
Hmmm, all the odds are against me but I still have a chance
“Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign” Théophile Gautier.
February 11th, 2010 at 4:23 am
By reading the list and looking at the comments, it seems that the former might be a social experiment.
The list could’ve been better, and i don’t like valentine’s day too.
February 11th, 2010 at 4:57 am
We’re running a single’s club night this year on Valentine’s Night called the VD Clinic..snigger…
February 11th, 2010 at 5:37 am
Don’t like this list, very much… Lack of actual facts. But item number 3 tickled my fancy! Seriously, most men don’t make Valentine’s Day plans. Only maybe a few days in advance, when they see red boxes and unusual amount of roses being sold… Some women think of Valentine’s Day, immediately after Christmas!
February 11th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Oh yeah, I want a book, please, JFrater!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:04 am
Wow… Just read back some comments… I thought it was only I who never had a date on Valentine’s Day… Once, a few years ago, my mum gave my little sis and I flowers… Cute, sweet, but kinda sad… My new bf won’t even be on the same island with me for the entire weekend, so once again, another sucky Valentine’s!
Wait a moment! Valentine’s Day = Venereal Disease… Lol!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:36 am
You think you’re miserable on this day. I have to go deliver singing Valentines on this day to make people happy that their husband or wife still loves them…
Geez
February 11th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Haha, loved the last one! Really makes you feel….miserable.
Also, candy hearts taste like crap? I think they taste great!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:42 am
Happy Single Awareness Day
February 11th, 2010 at 7:46 am
this makes me wana curl up in the fetal position and cry myself to sleep
February 11th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Love #13 and 14, the most interesting part of the whole list.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Who cares if you’re going to die even when you’re really, really, REALLY in love? I believe a life’s only worth living when you have enough love to share and pass around. Even after you die, those who loves you will never forget you. Physically you’re gone but your memory and legacy lives on.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I admit that I’m miserable about “7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese,” but what has it to do with Valentine’s Day?!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:41 am
@Rullolauz (229):
I can just see you as being Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, I found your comment quite interesting.
Be my valentine?
February 11th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Wow, over 800 comments, that’s what I get when there’s a contest. So- I didn’t read them all, but I wanted to add:
The day before Valentine’s Day is the unofficial Valentine’s for adulterers. It’s when those in illicit relationships celebrate so they can spend Valentine’s with their betrayed without causing suspicions.
So, if you are suspicious of an affair, the day before Valentines (or the Friday before if it falls on a weekend day) check into where your spouse is, look for phone calls, odd trips and suspicious spending.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:08 am
nice list. i would def use this on my stat message. lol
February 11th, 2010 at 9:24 am
@ Cassia, It doesn’t have anything to do with Valentines day, it just shows you that Bin Laden really hate Fat chicks!
February 11th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Oh, I just wish I win atleast one copy of the book, if not more. My desperation knows no bounds.
So who here wants a boy ??
February 11th, 2010 at 9:33 am
A nice, lovely boy, eh?
February 11th, 2010 at 9:42 am
The humorous angle to some lists like this one is greatly appreciated. Keep it up!
February 11th, 2010 at 10:02 am
I really hope I win
Anyway great list, Valentine’s Day is just a capatalist venture.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:21 am
hahaha.. I like number 14.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:29 am
VD = Valentines Day
…now why don’t we change it to SAD = Singles Awareness Day…
February 11th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Feb 15th is my favorite day
(along with Dec 26, Nov 1 and the day after Easter)
Why?
DISCOUNT CHOCOLATE!!!!!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:09 am
“In the two week period leading up to Valentine’s Day, American sales of gold jewelry lead to 34 million metric tons of waste.”
honey, I didn’t get you anything because I didn’t want to destroy the Earth. that’s my gift to you!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:27 am
#14 is awesome!
February 11th, 2010 at 11:44 am
@Ender (666): Have you ever been a lightwave tester?
February 11th, 2010 at 11:51 am
I hate valentine’s day ><, I think is pointless, I prefer to give a present to my boyfriend any day of the year but this one… Now that I think about it, this last 2 valentine's day, we've played World of Warcraft =D
February 11th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
5 copies, eh? Might as well hope for a win, it would be a good read, I’m sure.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
@jfrater (1): Define random:-)
February 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Eye opener; I like the last one -everyone has to die even though they are in love.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
the last 2 comments are priceless, good list
February 11th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I refuse to comment!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
And that’s just the ones that admitted it.
^^Should be “And those are just the ones …”
Sorry, that just caught my attention, I don’t mean to be rude or anything.
But I really like this list. My boyfriend and I very recently broke up after a 3 year run, so I was glad to see this list.
And I hope I get the book. Just putting that out there.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
sooo….I can say poopypants, which might be enough to win me a book?
teehee
February 11th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
shouldn’t it be time to proclaim the winners already? I mean he said it would be announced after today’s list was published, and that was eons ago…
February 11th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Some people might find this interesting: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-little-things-are-the-keys-to-romance-20100211-nuzx.html
February 11th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
easy there, downer.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Best Valentines Day related list I have read all day
February 11th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
HAHAHA Gotta love the last one.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Good list, but why is number 7 there? These people are obese all year, not just on Valentine’s day.
February 11th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
oooOOo Pick Me!
February 11th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I FUCKING HATE THE WAY CANDY HEARTS TASTE
its a mix between really really stale lucky charms marshmellows a and chalk
February 11th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
@Tomcat (843):
Wow! You got it bad… At least you’re doing it for the ka-ching, right?
February 11th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Wth there’s a sudden influx of comments on this page just bcuz of the contest?
Ok then, but off of that, here’s my comments:
I believe that only 1/3 of Americans are overweight and obese, and that the St Valentines’ day murder was committed by gangsters ON innocent people.
Anyways, it’s always interesting to read these lists.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Please give me a book! I thought we were supposed to hear back by now.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Wait, the contest winners are totally random? So you are just gonna punish 5 innocent people by giving them a book sure to make them commit suicide? PLEASE DON’T PICK ME AS A WINNER. I’d rather die by ‘roided-out dolphin rape than by killing myself over a single (very depressing)book. In fact, a book ABOUT dolphin rape on steroids would be MUCH, MUCH better than 11,002 Things to Be Miserable About. I don’t know how someone could read the entire book without being so traumatized that they couldn’t even kill themselves by throwing themselves out window, they have to have someone else push them out. And while I’m sure the book probably won’t do that, I’m still gonna pass on this contest.
February 11th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Last 2 are excellent
February 11th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Hmmmm…. The winners list seem to be late.
Oh well, I’ll just use this as a chance to comment again~
February 11th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
This is a dumb list. Those last two are just examples of lazy writing.
February 11th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
candy hearts are delicious. period.
February 11th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
it’s my birthday…you should pick me for the book!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Great List
February 11th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
I hope I win! Great list. In light of people in the U.S. being so obese or overweight, everyone should stop giving candy to help increase peoples odds of finding a mate…no more loneliness!
February 11th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Love the list.
Agreed on #13, ick.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
ME! ME! OOH OOH!! MEEE!!!I want One!!!
February 11th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!
officially Blow Job day!?!?! oh man- i dont remember who wrote that but that made me crack up and skip everyone else’s comments to write this one.
I absolutely HATE v-day because:
1) it was mine and my stupid ex’s anniversary from college
2) my current bf just told me how ALL OUT he USED to go for his exes- we’re talking a Coach bag, rose petals on the floor, home made dinner, and concert tickets, all in one VDay… For ME, however, he said “just dinner, no presents, ok?”
EFF YOU boyfriend, i hate VDAY
Plus i would like a chance on a free book.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
3 days left and counting.. :SS
February 11th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
i want a book!
February 11th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
@Johnny Wadd (878): Shut up, fool! Candy hearts are awesome! Necco FTW!
February 11th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
valentines is lovely
February 11th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Valentine’s Day is feverishly overrated. Along with roses and candy you get calories and thorn pricks. And then there’s the relationship factor. Why don’t they just call it Get-Drunk-At-Home-While-Watching-Porn Day? I figure that’s what most people are really doing anyway.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
This is why we’re celebrating “anti-Valentines” day.
Black heart cookies and the like.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
cool list!!
February 11th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
this is, by far, one of the very worst lists i have ever read.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I hate valentines day so much it makes me want to kill like 10 niggers. I hate niggers so much i could kill them all day and never get bored. its just so much fun. Black people are worthless pieces of shit
February 11th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
@Dirty Dust (901): You bloody racist, may you rot in hell..Jamie please remove this offensive post of the ‘Dirt’.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
You know what I find to be the most aggravating thing about Valentine’s Day? That every year, at least one person (but always more) will say, as soon as the holiday is brought up, “You know Valentine’s Day is just a made up, corporate holiday, right? That it’s just designed to make money? Did you know that?” They say it like it’s some big secret, and only they know the truth because they dared to break off from the herd and question everything.
But, honestly, is there anyone who isn’t aware of how commercialized the holiday is? Does anyone think they’re honoring a saint or a god or anything when they’re buying chocolates? Like smokers knowing that cigarettes might be vaguely dangerous, I think it’s safe to say that, from now on, no one will ever have to enlighten anyone else about how basically meaningless Valentine’s Day is. No one anywhere thinks they’re celebrating to honor any saints, or anything.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
I want a book! Pick me!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Valentine day’s such a commercial holiday
February 12th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Happy Birthday to me
12th of Feb.
I think this book would be an appropriate gift for me. Lv, plz.
February 12th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Americans should have kept their crap holiday just for themselves. Not spread it all over the world.
February 12th, 2010 at 1:11 am
no winners yet?… this list should be in the LV record for the most comments!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:50 am
he hey, check this one out! is it the No.1 or what?
February 12th, 2010 at 1:51 am
OMG. please delete these 2 posts. wrong page post
February 12th, 2010 at 3:13 am
When are the winners announced? By the way, I don’t think anyone who has said the list is bad should get the book, as they obviously won’t enjoy it!
Also please can you delete Dirty Dusts comment (No 901) as its disgusting and offensive!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:10 am
It’s so nice to know there’s someone more bitter about St Valentine’s day than me…
February 12th, 2010 at 5:19 am
Horrible list man..
February 12th, 2010 at 9:11 am
when are the winners being picked? and yes, please delete comment 901…nobody needs to have to see that kind of idiotic opinion on a Valentines Day list. He should save that crap for his KKK blog.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:18 am
its almost ture cuz some one heart is broken so cupid dint do his job
February 12th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Valentine’s day-International wastage of time!!!!!!!!!!
February 12th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Select me~~~ pls
February 12th, 2010 at 11:07 am
@522 & 523. E-Nough, you say that no one has mentioned the jewelry connection. That I was referring to with the Rhodes comment (#498)
February 12th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Someone didn’t get a Valentine ;D
jk amusing list!
February 12th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
wow a 1 in 920 chance…i guess thats something to be miserable about…
February 12th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
lol the last two are my favorite. I hate Valentines Day.
February 12th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
Yeah, because one day can make you obese.
Way to be completely bitter.
Where exactly do you get your stats from anyway?
February 12th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
how i wish i could get one,.but,..but,..but,..
February 12th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
dear jfrater: i have been a listverse fan for yrs. i have soo much 2 b miserable over this valentines day. but that book would really make me happy cause i am a little bookworm. please pick me to add some sunshine to my crappy february. thanks : ) holly
February 12th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
blah i hate valentines day … wouldnt mind that book tho
February 12th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
You’re right, candy hearts DO taste like crap.
But heart-shaped Sweet Tarts don’t!
February 12th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Why so miserable?
Give extra hugs/kisses/love to those around you! Don’t forget that cute 4-legged creature who wants to spend every living moment with you, it’s unconditional love right there 
I love my dogs
February 12th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
I explained to a colleague about steak and a blow job day and he said “What about beer?”
February 13th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Great! A book about how to be more miserable. Make mine a double!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:51 am
Probably the worst list I’ve ever read on here unfortunately. Sounded like it was written by an angsty teen not to mention a couple of the points had no relevance to valentines day and number 14 was just plain ridiculous.
February 13th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Really nice way to spend the valentine’s day.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
OMG can i have one
February 13th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I love books not in the nerdish way like i hate novels anyways i hope i win
February 13th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
For the first time in many years, I’m having a good Valentine’s Day this year – which of course means I have someone to celebrate it with.
The book sounds delightfully interesting, though.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
@Dirty Dust (901): Obvious troll is obvious. GTFO, @sshole.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
its just more commercial crap too make us spend money.
If you love your partner then you dont need a day that ppl say you must express it on,if you love them you express it everyday.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I’m gonna go buy that book. I love list books!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
The only thing better than love is bashing the crap out of it with some miserable, snarky words. Thanks to your list I have renewed hope in the power of sarcasm. (really)
February 13th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
now that sounds like my kind of book!
February 13th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
that books sounds cool!
February 13th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Is it not a commercial waste of time…im only 14 and i know its crap
February 13th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Someone Didnt Get A Valentine
February 14th, 2010 at 11:19 am
u made me more concerned about the things and wastage stuff that we all do just for this day.but well aleast this day is gud for some people card stores,farmers i hope they make a lil more ——–so in the end some gud some bad makes it even
February 14th, 2010 at 11:48 am
most people reading this list don`t have a girlfriend/boyfriend so this makes them happy
February 14th, 2010 at 11:57 am
well for me all the loved ones can have their valentines day each and every day of the year! cuz for me celebration of love is done through out the year by different people around the world by their small pieces of happiness!
February 14th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Our bar celebrates Anti-Valentine’s Day every year, specifically for people who don’t like the holiday or don’t have someone to share it with. This list will be a great resource for us.
And we are spreading the word of this through our Twitter and Facebook accounts!
February 14th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
THis is a good list, I love the ending.
And today I’m very lonely.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day, since my Sweetie isn’t the romantic type (usually) and I AM 57 years old but hey, it’s not age that counts, now is it? I’m a romantic at heart, more than enough for the both of us! Today is not the day to think sad or unhappy thoughts, so, Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
February 14th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
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February 14th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Well someone is in good mood, and yes Candy heart are nasty.
February 14th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
o yes candy hearts taste like antacid.but their not as bad as the chocolate candies filled with toothpaste.and in that book number 1 is probly my parents.
sincerely nick
February 14th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
my valentine’s weekend:
on friday, i hooked up with my ex.
on saturday, he told me i meant nothing to him.
today (sunday) i woke up with a terrible cold and an ear infection.
February 14th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Yup. I want a copy of that book alright.
I am all about knowing facts which make people miserable!
February 14th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
LOL this list is so negative it’s funny! xD
February 14th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Valentine’s for those who have been together for over 30 years…
He made omelets for two.
She gave him the TV for NASCAR all day.
About all the misery I can handle.
Except for the book…has anyone seen the winners posted?
February 14th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
This list needs a warning for the mobster photo, imo. It was shocking in a really bad way to have that appear in my screen.
February 15th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Valentines… The one and only…
Roy Sipel
February 15th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Ilana, i can understand how u would be feeling, but be brave, dont care for those who dont worth it. by the way, i found out this web site while i was looking for the facts about st.valentine, i hope, after reading the article on this web, u wont be feeling bad or wudnt catch any cold on the next feb 14th. cheers!
http://www.thercg.org/articles/ttbsvd.html
February 15th, 2010 at 1:44 am
wow…still no BOOK announcement…lol…it feels like aprils fools…not valentines….you got us good jfrater…
February 15th, 2010 at 8:02 am
ha – this has to be the most polite list of comments on a response page I’ve ever seen. a free book competition – one way to get your comments page cleaned up.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:48 am
@ricekiller (959): LoL true
Any idea when the announcement or is it that the book’s owners have refused or something like that ?
Just wanna know cuz I can’t search this website everyday. If it is no more, just announce so.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
valentines day is just another way to get us to buy expensive things -.-
February 16th, 2010 at 6:15 am
If you love someone, you don’t need a mercantile tradition to prove it…. You can be an ass all year long, except for anniversaries, Christmas and Valentine’s day, so everything is ok ^^
Brainwashed!!!
Slaves of ignorance and consumerism!
hehe, it’s not going to change like that, but i would like to see a word without mercantil traditions, just to see how it feels, just to see how pple will act without a reminder to be ‘kind’ and ‘generous’…
Saint Valentine’s day is, for me, one of the most hypocritical, expensive and useless traditions of mankind. Do we really need that?
Thanks for the list!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Is Jfrater still alive? Am getting alittle worried about him- no competition annoucement and I don’t think I’ve seen him comment for a few days…. (not that I’m a stalker or anything…)
February 16th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
… =S
HAPPY BELATED VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE!!! =D
(ahaa, well really, although valentine’s day can be depressing for some, and ridiculously comemrcialized, it is like every other holiday out there, mother’s day, queen victoria day, remembrance day.. all those holidays serve to remind you. Many people say ‘well you should lvoe all year round” true, but how many of us do? And a little reminder, a special day is fun. Regardless of whether you have that special someone or not. Go out and do somehing special for yourself! Remember to care, to love to appreciate. In that regard, It is special.
Love to all =D
February 16th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
what a whiny, crappy list.
February 18th, 2010 at 3:37 am
It took two people to write this crap?
February 19th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Ah just what I needed! somthing to be sad about… -_-
February 19th, 2010 at 6:47 am
How depressing… just the way I like it!
February 19th, 2010 at 9:24 am
@ 966 – lol!
February 19th, 2010 at 10:59 am
umm…book much?
February 21st, 2010 at 1:50 am
This list sucks. 3 doesn’t sound miserable at all, for starters. That sounds like a good party to me. I don’t think the author of this list knows how to have good sex, which is likely why they hate V day. And 14 just doesn’t make sense. Of course you’re going to die ‘one day’ but what does that have to do with V day at all? This isn’t funny at all.
February 21st, 2010 at 1:52 am
Oh and number 2 – Cheap shot. Doing ANYTHING in today’s modern world aside from living in the woods off-grid wastes fossil fuels. What about all the people in South America that benefit economically from our purchases? What powers the boats/trucks that brings the roses has nothing to do with V-day
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:46 am
great list !! Thanks alot!!!!!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
It is because of books like this that people commit suicide. You know what you should do with those five copies…..use it as toilet paper! Write things that inspire people not make them more depress!
February 24th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Prize Winners
1. Amanda (Comment 670)
2. Diogenes (Comment 692)
3. Nevena (Comment 831)
4. Courtney (Comment 483)
5. Jess (Comment 241)
Will the above please email jamie@frater.com with your nickname and real name and address for delivery of your prize?
The prizes were selected at random from all of the comments. Congratulations!
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:07 am
We waited long and somewhat impatiently for Jamie to announce the winners to the competition. Now that he has, it seems nobody has taken note of the fact…Kind of like yesterday’s news…in a sad way.
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
I feel somewhat stupid for upping my comment count and not being picked, but hey, I tried.