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Dubious Commercial Image, possible dates given as 1954 and 1960.
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11 comments:
there are so many dirty responses to this post that i can't pick between them. brain. exploded.
I know we're all about the domination of women in this ad, but was it necessary to attach the gift card tag to the bottom of the vacuum, thus requiring Wifey to literally abase herself in order to read it? A normal person would attach a gift card to the handle for easy viewing.
Maybe it was so popular it was published in 1954 AND 1960.
Ignoring for the moment that the circumfrance of her waist is, disturbingly, smaller than that of her head -- does one not LOVE HER DRESS?!?
"And you'll be happier without a wife because she'll leave your ass if you give her a vaccumn for Christmas."
Jenners beat me to it...though I was going to suggest a Dead Husband, not just a lone one.
Circumferance
Vacuum
Life is full of tricky words.
I got hung up on Parashuter yesterday, which isn't even a word.
First thing I thought is that Hoover must have discontinued some of their more interesting vacuum cleaner attachments since then.
Elaine: Circumference (think, "er, fence" to get both E's). And it's parachute, so parachuter.
Parachutist?
Yes, it's parachutist.
Here's the backstory: a NYT puzzler has Parshutr as his nom de comment.
I took it to mean he was adventurous...but instead, turns out he golfs (shoots par. I have no idea why not ParShooter.) I really had to laugh at the resulting spelling glitch in my brain.
Circumference, yeah. I looked at that but it did not underline! so I thought, Hmm, have I been spelling that wrong myself? Apparently not until now. (I have a sinus infection, which I refer to as "blowing my brains out," if you get my drift.)
CAUTION: There is an extensive medical literature* concerning the dangers inherent in replacing one's spouse with a vaccuum cleaner, no matter how interesting the attachments. Most case studies, however, seem to involve men....
*There really is. I read about it once in The Straight Dope.
Before I was born, my mother's waist measured smaller than her head. That was in 1960, what a coincidence. She does have a large head. It runs in the family.
I would say Circumference, but lots of people beat me to it.
And a friend of mine actually had the dubious distinction of being a paramedic for a vacuum cleaner incident and had to handle "it."
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