Recipe for Boiled Wife

Interesting how three companies used basically the same ad copy. Along the same lines, I've seen a billboard that says YOUR WIFE IS HOT with a recommendation to call such-and-such an AC company.

There is always a pot of boiled wife head on the stove at Hannibal Lecter's house!

agent j

I agree with you, ges. I would suspect that the ad copy for the local shops was found in some general catalog.

They forgot to add fava beans ...

It looks like the TRANE text was before the existence of their most memorable tag line: "It's hard to stop a TRANE.", which I thought was a clever play on the company name.

Why does this remind me of the cure for old maid's disease (you boil a woodpecker until all the wood is gone)?

David Viens was a California chef who murdered and boiled his wife to dispose of the body.

Marketing a product for customers to buy on behalf of their spouse is not a bad one. But in these old ads, there’s always the implication that not buying a product is akin to spousal abuse. Plus, there’s the assumption that one’s wife is at home all day — not incorrect in this era.