Kitchen Retro

A little something kitsch and retro, every day!

Archive for July 13th, 2008

Little Drink On the Prairie

Posted by Lidian on July 13, 2008

RD 1967 Canadian Club

What fun they are having out in the prairies, after a few glassfuls of Canadian Club… I had no idea there were Mexican cowboys in Manitoba.

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Now With Activiated Seismotite

Posted by Lidian on July 13, 2008

IMG_0010 Old Dutch Cleanser 1950s

My goodness, what precisely is the Old Dutch going to do to the bathtub, blow it up?

And is the little Dutch girl planning on going in there and exploding all the greasy grime? Also, who says we have any greasy grime in there? That is a little bit insulting.

But of course maybe they are talking about the kitchen sink. Even so! This ad really does imply that one has let things go, doesn’t it?

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Dear Word Press

Posted by Lidian on July 13, 2008

Dear Word Press, Please publish my scheduled posts on the day I indicated! It is not nice to withhold them…I do not want to have to break out the Andrews Liver Salts – for you or for me, who can say?

Perhaps both…

Regualr posting ON SCHEDULE by Wednesday…till then, fingers crossed!

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