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Party Dos and Donuts
“There’s party fun for everyone when Jane Parker Donuts join the festivities!” When they join the festivities? What are the donuts going to be doing? I really want to know. Are they … more →
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Party Dos and Donuts
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: “There’s party fun for everyone when Jane Parker Donuts join the festivities!” Whe … more →
Not A Simpleton
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: Oh, well, thanks for the vote of confidence, Tampax! For one thing, though, that’s not my daug … more →
For Better Or Worse Breath
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: There are so many strange things going on here - just in one little Colgate ad. Bizarre marital str … more →
The Golden (Brownie) Ratio
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Lidian wrote 2 months ago: It has been awhile, I know, since we had any recipes or - well - kitchen-related retro, around this … more →
Revolutionary Rice
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: As depressing and 1950s-suburban as a Richard Yates novel - it’s what’s for dinner on … more →
Trick Or Fruit
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: If we can pull off Christmas in July, why not have a little bit of Halloween in August? After all, … more →
The Red Shoes
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Lidian wrote 3 months ago: After a childhood of scaring myself with Hans Christian Andersen stories (and let’s not even … more →
Now With Activiated Seismotite
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: My goodness, what precisely is the Old Dutch going to do to the bathtub, blow it up? And is the li … more →
Moth Snuffocator:Yes...Dust Bag:No
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Tell me this does NOT come with a baby that does all the vacuuming. Because that is just too weird. … more →
The Saucier's Apprentice
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Yeah, but can she bake? They say she does everything. Everything does include baking, you know. And … more →
The Two Rennies
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: There are so many ways to write about this ad, one hardly knows where to begin. The one question th … more →
What Do Windows Want?
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: I didn’t know they cared about fashion. My windows don’t talk about it that much. Well, … more →
The Sociable Choice
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Lidian wrote 4 months ago: Yeah, serving Pepsi is very fancy. And also light! Even though it has quite a bit of sugar in it. T … more →
A Not Inconsiderable Personality
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: I am having a lot of fun trying to figure out what this early 1950s British ad is really trying to … more →
It's Just Like Jelly, Baby
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: And that’s what we’re all having for supper tonight, it seems. Because using Certo to m … more →
Dearth Of A Salesman
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: This ad reads: “It’s greetings like this that make Dad, a salesman, realize just how mu … more →
The Booklet Is Pretty
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: Here we have the Relax-A-Cizor. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, the belt that sort of j … more →
Delightful Beautifying Oil
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: A confusing ad this, what with the sunset-on-the-prairies background - and the glam model in the fo … more →
Your Nerves Are Not Made Of Steel
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Lidian wrote 5 months ago: Especially not on a Monday morning! But at least my head hasn’t turned into a vibrating fryin … more →
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