Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained) (1 Viewer)

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

It is never a good thing to wake the dead...

WARSPITER · May 4, 2022

fubar57 said:
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LIFE Magazine, 30 March, 1942

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False advertising wasn't really a thing back then.

buffnut453 · May 4, 2022

WARSPITER said:
False advertising wasn't really a thing back then.

I really, REALLY hope you're being sarcastic.

If you're being serious, then my response to "False advertising wasn't really a thing back then" is....Ya think?

Vitamins in donuts? Yeah...sure it's a healthy snack.

I'm no vegetarian...but hotdogs and processed salami/baloney as a way to keep trim? Really?

By all means, put your baby in a plastic bag...that's perfectly safe! What could possibly go wrong?

And this beaut from 1947 about DDT:

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

Hey now, I'm liking that "platter full of protein"!

buffnut453 · May 4, 2022

GrauGeist said:
Hey now, I'm liking that "platter full of protein"!

I like it too....I just have a really hard time with the "keeping you trim" part 'cos that certainly does NOT work for me!

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

Well...we have to first define the word "trim".
Are they referring to nautical trim, or aeronautical trim?
Or perhaps, their definition of "trim" means a satisfied belly after eating all sorts of meat goodness - and I'm ok with that definition!

Shortround6 · May 4, 2022

buffnut453 said:
I like it too....I just have a really hard time with the "keeping you trim" part 'cos that certainly does NOT work for me!

Well..........................................you are not supposed to eat the whole party platter yourself

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

Shortround6 said:
Well..........................................you are not supposed to eat the whole party platter yourself

Wait - what?

You're not??

buffnut453 · May 4, 2022

GrauGeist said:
Well...we have to first define the word "trim".
Are they referring to nautical trim, or aeronautical trim?
Or perhaps, their definition of "trim" means a satisfied belly after eating all sorts of meat goodness - and I'm ok with that definition!

There is another meaning of "trim" but this is a family show so I'll let you look it you for yourselves!

Shortround6 · May 4, 2022

Trim may mean that your waist doesn't exceed you inseam by 20% or more?

Guilty

Greg Boeser · May 4, 2022

Keto before keto was cool.

GregP · May 4, 2022

Back then the correct meat for breakfast was Spam.

So, Spam and eggs were cooked while smoking Camels instead of flying them.

XBe02Drvr · May 4, 2022

buffnut453 said:
There is another meaning of "trim" but this is a family show so I'll let you look it you for yourselves!

The adjective trim, silly, not the verb!

BiffF15 · May 4, 2022

At pilot training each class came up with a patch, and you wore it for the duration. A few classes ahead of mine, their class patch depicted a girl in a red dress, chair flying (pretend practice flying), and was captioned, "A girl is just a girl, but trim's your friend"...

There was a big emphasis on keeping the plane in trim...

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

buffnut453 said:
There is another meaning of "trim" but this is a family show so I'll let you look it you for yourselves!

Yep, a popular term (which immediately came to mind) from my younger days - but it was not included

buffnut453 · May 4, 2022

XBe02Drvr said:
The adjective trim, silly, not the verb!

I was thinking of the noun.

special ed · May 4, 2022

fubar57 said:
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Soooo.....P-39 expert was in Bell's adevertising department.

WARSPITER · May 4, 2022

The sarcasm button was definitely being pushed when I posted the false advertising comment.

The P39 ad immediately made me think of another ad for a cigarette company in the 50's that claimed their brand
was good as it 'cleared the lungs' and helped to stop you getting colds.

Must search the net and see if I can get some of those vitamin donuts. Eating without the guilt is great.

SaparotRob · May 4, 2022

WARSPITER said:
The sarcasm button was definitely being pushed when I posted the false advertising comment.

The P39 ad immediately made me think of another ad for a cigarette company in the 50's that claimed their brand
was good as it 'cleared the lungs' and helped to stop you getting colds.

Must search the net and see if I can get some of those vitamin donuts. Eating without the guilt is great.

There was one brand of cigarettes that said "for a treat, not a treatment ".

GrauGeist · May 4, 2022

There used to be a brand of Cigarettes called "Black Death" (or maybe just "Death", can't remember which) in a black box.

No advertising funny business there.

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