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)

It is never a good thing to wake the dead...
 
WARSPITER said:
False advertising wasn't really a thing back then.
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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?

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

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

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

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And this beaut from 1947 about DDT:

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Hey now, I'm liking that "platter full of protein"!
 
Shortround6 said:
Well..........................................you are not supposed to eat the whole party platter yourself ;)
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Wait - what?

You're not??
 
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!
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There is another meaning of "trim" but this is a family show so I'll let you look it you for yourselves!
 
Back then the correct meat for breakfast was Spam.

So, Spam and eggs were cooked while smoking Camels instead of flying them.
 
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...
 
XBe02Drvr said:
The adjective trim, silly, not the verb!
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I was thinking of the noun. :)
 
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.
 
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.
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There was one brand of cigarettes that said "for a treat, not a treatment ".
 
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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