Bad Breath - It Happens to Men, Too!

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

Since there seems to be a lot of ads about personal hygiene being posted lately, I thought I'd add this to the conversation:




(Thinking about it, this is a pretty nasty ad - when you consider how many returning soldiers there must have been worrying about wives and girlfriends at home.)

From The Australian Home Journal, 1945

Comments

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

It's not the same woman! What happened? He started brushing his teeth and realized he could do better than a drawing?

[melime.livejournal.com]

I love how all these personal hygiene ads we're seeing all seem to be designed to shame you into using their product.

[veronica-jay.livejournal.com]

"Shame Sells", the advertising predecessor to "Sex Sells"

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

It's weird to me, they kind of look like Australian soldiers but they are using the term "pal" ... which is pretty wrong for the Pinnacle Of Mateship period.

[gullinbursti.livejournal.com]

I was confused too -- I hadn't noticed where it was from until after I read it, but I thought the dialogue sounded very American despite having the prices in shillings/pence.

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

Yes - I was wondering whether they'd ripped the dialogue straight off the American version of this ad. You'd think it would be easy enough to translate it into Australian!

[3cthelion.livejournal.com]

is it normal to wear chin straps under your bottom lip (or are they lip straps)?