Howard was celebrating a special birthday. His wife wasn't sure if he would like the number of the birthday he was celebrating on the card but suggested I show it in a subtle way. Because he's an accountant, she thought it would be fun to show her husband holding a calculator with the numbers adding up to his age. He also loves the Montreal Canadiens, known as the Habs, a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, she told me.
I showed her accountant husband sitting at his desk, with his laptop computer in front of him. He is holding up the calculator which, um, just happens to have the sum 30+30=60 on it 😉. Behind him I added the badge of his favourite ice hockey team, along with a stick and puck. Why is it called a puck? Hockey players way back when must've been some literary enthusiasts, because the puck is named after a character from Shakespeare. In "A Midsummer's Night Dream," Puck was a flighty and mischievous elf. Apparently the hockey puck can be pretty flighty too, sliding smoothly across the ice in all directions!
My customer posted the card on Facebook and, before I had even got out of bed that morning, I received an email saying "Love the card you did for Howard!"
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