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[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume the kiddies are eating buns with the margarine on them, and not, you know, whole hunks of yellow margarine.

Could be wrong.

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[misstia]

i have learned many things via vintage ads....and that very well might BE hunks of yellow margarine!

[misstia]

and seriously, dad dude, you are in your OWN LIVING ROOM! what's up with the suit and tie?

looks like chenille sofas....WANT!

[pony-rocks.livejournal.com]

My granddads used to be formally dressed even at home quite often.

[misstia]

really? was he comfortable? i can't see how that would be comfortable....it's your home! chill out in the carpet sleepers! :)

[pony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Suppose it was his way of chilling. He looked pretty comfortable to me.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

You never know--my brother used to eat--oh, ugh!--sticks of butter, right from the fridge.

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

My little sister would eat spoonfuls of margarine right from the tub when we were kids. Made me gag every time. I swear, she had no taste buds.

She'd also mix grape juice and milk.

[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

Whatever it is they're eating, WHERE ARE THEIR NAPKINS? WHERE ARE THE PLATES?

They are SO wiping their hands on the furniture and their clothes, and getting crumbs/grease everywhere!

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Mom will clean it up! It's all part of the drudgery of household management.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Some things never change lol.

[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

Of course. Mom's just proud to see her husband and children happy.

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

I just noticed.... that lamp.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

I like this one because the father is parenting and not just smoking his pipe and waiting for the invention of the TV remote.

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

Interesting point.

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

And how daughter, quite unceremoniously, just got booted off the couch.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

LOL she does look like she just landed on the floor doesn't she! XD

[write-light.livejournal.com]

That's her "I'm a stylish model" pose! Please!

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

"No other churned spread is richer in food energy"

Isn't that the same thing as saying "It's highest in calories?"

And I too, love how the sister only gets to sit on the floor.

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

well, clearly giant pillow > girlchild.

[whoseline_wlsc]

It did look to me at first that they were eating hunks of margarine haha. Ick.

[pony-rocks.livejournal.com]

You know, I think they really are.
The way the girl is holding her piece is odd - almost as if there still was a bit of wrapping paper.

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

I'm curious - do you have a year/approximate date for this ad? I'm asking because the copy mentions a 'color packet', and I was wondering when margarine manufacturers stopped using them (and simply dyed the stuff yellow at the factory).

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

October, 1947.

And also...

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

without the "color packet" wouldn't the margarine just be basically salty Crisco?

Re: And also...

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Guh... makes me glad I've made the switch over to butter for all butter-type uses.

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

I've found ads mentioning the "color packet" dating from as late as 1949.

[charlotterhys.livejournal.com]

I still eat margarine on saltines.

And I used to eat margarine sandwiches on white bread.

I didn't eat it with a spoon like my sister did, though.

*cough*

[koneko-wish.livejournal.com]

I do sometimes miss margarine-and-cheese sandwiches on white bread.

[itskelp.livejournal.com]

Bossy cow cow, honey bee bee, oleo margarine, oleo butterine, alfalfa hay~

/sorry bit of UC Davis school spirit

[catharsisss.livejournal.com]

Your icon is so cute! Love it!

[dasia-rockstar.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can eat any margarine for a while now (-_-)

Sitting in the living room eating a hunk of margarine. The horror...