Conception Days Indicator

It's the Swiss engineering that sold me!

Original ad here. (Page 55.)

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 01, 2016
Category: Technology | 1960s | Pregnancy

Comments

I saw this contraption for sale in a local peddlers mall/flea market/junk shop just a couple of days ago.

Posted by wkj on 02/01/16 at 10:11 AM

(Without even looking) The very next add is for shotguns. Right?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/01/16 at 10:22 AM

"Conception is possible only on a few certain days of the month." Hm. Pity the people who relied on this quack's doohicky to not get pregnant.

Posted by Richard Bos on 02/01/16 at 12:11 PM

Isn't there an app for that ? 😝

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 02/01/16 at 12:42 PM

Ha, ha! There is another advert very much like this one on page 50.

For a counterpoint, you may be interested in this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgHHhw_6g8

Posted by KDP on 02/01/16 at 02:21 PM

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