This selection of Margaret Thatcher “donor cards” are a wonderful thing

Craig Smith shared this picture of a donor card with an important addition “in case of a national disaster I do not wished to be visited by Margaret Thatcher”. There’s a number of different variations, and they’re all brilliant.https://twitter.com/CraigAllanSmith/status/869258195050561536

June Thomas writing for Slate said she got hers at a Marxism Today conference in the late 70’s. Here are some different versions:

@CraigAllanSmith Here’s mine pic.twitter.com/UUUKKF5jTU

— brixton hatter (@BrixtonHatter) May 29, 2017

@CraigAllanSmith @BigJackBrass weirdly enough, I was telling disbelieving colleagues about the Private Eye “Thatchcard” last week pic.twitter.com/Zf3pB1GiyE

— Colin Speirs (@dampscot) May 29, 2017

@CraigAllanSmith @PurpleSquidCopy Yes! pic.twitter.com/y1e8wk5F1L

— Kes McSheffrey (@KesMoore) May 29, 2017

@CraigAllanSmith There was a better version many people carried, the ‘Don’t Card’ pic.twitter.com/OpEcK2j0uf

— John F (@ChateauGateaux) May 29, 2017

@CraigAllanSmith @CyclingMikey Here’s mine… pic.twitter.com/qujAMEFncV

— One Woman Two Wheels (@1woman2wheels) May 29, 2017

@CraigAllanSmith @cthulhuchick Here’s mine 🙂 pic.twitter.com/IWf3S4N1tx

— Miles Davis (@mrmiley) May 30, 2017

And if you’re wondering about what the modern version of this would be, you’re not alone.

@CraigAllanSmith @scas_very_well Good spot. Wonder who today’s equivalent is.

— Linda Caswell (@lrcaswell) May 30, 2017

@lrcaswell @scas_very_well I don’t think there would be enough room on the card

— The real Craig Smith (@CraigAllanSmith) May 30, 2017

This would have been ideal until last year…

Sadly this one is still relevant:

And if you’ve not already done it, you can register for the actual organ donor card here.