D'OH!

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

I scan a lot of stuff.. A LOT. I glance at some of them to catch my eye, and if something does, then I'll post it right away. Usually stuff like this, with lots of pics and text, I'll do the once over and I'll post it into my Flickr account and that'll be it.

Like the case for this ad. Doesn't look out of the ordinary (to me) and I posted it to Flickr a few days ago.

Tonight I come home to see a comment about a dead deer on the front of the car in the ad. WTH? And sure enough, YES, on the bottom left hand side, there is, a deer carcass. The description doesn't help about WHY it's splayed on the front of the car, just a bit about storing the deer meat in the freezer. So yeah, many questions.. Did dad hit the deer on the way home and just leave it there? Why didn't he, you know, tie it down?

EDIT: ok, everyone but me saw the rope on the hooves tied to the bumper. My Bad. Deer stew for everyone!

Comments

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

I think it is tied down - there appears to be twine holding it to the front bumper. Still don't think that would be enought to keep it attached to a moving car tho!

[whoseline_wlsc]

I agree, it does look like it's tied down. But that's kind of a weird place to put it!

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Hey, here in Wisconsin, I've seen 'em tied across the radiator! ACK! Mostly when I was a kid. Now, you usually see them peering sightlessly out of pickups and 4X4's.

[itskelp.livejournal.com]

my dad happened upon a skinned one in the back of a guy's truck. . .startled him a bit, haha

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

A SKINNED deer would startle me, too! Yikes!

[misstia]

i will never look as fondly upon those old cars with the huge honkin' wheel wells again...WTF?!? and that begets the question---WHERE DID HE STICK HIS FISH???

[tresjolie9.livejournal.com]

Manifold Destiny (http://www.amazon.com/reader/0375751408?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=sib_dp_pt#reader-link)

[jazzybabe56.livejournal.com]

actually he did tie it down....the front hooves have rope over them and are tied to the front bumper.....people didnt' drive that fast then...this would have been fine then - no doubt....

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Besides the ad using the word "bag," Dad is also wearing a hunting cap, and the deer is indeed tied down.

I do love these ads, though. They really make me realise how lucky I am to have grown up with these sorts of appliances as affordable realities.

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

OK, everyone is right, I blew it up (real good) and yeah, it's tied down. :D

[jazzybabe56.livejournal.com]

also I love how she uses a picnic basket to shop with - kind of the same thing now

up here in Canada a lot of stores have started charging 5 cents a bag to promote "bringing your own bag" instead of creating all the landfill....

its come full circle now......:)

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

Okay, I agree with every point in this ad, except the deer part. I have a freezer, and use it for all those things - except here it' gets horribly hot, instead of cold. I would love to see what this writer would have done with microwaves.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Damn you, Starman! Oh well, Spam for dinner again.

[bernthewitch.livejournal.com]

God I can't imagine life without a freezer. You forget how much you rely on the darned thing when power cuts are rampant and you lose most of the month's worth of frozen meat. Eish.

[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

You can feed unexpected guests at a minute's notice.

"Quick, honey! The Beekmans are walking up to the front door. Go defrost a pot roast under the faucet, and I'll tell them that dinner will be ready in 6 hours."

[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Hrm, I only have the freezer in the fridge and I find I don't want a bigger one. Only my husband eats meat and I tend to prefer to cook/use fresh foods.

However, it might be a different story if I had a big garden - esp since I don't like canning and jarring.

Anyone else think of that Woody Allen skit when they saw that deer?

[vp19.livejournal.com]

Anyone else think of that Woody Allen skit when they saw that deer?

Not initially, because the animal in his skit was a moose, but now that you bring it up...

(using the Rodney Dangerfield voice in "Back To School") Venison for everybody!

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

Bear in mind that in 1947, your refrigerator was very likely prewar: it would have come as high as your shoulder, probably had a "monitor top", and had a freezer compartment a bit smaller than a shoebox.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

It was at the time customary to drive home from the hunt with your trophies proudly splayed across the hood of the car ... partly vanity but partly also cause you didn't want the gore dripping on the upholstery.

[foxsong.livejournal.com]

O for the days when cars had such extravagant fenders that you could carry a whole deer on each side! ;-)

[hooverdam.livejournal.com]

The reason the deer is splayed on the fender, TJ Hooker-style, is because there's no room in the backseat, because there's an elephant there. I mean, really.

[bradygirl_12]

And those freezers were handy for storing other things. How many murder mysteries ended up with a body in the freezer? ;)