Do you think they're trying to get a message across?

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

I count the word "digestible" occurring fifteen times in this ad.

Comments

[chocoholicbec.livejournal.com]

The walnut squares don't sound too bad - but what exactly is Crisco? I am sure we don't have it here.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

Between this and the ads we've seen for another shortening (Spry or something like that?) I'm wondering what the deal was with 'indigestible' food back then.

[koboldmaki.livejournal.com]

Why do those potato boats look so delicious to me?

[mackinzie.livejournal.com]

"Jim" "Ida" "Jim" I don't really see that many pronouns. Did the ad people think we were going to forget their names?

[gingerspark.livejournal.com]

but what I want to know is if the product is digestible? ;P
LOL

[misstia]

wow...an auntie like aunt jennie from spry....digestible as like spry....crisco is committing a MIDNIGHT ROBBERY of spry!!!

[charlotterhys.livejournal.com]

We used to use Crisco all the time. It made the best cookies.

[zhukora1.livejournal.com]

If Crisco makes her food that much more digestible than whatever she was using before, I really have to wonder what she was using. Paraffin?

[whoseline_wlsc]

The walnut squares and lemon pie sound kind of good. The potato boats...not so much.

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

In the light of what we now know about trans fats, it makes me wonder what current health arguments turn out to be straight out lies in the future. I'm betting on "Non-fat is healthy" and "the more fiber the better!"

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Lemon pie: looks nice... Walnut squares: not too bad... Potato boats: AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH. "Fill with creamed meat." NO NO NO NO NO.

[dragonzair.livejournal.com]

To be honest, it's only been two years since I realised Crisco was some sort of vegetable shortening. All the years before that, the only Crisco I knew of was the one Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) used to style his hair with. I've never been able to find Crisco digestible since.

I'm 20 ._____.

[mrtoulouse.livejournal.com]

I'm actually amazed by how edible these things are compared to other foods that have been suggested in ads. No lime Jell-o in sight. I'd eat those potato boats, even if I have no idea what creamed meat is supposed to be. Can't be all bad, right?

[tamburlaine.livejournal.com]

Okay what exactly is the definition of "digestible" that we are supposed to assume in this context? I'm confused. Does animal shortening make you fart more than vegetable shortening or something?