Gibbs505
SERVORUM DOMITOR
Ohhh, cruel!Americans of a certain generation will get this.
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Vintage Advertisement - political correctness not really given
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Naraku
Draconarius
That was a fake ad that appeared in National Lampoon in the 70s. I think I have that issue in storage someplace. I recall they caught a lot of heat for it.Americans of a certain generation will get this.
Gosh, yes.
Volkswagen Settles Suit Against National Lampoon (Published 1973)
●30-million defamation and copyright-infringement suit by Volkswagen against National Lampoon is settled on Oct 29 by agreement that includes recall of 135,000 copies of special issue that attempted to spoof Sen E M Kennedy's '69 Chappaquiddick accident; attys for Volkswagen sign agreement with...
connoisseurs
Senator
Barb, ever tried a MiniAutomatic? 
connoisseurs
Senator
poem21045
Tribunus Plebis
That last one blows my mind! A girlie calendar (and nude in 1948! uncommon!) from a funeral home. The actual calendar would be worth some money. I'd bet my life on it. (Uh, let me rephrase that. . . .)
Edit: found this by googling: mentions the funeral director's penchant for "frankness" in advertising.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31782375/w.-w.-chambers
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Silent_Water
Tribune
Mhm, after my experiences in a German hotel in the Halloween night 2018 with the "Red-Riding-Hood"-girl asking for several "Kondome", I think, it also depends on the person and the sex of the person who is asking for a "Kondom". Women do not really like to ask for a "Pariser", I think. They prefer some more sophisticated expressions in Germany. There are also several regions in Germany where some other expressions are used like "Präservativ" or shorter "Präser" in the more southern parts of Germany (south of the "Weißwurst-Äquator") :
And if you want to stay for ever in the memory of the German person you are asking for a "Kondom", do it like I once did it in order to make one of my girl-friends laugh until she cried tears:
"Besteht vielleicht die Möglichkeit, dass Sie mir gegebenenfalls einen 'empfängnisverhütenden Überzugsgummischutz' ausleihen könnten?"
(=> "Is there possibly a slight chance - should the situation arise - of borrowing me a 'contraceptive cover rubber protector'?")
After that, she asked me: "What is the name of the planet where you come from, extraterrestrial stranger?"
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Thank you for the link! Interesting to reading over W.W. Chamber.
Barb like (stranger) car's especially Mustang'sBarb, ever tried a MiniAutomatic?
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Hugin&Munin
Presenter Of Images
Barb shouldn’t drive a "Mustang", I think she should drive such a nice, fast and huge convertible.
Silent_Water
Tribune
You should never underestimate the fantastic "science-fiction-feelings" you could have in such a "smart" car - and strangely enough, it happened in Germany often with women in this car!
This car has its "center of gravity" in an unsual region of the car and if you ever start to skid with this car, it can turn around like a rocket with malfunction and its motion can really end like a in rocket and especially women (again) are said to like this car position after the end of the accidental slide because you feel like a technically advanced astronaut in the "Saturn-V"-rockets, when you try to get out again:
connoisseurs
Senator
Typically woman - on the phone the whole day!
American duty?
American duty?
That police officer needs to close his mouth before an insect flies in ... very funny, Madi
connoisseurs
Senator
For all who don´t recognize the cop - its the famous french (with spanish parentage) humorist Louis de Fune (1914 - 1983). I would have loved to see him meeting BarbThat police officer needs to close his mouth before an insect flies in ... very funny, Madi
Hugin&Munin
Presenter Of Images
Me too
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Not just Americans! I recall the event from the newpapers.
Ms. Margolin's ad is not in bad taste, but her clientele must be made up primarily of scary motherfuckers.I said last night it was time for a bump.
Some cases of poor proofreading, poor positioning or poor taste.
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