flyfish Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 What a hateful ad. Sociopathic. What happened to the dinner, for fuck's sake?I seem to remember lots of early ads consisting of husbands telling their wives that their coffee sucked, their hair was not shiny, etc. Message being, if you don't want to lose him to some bimbo at the office, buy XYZ. Folgers was especially bad in this regard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elyse Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Ewwww. Who drinks coffee at a barbeque? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Scream Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Breck shampoo, Camay soap, Gee your hair smells terrific shampoo, the urban legend that Mikey from the Life cereal commercials had died after eating exploding rock candy and then drinking coke... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice Naughton Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Lots of early ads [had] husbands telling their wives that their coffee sucked, . . . . Message being, if you don't want to lose him to some bimbo at the office, buy XYZ. Folgers was especially bad in this regard. How could we have watched that stuff without choking on the stupidity. In the last one, the guy says, "Don't serve your awful coffee with my steaks." Jesus, people drank coffee with steak. Edited to add: Sorry elyse, posted this before I saw your comment. We must have been way stupid back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rancho_gordo Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Perfect wife? Some of the time. Perfect rice? All of the time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I seem to remember lots of early ads consisting of husbands telling their wives that their coffee sucked, their hair was not shiny, etc. Message being, if you don't want to lose him to some bimbo at the office, buy XYZ. Folgers was especially bad in this regard. Yes, and it goes unhappily both ways. I, for one, and I know many other people, will never set foot in a Carl's Jr again because of the Hefner ad alluding to not wanting to sleep with the same woman every night. Happy morality, AIDS and Herpes to you, buster! But more commercials today have women trashing the wisdom of men. Sad. Stop it. Not the way to sell me anything. Peace and love, baby. The Superbowl ads really went south two years ago and Janet Jackson's costume malfunction got way too much attention. Anyone remember what she was singing? Far worse than a cute perky boob with a pastie on it. Anyone remember the football player who made history in that game? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Are you feeling me? Let's do something Let's make a bet Cause I, gotta have you naked by the end of this song "Rock Your Body". And it was a star shaped nipple piercing, not pastie. Next...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice Naughton Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Are you feeling me? Let's do something Let's make a bet Cause I, gotta have you naked by the end of this song "Rock Your Body". And it was a star shaped nipple piercing, not pastie. Next...? Amazing. You still see it, hear it, so clearly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 But you just missed my feeble attempt at celebrating each other rather than trashing each other. Who was the football player who set a record and what was his feat (that got so horribly trashed by the completely unnecessary salacious gossip of it all). Feel sorry for the guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bloviatrix Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Working in a University setting, seeing all the students carrying their laptops to class and all the classrooms are wired reminds me - remember when we took class notes by hand in notebooks? Who buys notebooks anymore? And for all you lawyers out there - remember shepardizing manually? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh yes, notebooks--I had one for each class. In high school and earlier, I had a "denim" looseleaf ring binder with separate tabs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maurice Naughton Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Reminded myself of it on the "Annoyances" thread. Clotheslines in the back yard, clothesline poles, wooden clothespins, the split wood ones and the later spring-loaded ones. Cotton dresses so stiff with starch you could lean them against the wall next to the ironing board. The sound of "Ma Perkins" and Oxydol commercials coming from the Philco "superheterodyne" radio while my mom ironed those starchy dresses. The pecular, redolant, memorable smell from that ironing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Scream Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Working in a University setting, seeing all the students carrying their laptops to class and all the classrooms are wired reminds me - remember when we took class notes by hand in notebooks? Who buys notebooks anymore? And for all you lawyers out there - remember shepardizing manually? When my daughter was about 3 she wanted roast chicken for dinner. It was getting late and I said, "no, it will take too long to cook. We'll have it tomorrow." She tells me to go to roastchicken.com to order it. "Order it online and it will come, mommy!" And I remember my generation was called the "instant gratification" generation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SLBunge Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Clotheslines in the back yard, clothesline poles, wooden clothespins, the split wood ones and the later spring-loaded ones. I still dry as much of my laundry on the line outside as I am able and have a whole box of wooden clothespins that I have snagged from people who were going to throw them away. Line-dried laundry smells better. Also, it is a huge bonus that clothes last far longer when line-dried...tumble driers are very hard on fabrics. I've read that some suburban home-owner associations do not allow outdoor clotheslines if they are visible from the neighbors yard. What a shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
memesuze Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I'm a dedicated line-dryer as well - nothing like laying my head down on a pillowcase smelling of sun and wind. Not only do clothes last longer, they don't shrink. Hmmmm, maybe if my clothes didn't last so long, I'd be able to go buy something new more often. Any furch/lint can be removed by a quick 5-minute spin in the dryer at the end. And yes, many subdivisions here prohibit anything in the backyard that is visible next-door - clotheslines, storage sheds, junked cars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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