I wonder and sometimes worry. Herein lie those ponderings with perhaps some editing but still in their truer forms. Whisper as well, though in truth, whispers are just that, rustlings in the wind and nothing more. It is kind to not be alone with one's own whispers.
bwahahahahaha and I just said at Troll's that old adverstising seems benign compared to what we see nowadays. These are great and scary at the same time. It really reflects a different innocence (or maybe stupidity) of that era. Great picks and Happy MM.
I love the one with Heroin. They used to give heroin to help people with their cocaine addictions. Gee, we're dumb!
It is with both great relief and joy that I receive your missive! I walk the line very closely sometimes. I can think of two occasions where long time, I thought, friends up and left because of postings. I yam what I yam though. Secondly, I am simply pleased at your reaction. That is precisely what I was aiming for, if not by initial design simply because that is the way what I finally posted they struck me. Silly, but... I am a yam, remember.
Ya, too funny. But for some reason, I feel a scratch or tickle in my throat. Hmm, those Luckies are looking mighty tasty.
Pam,
If they are alcohol neutral. But if you look at the Pabst one, it doesn't look like it is. Mom looks pretty mellow. Baby looks a little funky too, like, "Hey, I ordered two! Well, maybe it's good. Wee!"
You know what would go good with a Lucky Strike to wiggle that throat tickle, don't you? Uhmmm, beer. What's good for the goose is good for the gander only this time we switched it.
If they had a picture of the real Corvair, it would be on fire. And the Anheiser-Busch and Pabst advertisements are great. Where was that stuff when my kids were teathing? And the barbituate therapy, the kid in the picture has doll's eyes. Bwhahahaha Great use of the theme.
She's enjoying every minute of that spanking if her expression is any indication.
---- What chaps my hide is not that heroin is off the market for cough remedies, but that it is unavailable in a hospice setting. When someone is dying, and the only pain relief that works is morphine, you miss your last moments with your loved ones because they're zonked out on pain relief. Heroin would effectively relieve pain but allow the patient to be awake and coherent enough to converse with family.
My dad's last few days were spent in a morphine-induced torpor, because I wasn't willing to have him suffer just for the chance at some last words. With heroin, I wouldn't have been forced to make that choice.
I can remember, as a bitty kid, having coke syrup in the house. By prescription, mostly as a cough suppressant. Yes it was made by coca-cola and it tasted like coca-cola. Coke had to change their soft drink formula about the same time. d:-)
Oh yeah. I had been dithering between putting up neat old adverts or the original adverts of things I currently use. But uhm, the morphine, cocaine, alcohol, and such just pulled me in. But I feel a loooot better.
Buzz Kill,
Yes, I did a little reading about the Corvair. What a winner. My neighbor had one and loved it for a very long time, though I do question... his sanity? sometimes. It was the kids eyes that drew me to that advert. That was just too freaky.
D.C.,
You said, not I. Although...
I did not know that about heroin. I am a bit surprised, as big (legitimately from what I have seen) as hospice has become that this is not a part of it's agenda. I am sure you are one of millions, perhaps 10's of millions or more who have now experienced such an excruciating choice. Perhaps you could write to the people you worked with. Oddly, often a mere whisper of a suggestion is all such a thing might need. People get so used to doing something one way that they forget other options ever existed.
Jean,
Hmm, and you seemed to have turned out just fine! Life may not always be perfect, but you have a good brain, people who care, and no cough that I have been able to detect. *grins* The last time Coke changed recipes it was a big hoax to change from sugar to goop. Gee, it was keener when you were bitty!
Was that really a husband spanking his wife????? Wow, and I thought today's advertising had some iffy concepts behind them! Great choices, just the right amount of ...doom :-) Happy MM, I'm up.
I was a bit torn on that, but every other notion brought me the laughter about that funny. Some of it is fresh (eggs on windows, sunny side up). And I have very dubious belief in medicine generally too. Especially as they push every new pill made, making us the real large test subject population. If you want a lark, check out how they treated any illness with which you have some familiarity just 50 years ago. I wonder if they shouldn't have stopped at the heroin in aspirin. Ha! Further, I even have some doubts because of their trouble treating me, as a mixed breed, if we are as related as they like to put on for the pc crowd. Horses and dogs bleed red blood too. Just saying. They might be right, but I would have to do the work myself to believe anything anymore. They probably would rather just give me thorazine though too.
Fishy,
Yes, some concepts were just a wee edgy. The second to the last one as well. Now, I'm going to be honest with you, I am not sure these were even that edgy in their day. Remember, going back not so far (in the larger context of history, if not in America) people in financial trouble could sell their children, and even themselves, into slavery. Collective memory is both short and flawed. Looking a little deeper into history and everything you currently understand is non-existent (say 150 years, but more, 300 years or more). And, if current trends continue, the things you understand will cease to exist in a few decades again. (Progressivism has gone so far as to become regressionism.)
Close but no cigar. (a bit on both cigarettes and kids) Serpasil is high blood pressure medicine. My guess is kids lower women's bp, or at least that standard stress isn't related to high blood pressure (except perhaps in rare instances during some pregnancies). However, if you need quiet, you have it. I was with you on that for a long time, but now... the sound of pitty pats about the place seems the thing for me. There is, always, some pill somewhere, legal or not, should it be a bit much. Ha! Or at least a good reason to go for long camping trips. :p
Karl,
I must suggest though, that you seem to have made it fairly well. I would easily favorably compare you to most of the youth in most places at any age you are or were and that they have yet attained... if you know what I mean. Parents seem to have gone from lack of supervision or somewhat questionable treatments in our day to obsession today. Did you ever get, let alone be required to wear, a bike helmet? Me either. I think it weeded out the... unlikely candidates... early on. Kids today seem more like pets, or parental mini-mes, than family members from what I have seen. Glad you liked!
Oh, that car? Yeah, it was teh bombz. Really. Like I said though, my ex-neighbor had one for years and loved it. And, he didn't explode or anything. From what I hear though, the tire pressures needed to make it safe made them dangerous.
Still, like all nanny state things, it really didn't kill that many people. I haven't seen stats, but I am guessing, as a sports car, it was no more dangerous than any other. On top of being a faster car, people who buy fast cars are risk takers.
bwahahahahaha and I just said at Troll's that old adverstising seems benign compared to what we see nowadays. These are great and scary at the same time. It really reflects a different innocence (or maybe stupidity) of that era. Great picks and Happy MM.
ReplyDeleteI love the one with Heroin. They used to give heroin to help people with their cocaine addictions. Gee, we're dumb!
It is with both great relief and joy that I receive your missive! I walk the line very closely sometimes. I can think of two occasions where long time, I thought, friends up and left because of postings. I yam what I yam though. Secondly, I am simply pleased at your reaction. That is precisely what I was aiming for, if not by initial design simply because that is the way what I finally posted they struck me. Silly, but... I am a yam, remember.
ReplyDeletethese were wonderful. Throat protection... gerherhahahahha!
ReplyDeleteHappy MM!
Interesting about the malt beverages for nursing mothers. I actually think there might be something to that. Happy MM.
ReplyDeletekmwthay,
ReplyDeleteYa, too funny. But for some reason, I feel a scratch or tickle in my throat. Hmm, those Luckies are looking mighty tasty.
Pam,
If they are alcohol neutral. But if you look at the Pabst one, it doesn't look like it is. Mom looks pretty mellow. Baby looks a little funky too, like, "Hey, I ordered two! Well, maybe it's good. Wee!"
You know what would go good with a Lucky Strike to wiggle that throat tickle, don't you? Uhmmm, beer. What's good for the goose is good for the gander only this time we switched it.
Great stuff. Amazing what they put in some of those old products.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mute Monday!
If they had a picture of the real Corvair, it would be on fire. And the Anheiser-Busch and Pabst advertisements are great. Where was that stuff when my kids were teathing? And the barbituate therapy, the kid in the picture has doll's eyes. Bwhahahaha
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the theme.
Happy MM!
Heh heh heh
ReplyDeleteHeh heh
Heh!
She's enjoying every minute of that spanking if her expression is any indication.
----
What chaps my hide is not that heroin is off the market for cough remedies, but that it is unavailable in a hospice setting. When someone is dying, and the only pain relief that works is morphine, you miss your last moments with your loved ones because they're zonked out on pain relief. Heroin would effectively relieve pain but allow the patient to be awake and coherent enough to converse with family.
My dad's last few days were spent in a morphine-induced torpor, because I wasn't willing to have him suffer just for the chance at some last words. With heroin, I wouldn't have been forced to make that choice.
wow.... wow.
ReplyDeleteI can remember, as a bitty kid, having coke syrup in the house. By prescription, mostly as a cough suppressant.
Yes it was made by coca-cola and it tasted like coca-cola. Coke had to change their soft drink formula about the same time.
d:-)
Troll,
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. I had been dithering between putting up neat old adverts or the original adverts of things I currently use. But uhm, the morphine, cocaine, alcohol, and such just pulled me in. But I feel a loooot better.
Buzz Kill,
Yes, I did a little reading about the Corvair. What a winner. My neighbor had one and loved it for a very long time, though I do question... his sanity? sometimes. It was the kids eyes that drew me to that advert. That was just too freaky.
D.C.,
You said, not I. Although...
I did not know that about heroin. I am a bit surprised, as big (legitimately from what I have seen) as hospice has become that this is not a part of it's agenda. I am sure you are one of millions, perhaps 10's of millions or more who have now experienced such an excruciating choice. Perhaps you could write to the people you worked with. Oddly, often a mere whisper of a suggestion is all such a thing might need. People get so used to doing something one way that they forget other options ever existed.
Jean,
Hmm, and you seemed to have turned out just fine! Life may not always be perfect, but you have a good brain, people who care, and no cough that I have been able to detect. *grins* The last time Coke changed recipes it was a big hoax to change from sugar to goop. Gee, it was keener when you were bitty!
Senile Agitation!!!
ReplyDeleteHowl!!!
Very funny, but uh, if we wuz that stoopid about throat remedies THEN what mistakes is we makin NOW??
Happy MM! Doom
Was that really a husband spanking his wife????? Wow, and I thought today's advertising had some iffy concepts behind them! Great choices, just the right amount of ...doom :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy MM, I'm up.
Aunty Belle,
ReplyDeleteI was a bit torn on that, but every other notion brought me the laughter about that funny. Some of it is fresh (eggs on windows, sunny side up). And I have very dubious belief in medicine generally too. Especially as they push every new pill made, making us the real large test subject population. If you want a lark, check out how they treated any illness with which you have some familiarity just 50 years ago. I wonder if they shouldn't have stopped at the heroin in aspirin. Ha! Further, I even have some doubts because of their trouble treating me, as a mixed breed, if we are as related as they like to put on for the pc crowd. Horses and dogs bleed red blood too. Just saying. They might be right, but I would have to do the work myself to believe anything anymore. They probably would rather just give me thorazine though too.
Fishy,
Yes, some concepts were just a wee edgy. The second to the last one as well. Now, I'm going to be honest with you, I am not sure these were even that edgy in their day. Remember, going back not so far (in the larger context of history, if not in America) people in financial trouble could sell their children, and even themselves, into slavery. Collective memory is both short and flawed. Looking a little deeper into history and everything you currently understand is non-existent (say 150 years, but more, 300 years or more). And, if current trends continue, the things you understand will cease to exist in a few decades again. (Progressivism has gone so far as to become regressionism.)
I miss smoking more than I miss Santa Claus. But I don't miss never having children. Ergo, all my Mondays are happy – and tranquilizer free!
ReplyDeleteGood Afternoon Doom,
ReplyDeleteMy mum use to swear by alittle bourbon in baby's bottle to help them sleep. Amazing how times have changed.
just goes to show that the Quackery we see in the media today, is deeply rooted in the past.
Well done, Happy Mute Monday!
Moi,
ReplyDeleteClose but no cigar. (a bit on both cigarettes and kids) Serpasil is high blood pressure medicine. My guess is kids lower women's bp, or at least that standard stress isn't related to high blood pressure (except perhaps in rare instances during some pregnancies). However, if you need quiet, you have it. I was with you on that for a long time, but now... the sound of pitty pats about the place seems the thing for me. There is, always, some pill somewhere, legal or not, should it be a bit much. Ha! Or at least a good reason to go for long camping trips. :p
Karl,
I must suggest though, that you seem to have made it fairly well. I would easily favorably compare you to most of the youth in most places at any age you are or were and that they have yet attained... if you know what I mean. Parents seem to have gone from lack of supervision or somewhat questionable treatments in our day to obsession today. Did you ever get, let alone be required to wear, a bike helmet? Me either. I think it weeded out the... unlikely candidates... early on. Kids today seem more like pets, or parental mini-mes, than family members from what I have seen. Glad you liked!
That first one was actually a really good one, i don't believe i've ever seen that one before.
ReplyDeleteOh, that car? Yeah, it was teh bombz. Really. Like I said though, my ex-neighbor had one for years and loved it. And, he didn't explode or anything. From what I hear though, the tire pressures needed to make it safe made them dangerous.
ReplyDeleteStill, like all nanny state things, it really didn't kill that many people. I haven't seen stats, but I am guessing, as a sports car, it was no more dangerous than any other. On top of being a faster car, people who buy fast cars are risk takers.
WOW. Awesome. I love these. Great idea. Happy MM.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you! It is my greatest pleasure to simply please, even if I must get a little rough about it.
ReplyDelete*bow*
But seriously, I am very happy you enjoyed.
Those are EXCELLENT. Prob my favorite of the week!
ReplyDeleteLate to comment, sorry. :)
Late is fine with the proper attire. Ha! And thanks.
ReplyDelete