spade cat (was Re: "like" and "as if")

[Jim Parish]

Benjamin Zimmer asked:
> Has anyone seen the following bumper sticker?  (Imagine card suit symbols.)
>
>    I [heart] my cat.
>    I [spade] my dog.
>    I [club]  my wife.

In the TPB edition of Robert Asprin's _Little Myth Marker_, there is a
Phil Foglio illustration of a seedy gambler's den. On the wall is a
(partially obscured) poster; the legible part reads

I [club] seals
I [spade] cats
I [heart] NY

I also recall a Far Side cartoon, featuring Godzilla driving a small car,
with the bumper sticker  I8NY.

Jim Parish