Hygiene
Follies of the Madmen #448
Kills germs with dictatorial efficiency!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 16, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Hygiene, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #440
"Even nice people perspire." Nice in this case being the polo-playing upper crust.
Source.
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!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 13, 2019 -
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Category: Babies, Business, Advertising, Food, Hygiene, 1900s
Strange Canadian Custom
Source. (Scroll down)
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!
Source.
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
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