10 Creepy Old Ads

[BatmanBeatles]

That pig ad made me think of the SNL skit with the animated talking chicken.

"Mmmm, I taste good!"

[ParaDiddle]

Originally Posted by E. Q. Taft

I also agree the "Senior agitation" one was probably really the most disturbing...

Are you kiddin'? In about 10 minutes it's gonna be my new MySpace avatar.

- P

[We'veBeenHad]

Here are 5 other scary old ads - one is a repeat from the OP.

Um - Lysol DOUCHE anyone?

http://bigfatdelicious.blogspot.com/...h-was-not.html

[Natalie]

Originally Posted by We'veBeenHad

Here are 5 other scary old ads - one is a repeat from the OP.

Um - Lysol DOUCHE anyone?

http://bigfatdelicious.blogspot.com/...h-was-not.html

Yeah, Lysol started as a personal products type company. They weren't selling floor cleaner as a douche - they were making a completely different product. I don't think they started making cleaning products for a few decades, although I'm not entirely sure.

ETA: Well, I'm some what wrong. From Wikipedia:

In 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic, Lehn & Fink, Inc. advertised Lysol disinfectant as an effective countermeasure to the influenza virus. Newspaper ads provided tips for preventing the spread of the disease, including washing sick-rooms and everything that came in contact with patients with Lysol. A small (US50¢) bottle made five gallons (19 litres) of disinfectant solution, and a smaller (US25¢) bottle 2 gallons (7.5 litres). The company also advertised the "unrefined" Lysol F. & F. (Farm & Factory) for use in factories and other large buildings — a 5-gallon (19 litre) can, when diluted as directed, made 50 gallons of disinfecting solution.
In the late 1920s Lysol disinfectant began being marketed by maker Lysol, Incorporated and distributor Lehn & Fink, Inc. as a feminine hygiene product.

They started making a general disinfectant for people, that was re-marketed as a douche. They switched over to household cleaning products sometime later.

[We'veBeenHad]

Ah leave it to snopesters hehe. Still, from a modern angle it's kind of creepy no? It just makes me think of douching with Scope or Listerine or something lol.

[Natalie]

Originally Posted by We'veBeenHad

Ah leave it to snopesters hehe. Still, from a modern angle it's kind of creepy no? It just makes me think of douching with Scope or Listerine or something lol.

Yeah, it is kind of weird. I first saw that Lysol ad when I was about 14 and found it pretty surprising. I ended up studying advertising in college though, so very little is shocking these days.

[Avril]

If you don't take Midol, your boyfriend will dump you!

And, remember that once you're married, he'll disapprove of you if you get runs in your stockings.

Because, after all, most men are more interested in looks than brains.

But don't worry! You can buy a girdle with the money you save using Listerine!

Meanwhile, if you're from Canada's First Nations, please make sure your heart is white.

I could spend all day on that site!

Avril

[Cyrano]

Here's one I find hilarious:



Translation:

A good advice: After a good meal, never take the wheel without having a small glass of Cointreau first.

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by We'veBeenHad

Here are 5 other scary old ads - one is a repeat from the OP.

Um - Lysol DOUCHE anyone?

http://bigfatdelicious.blogspot.com/...h-was-not.html

If your hubby prefers the taste/smell of lysol to the taste/smell of your lady parts, either you need to see a doctor or he's got a serious kink.

[Ramblin' Dave]

Originally Posted by Natalie

Yeah, Lysol started as a personal products type company. They weren't selling floor cleaner as a douche - they were making a completely different product.

It wasn't unheard of for women of a certain era to use the floor cleaner as such, though. My ex's grandmother did. She - my ex - learned this after she got home from shopping once and noticed the house smelled like Lysol, only she knew nobody had cleaned the floors or anything recently. After she remarked one time too many on where the smell might be coming from, her grandmother finally snapped, "I douched, all right?!"

The e-mail in which she told me that story featured one of the greatest subject lines I've ever seen: "My vagina shouldn't smell like Lysol!"

[BatmanBeatles]

Yuck! This one for Love's Baby Soft is disturbing.

[Furienna]

Originally Posted by E. Q. Taft

I'm putting this link here because I'm curious if anyone has any info on whether all of these are genuine: 10 old magazine advertisements.

http://www.2spare.com/item_92595.aspx

They are all disturbing or offensive to present-day sensibilities in one way or another, but the one I'm most questioning of is the second one, an ad in French for Pakistan International Airlines, dated 1979. You'll see why I wonder (mostly why, if it's real, it hasn't come to light before this).

I think the husband spanking his wife and the pig slicing himself are the most disturbing ones. I don't understand how these two, and especially the husband beating his wife, could be in adverts even decades ago. I don't like the one with Santa smoking either, but I guess it was only to expect from a cigarette company in Christmas times.