Hygiene
Follies of the Madmen #440
"Even nice people perspire." Nice in this case being the polo-playing upper crust.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 18, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene
Follies of the Madmen #439
No cereal that has touched dirty baby butt is going in my dish!
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2019 -
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Category: Babies, Business, Advertising, Food, Hygiene, 1900s
Strange Canadian Custom
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 30, 2019 -
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Category: Government, Hygiene, Foreign Customs, 1960s, North America
Vomit Sink
Apparently they're fairly common in German bars, where they go by various names: Kotzbecken, Speibecken, Expektorierbecken, or Pabst.More details: German wikipedia (via Google translate)
via Reddit
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 15, 2019 -
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Category: Hygiene, Body Fluids
Follies of the Madmen #417
Kiss the foot!
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 13, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Sex Symbols, 1950s, Feet
Follies of the Madmen #398
Usage of this product enables user to read the mystical language of flowers.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 29, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Languages, Nature, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #397
I detect the influence of A Charlie Brown Christmas on this unlikely morality play.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 24, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Excrement, Dogs, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #395
Shaving is just like Gulliver serving as a golf course for Lilliputians.
Full ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 15, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Surrealism, 1930s
Manpons
Strange ads created by the charity WaterAid in 2015 asking people to imagine what the world would be like if men had periods and had to use 'manpons'. This then served as a lead-in to the info that 1.25 billion women worldwide don't have access to a toilet during their period.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 21, 2018 -
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Category: Hygiene, Body Fluids, Advertising
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