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9 Amazing Ads From the 1930's

funnyordie.com — Most of the forwards I get are urban myths from my aunt saying Starbucks hates the troops or toliet paper causes cancer. Every once in a while, there's a rare gem worth telling other people about. Adam McKay forwarded these to me: 9 Amazing Ads from the 30s. These are real. And they're so awesome, they're worth telling you about.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 16, 2008

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  • SUPERnova007, on 07/15/2008, -9/+198Whats so amazing about these ads?

    an anthropomorphic gecko just tried to sell me car insurance, that is amazing.
  • LanceMurdock, on 07/15/2008, -1/+145There's no way these are all from the 1930's.
  • cl2yp71c, on 07/16/2008, -1/+114My gal is everybody's pal?

    ='[
  • rarmstr2, on 07/15/2008, -18/+116Tapeworms OM NOM NOM NOM
  • cwmather, on 07/15/2008, -3/+81"Blow in her face and she will follow you anywhere..."

    That's funny because that was the only childhood lesson I remember from my father... and my mother strangely enough...
  • rac1234, on 07/16/2008, -1/+71The lard advert is a spoof from the British comic Viz, issue 52, February / March 1992, page 21:

    http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/Richard_W72/V ...

    So not from the 1930s.
  • ZenMojo, on 07/16/2008, -1/+56Anyone else squint and read that Lysol ad? Some things just shouldn't smell piney.
  • badwithcomputer, on 07/15/2008, -1/+54yeah, i realized that too after looking through them again. guess that's why you can't always trust the title of the stuff you submit. my bad.
  • batmanz, on 07/16/2008, -11/+47I can has fag?
  • AManWithNoName, on 07/16/2008, -3/+36"Let's face it-You could get hit by a BUS tomorrow! Go on - HAVE A FAG!"

    Is that a threat?
  • zip000, on 07/16/2008, -0/+30If there are cobwebs, she needs more than lysol.
  • cl2yp71c, on 07/16/2008, -1/+29Yes, that's what would be happening in your intestine.
  • ROFLance, on 07/16/2008, -2/+30No, she's everybody's, pal.
  • littlewing82, on 07/16/2008, -1/+26But Lysol helped her break through the cobwebs of indifference...
  • inactive, on 07/16/2008, -0/+25My grandma used to smoke Camels until her "T-Zone" was surgically removed as part of her cancer treatments.
  • elveis, on 07/16/2008, -0/+22Honey, what is that scent you're wearing? It's intoxicating.
  • CanadaMan87, on 07/16/2008, -0/+20That ad is clearly not from the 30s though...
  • XenoSNK, on 07/16/2008, -1/+20Dugg for blow in her face girl.
  • alexforcefive, on 07/16/2008, -1/+19Digg, every week for the past three years
  • Fluvant, on 02/27/2009, -3/+20People have been ruining sex since the 1930's?
  • ldma, on 07/16/2008, -0/+13The "Eat Lard" one and the "Go on Have a Fag" one are both Viz magazine spoofs from the 1990s.
  • sionnach, on 07/16/2008, -0/+13No, you were the only one who couldn't count. There are 9 ads.
  • m1k3yboi, on 07/16/2008, -0/+11They arent. The "Go on, Have a fag" is from Viz, im pretty sure some of the others are fake.
  • cl2yp71c, on 07/16/2008, -1/+12***** yes.
  • Berkana, on 07/16/2008, -0/+10Ugh. Lysol feminine hygiene fluid? Nas-tay!
  • rac1234, on 07/16/2008, -1/+10No, it's another Viz spoof ad that people have mistaken for a real one.

    http://bp2.blogger.com/_MNWIJkuGY40/R9A-DY0j0_I/AA ...
  • inactive, on 07/16/2008, -2/+11That "blow" ad works both ways. If she were to blow him, he'd follow "her" anywhere.
  • shadowfoxmi, on 07/16/2008, -3/+12I'm not your pal, buddy.
  • charm803, on 07/16/2008, -0/+8The can itself had a softer top, making it easier to use with a can opener.
  • freshyill, on 07/16/2008, -3/+11Wrong. Palmer is correct. Read your AP Stylebook.
  • danpat, on 07/16/2008, -0/+7By a woman, cause opening beer cans is womens work.
  • upick, on 07/16/2008, -6/+13kudos for finding all these photos!
    I love the "More Doctors Smoke Camel than any other cigarette!"
  • BenKenobi88, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6I don't think diggers are that stupid.
  • ldma, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Congratulations! Feel free to wave a small flag of your choice in a smug way for the next 3 minutes.
  • Skorme, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Forgive him for not having every root word memorized.
  • shortyjacobs, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6This is Digg.....take your "modding" and go somewhere else.
  • Tripacer9999, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6oh *****, not this again...
  • rtcreg, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6I remember the Schlitz beer's soft-top beer can from the 1950's, just before the introduction of the tab top operating system. In other words, also not from the 1930's.
  • RedReplicant, on 07/16/2008, -1/+7Cobwebs? In MY vagina?
  • wonderbriefs, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6Nope, it's from the 70s. I first saw it in a marketing class I took in high school.
  • eatasandwich, on 07/16/2008, -0/+6The lard AND fag ads are both VIZ spoofs.
  • danpat, on 07/16/2008, -1/+6I thought the gecko was selling car TYRES?
    What a slut for advertising!
  • hollywoodphony, on 07/16/2008, -2/+7Wow, in case you had any doubts, this guy definitely isn't gay!
  • rac1234, on 07/16/2008, -1/+6For those of a non-British inclination who don't get this - it's a another spoof Viz ad.
  • bootfail, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4A time before the Tab Top Operating System (TTOS)? Must of been hell. I'm glad all my beer cans run linux.
  • drlha, on 07/16/2008, -1/+5Judging by your spelling of "tyre" you're not an American, so probably haven't seen the GEICO ads. Is your Gecko voiced by Max out of Eastenders too?
  • bosssmiley, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4The booze frogs and their angry chameleon heckler were good too. In your face 1930s!
  • SituatioNormal, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4Are you sure you're not thinking of johnson & mills Bean Lard Mulch with vitamin C?
  • cardyology, on 07/16/2008, -0/+4So is the "go on, have a fag" one. They are a joke.

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