Chip, who was an official for football, is turning 80 and our hostess, Jennifrann, has asked the Tea Potters to shower him with good wishes and lots of black and white stripes. I have so many stripes on this card, I think Jen should award me an entire plate of cookies this week.
Football referees (here is the US at least) are sometimes referred to as zebras so I decide to go with that. I added gold as my accent color as it's the color of the flag the referees use in games. This card turned out to be waaaaaaaay busier than it was in my head, but I went with it anyways. I think it's fun and I hope Chip does as well. Inside the card says: A Party Animal! Happy 80th Birthday.
For those of you familiar with the Super Bowl commercials by Budweiser, many years ago they had a series of commercials with the Clydesdales playing football in snow crested mountains. One of my fav of that series had a zebra as the referee reviewing a play on the playback camera. One of the cowboys watching the game was getting impatient and says to his friend, "this referee is a jackass". The friend replies: "no, I believe that's a zebra. Still makes me laugh.
Hope you find something to laugh about today as well. Here's the link to that commercial on YouTube if you want to check it out:
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Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026 GMT Views: 2073
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Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 34222
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 @ 4:40 PM
Oh my goodness, Debbie, I Love these party animals helping Chip to celebrate his milestone birthday! What a hoot! Super fun birthday card and cute commercial too! Thanks for the laughter today~
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Registered: February 22, 2007 Location: L’etoile du Nord Posts: 11353
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 @ 4:51 PM
Such a fun, creative and clever card! Love those party zebras!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 116844
Sat, Apr 18, 2026 @ 5:15 AM
Oh my gosh, this is fun, Debbie. LOVE your zebras and their hats and your humor. What a treasure - he will flip over this one. Many hugz and extra cookies for you.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 140463
Sat, Apr 18, 2026 @ 6:17 AM
It's pretty obvious, when you say it, that refs can be known as zebras. I was thinking what a brilliant idea for stripes - it still is brilliant but now I know where the inspiration came from. Fun stripy party hats, too!
Registered: July 22, 2007 Location: Carshalton, Surrey. UK Posts: 81665
Sun, Apr 19, 2026 @ 12:39 PM
Congratulations your card is on the Weekly Favorites Please see post 22.
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