Magneto-Conservative Garments

Advertised in the Los Angeles Herald and elsewhere, late 19th and early 20th centuries:




link
     Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 22, 2013
     Category: Fashion | Underwear | Medicine | Nineteenth Century





Comments
The government shut down the sales of Buckyballs - those powerful B-B sized magnets - before I could get enough to make myself a suit.
I'm still planning to send my mother-in-law enough steel wool to have her knit me a Cadillac.
Posted by tadchem on 11/22/13 at 02:23 PM
Imagine wearing all those magnets while walking along the street with heavy automobile traffic. You'd end up stuck to the side of a passing truck or bus eventually.

I've always loved that word "catarrh." Sounds just like the action of "hack up and spit out."
Posted by KDP on 11/22/13 at 04:44 PM
I have rare earth magnets in my boxers that hang next to my balls :cheese: :red:
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 11/22/13 at 06:00 PM
This is... genius. A whole story lies in these advertisements, maybe a whole novel.
Posted by Richard Bos on 11/23/13 at 09:46 AM
I wonder if he has a magnetic personality. :cheese:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/23/13 at 06:55 PM
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.