Couple of funny ads, a reminiscence from the days when a washing powder could save your marriage...
... soft tissue papers!!
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This advertisment was probably made with good intentions, but really, what were they thinking.
1970, featuring Veronica Hamel.
Text reads as follow,
"Sure. You live with him and take care of him and hang up his clothes. But just because you do the things a wife's supposed to do, don't forget you're still a woman.
On of the nicest things you can do for a man is take good care of your skin. That means Sardo. No other bath oil or bead has Sardo's unique dry skin formula. It's pure bath oil. The richest. The best. 3 out of 4 women saw and felt and loved the difference after just one Sardo bath.
How about you? Why don't you do something soft and young and special for him. Feel wonderful all over with Sardo."
Hmmph!! So, After I do all THAT for him, I still need to do more??!
If my husbands 'deserves' good skin after I have hung his clothes and cooked him dinner he can get one for himself and if he demands for one he can simply take a hike. I can sure do well without him. For one, there will be a lot less clothes to hang!
The recent death of the last queen from India, Rajmata Gayatri Devi, saw a wave of nostalgia across the nation for our royalties. Hundreds of her old pictures have bedecked the media last few days. Today's, post will feature some of those majestic images of India's most glorious regnant, a reminiscence of the splendiferous days, now past.
She was a beautiful women, to hard to be compared with any other, yet has sometimes been called the India dream in a Sari. She is listed as one of the 10 most beautiful woman by the Vogue.
Rajmata Gayatri Devi was born in 1919 in the royal family of Cooch Behar.
This is a 1962 picture with Jackie Kennedy.
This is a picture with her husband (notice the car behind them!)
She was a fine markswoman and had slain her first leopard at the age of 12!
Another picture with her husband, dated May 17th, 1956.
Although, she remained an epitome of style and glamour even in her later years, she earned her respect among the masses for other ideals, too. She was elected to the Parliament three times between 1962 and 1971 and was also popular amongst the lower classes and women for her relentless work for their cause. She also strongly opposed the emergency of 1975 by Indira Gandhi.
But she quit politics after a 5 month stint in Tihar Jail for tax evasion violation.
The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.
This a 1952 Ad for Marlboro, for chain smokers, they say! Click on the inage for a larger view.
Escape from the 'commonplace'. And what common place is that - India? Hmmph!
Btw, Kathmandu is not in India, as the ad suggests. It's in Nepal, a country neighbouring India, has always been. Smoking kills the brain cells, now we know!
Another Endorsement. More primitive. More simplified. Beautiful.
