one day event.....nightmare inducing ads!

[misstia]

i think this ad is about the most WTF nightmare inducing one ever!! what were they thinking??

nightmare inducing

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Contest Starting TOMORROW!!!

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9 Wednesday Contest Starts: Boxed Food (no jello). We've done a contest with canned food, why not boxed food? So any boxed food item---EXCEPT jello/gelatin!!

Our Rules Post

1. You must at least put 'contest' in the subject line for me to tally votes on your entry

2. Print or video ads are fine

3. All Vintage Ads rules apply EXCEPT only one ad per entry

4. Voting is via a YES in the comments, I only tally YES'

5. Non-themed ads are ALWAYS welcome

6. Hem & Haw rule: Um, anything new in the world?

7. If you remember, please tag your entry with 'contest entry'. If you don't, no worries, I'll do it for you.

8. The most important rule of Vintage Ads at all time: HAVE FUN!!

Nightmare-inducing Dr Barnardo's Homes ad.

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A shocking proportion of the children "rescued from unfavourable surroundings" were shipped abroad, with little hope of ever seeing their families again. This continued until the 1960s. http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/working_with_former_barnardos_children/child_migration.htm

one day event.....nightmare inducing ads!

[misstia]

From the 1972 Nieman Marcus catalog. WHY?!?!?

one day event.....nightmare inducing ads!

[misstia]

For company you don't want to have for dinner anymore, may I suggest either of these?