GOING BACK IN TIME

How many of these do you remember doing?

Spool knitting? Making that long cord of wool. What did you do with the cord you made? Coiled it into a mat of some sort? Hard to find wooden spools today in order to make one.

Did you ever make these? I can still remember what the liquid plastic smelled like. You would make your wire petals and then dip them into the plastic to make the thin flower petals.

I had some Fuzzy Wuzzy soap once. You would wash your hands with it and then leave it to sit and it would grow “hair”. Seriously what was that stuff growing on the soap? What sort of chemical additive did that? No, no don’t tell me.

The back pages of the comic books and magazines were always interesting. You could hypnotize people, you could see through clothes with X-Ray Specs.

 You could create your own miniature world filled with little Sea Monkeys.

Bet those smelled really bad since they were really Brine Shrimp. Ugh.

Last but not least how about the Tri Chem Liquid Embroidery products. How much fun was that. Of course it cost a fortune to get enough colours to do anything other than a candy cane or a lemon. I’ll bet some of you still have some napkins or pillow cases decorated with Liquid Embroidery.

I have a lot more memories for you but it is 3:00 am here (don’t ask) and I am going to try to get back to sleep since I get up for work in 2 1/2 hours. I hope I have brought some fun memories back for you.

MORE ADS THAT MAKE YOU GO HUH?

I am sure we will look back on some of our current ads one day and shake our heads. Until then lets give our heads a shake over these oldies.

If I were an ad executive I would totally use children to advertise the  product. I mean what makes you want a beer more than some little chubby cheeked kid grinning at you?

Once I am all tanked up on the Baby Beer I will be hungry I am sure. What kind of sick brain came up with an ad that has a pig disembowelling himself? Not to mention he is standing on his meat. Yuck.

With Christmas coming we should all be looking for that special gift that will scare the living crap out of our kids.

Your breath is not the only reason she isn’t interested in you dude. Apparently you are a cheap jerk.

Soooo apparently Santa is a dirty old man. Remember that next time he asks you to sit on his knee.

All of Johnny’s friends wondered where he shopped for his beautiful outfits. He was one sharp dressed man.

I think we know who is getting wrapped in plastic wrap next don’t we.

I am always in my pearls and gloves to buy my groceries. You know you are so jealous that I look this good.

VINTAGE ADS TO MAKE YOUR JAW DROP

Here are some blasts from the past. 

 Okay some things never change. The guy who brings the puppets to the party is always the most popular guest.

 This poor woman can't even stand up because her waist is so thin. She must have had a lot of toothaches.

 Suddenly everyone is complaining about toothaches.

 Imagine how clean the house would be if she had a "toothache".

 Now this is a gift that will come in handy. Especially when you read the following ads.

 I am starting to cry a little bit myself.

 Maybe if you are blowing weed in her face.

 Okay this one is still relevant except we can plunk them in front of the computer screen. It's Howdy Doody time!!!

 We need the easy open beer cans because we have had some really bad "toothaches" lately and we are needing to slow down that buzz a little.

 Hops and malt are the perfect nutrients for your baby and the bonus is how well they will sleep.

 Am I the only one who reads this as "your guy is a giant pain and you need to medicate yourself to put up with him"?

 Now this is where that gun you bought yourself for Christmas will come in handy. No worries though. You can claim you were high on toothache medication and Midol and are not responsible for your actions.

FOODIE FRIDAY - VINTAGE ADS

 

I am joining in with the Foodie Friday crowd over at Designs by Gollum . Of course I haven't been cooking much of anything lately. At least not anything worth photographing. Lets go back in time to when men were men and women were....house slaves. Just kidding. Just poking fun. C'mon where's that sense of humor. 

 

 

 Make sure you visit the others and check out that gorgeous cake on Micheal's site. Don't forget to leave a comment too.

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WHO NEEDS MILK WHEN YOU HAVE POP?

All this time I thought we should be giving babies milk and water. I had no idea pop was pure and wholesome and should be given to my babies. My sons are pretty strong and healthy but just imagine how much better they would have developed had I given them pop.
I guess it was just a natural progression from giving them whiskey to help with teething and to make them sleep. Personally I would have drank the booze myself. The babies can keep the pop though because I never ever drink it.

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TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

Joining Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday is the highlight of the week for many bloggers and you can see why. Amazing tables everywhere and I bet with fall upon us now you will see many great fall decorations on those tables. 

 I am using a tablescape from somebody else. Mrs. Gail Borden of Chicago has set a lovely table. Or at least one of her servants did.
 It seems that Mrs. Borden is a chic round-the-world traveler and a much sought after member of Chicago's North Shore set. She says she enjoys entertaining at home. 
"I love having friends in for dinner." And since her friends include artists, musicians, and literary figures, her dinners are always great fun. One of her thoughtful table touches is the serving of Camel cigarettes...
"My guests prefer Camels." she points out..........etc.

You can see her maid has the camera ready for taking a pic of the table for our meme. (I don't think it is a camera). I see lovely silver candle sticks. She probably paid full price at a chic store. No Ebay for this world traveler. Do you recognize the china pattern? Looks like it will be a three course meal. I wonder what they are having?

If you enlarge the picture by clicking on it you will see a list of names of other importantly chic women who also smoke Camels. 

THREE OR MORE TUESDAY-VINTAGE ADS

Let's join Tam @ The Gypsy's Corner for Three or More Tuesday.
I have found these vintage ads at
http://www.plan59.com/main.htm
and think you will enjoy them.
Let's just say we've come a long way baby.

I'll have some Baileys in my cup please.

Bizarre-O-Mat

This is Lucy (me) and Lucy (Florida Sue)
taking off on our road trip. We will be on the lam for a
while and hopefully won't end up in jail....again.
The whole Lucy thing is a long story. Suffices to say it involves stomping grapes and
neither one of us wanting to "do" Fred.

I think there is a little more going on here than coffee sniffing.

Well it looks like take out food again or maybe a quick trip to
the Food-O-Mat

Oooh someone's going to get lucky tonight.
Notice the woman is also the singer on the album cover.

I hope you have enjoyed these old ads. I really do think they are a work of art.

Make sure you stop by Tam's to see the rest of 3 or More Tuesday posts.