1901 Jello ad

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

I often order Jello via phone.

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[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

Weird use of "stock imagery."

Also? Her thick black outlining is unflattering at best.

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Silly, it's all about the phallic use of the phone.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

I believe it. Look in her eyes. Pure tramp. She's trying to steal you from Royal.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Kinky. She could have just used an ear of corn instead.

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the boys have a way of hogging them all up. (http://news.3yen.com/wp-content/images/hyperwankers_350x262.jpg)

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Darn, I thought that was going to be a link to a Fleshlight!

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Alas, like ketchup-flavored potato chips, 'twas yet to be invented.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

MMmm. *SMACKS LIPS**

[moonwalker.livejournal.com]

Are you in Canada? Where do you get such delights?

Mary MMM

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Quick, get on the Jello-Phone to Jello-Man!

[hippie-chick.livejournal.com]

People used to order their groceries and have them delivered, you know. ;)

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

*nods* And even if you picked them up yourself, self-serve grocery stores post-dated this ad. You gave the grocer your list and had it filled rather than browsing shelves.

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

In 1932 Disney did a cartoon, "The Grocery Boy", with Mickey in the title role delivering Minnie's groceries, so the idea of having groceries delivered stuck around for quite a while, at least for city dwellers. As late as the 1960s small towns might not have a supermarket: Shirley Jackson had the narrator of We Have Always Lived In the Castle (1962, I think) walk into the village grocery and read the grocer her list as he and his wife assembled her order.

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. It just amused me.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Right! If you could afford a phone, you could afford a delivery fee. Most people still didn't have cars so getting to the store and schlepping the groceries home was a hassle. And if you sent your servant to do it, she'd take all day about it.

[crossfire.livejournal.com]

Lots of people still do. When I was house-bound for six weeks, grocery delivery was a lifesaver NEGL.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Yep, bodegas here in NYC will often deliver to your home.

[ice-hesitant.livejournal.com]

"Call today. We have smiling associates standing by 24/7 to service your Jell-O needs."

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

And in all flavors, I assume?

[vix.livejournal.com]

I miss those Jell-O Puddin Pop fuckers like you wouldn't believe.

[mschilepepper.livejournal.com]

Easy as pie to make your own! Get you some popsicle molds, fill with puddin', et voila! Puddin Pops!

[meig.livejournal.com]

That was some expensive Jello back then. It's like $2 a package today or some such. It doesn't cost that much these days.

[fluteplayette.livejournal.com]

I think the gelatin is 1.50 or less per package if I remember correctly.

[mschilepepper.livejournal.com]

MmmmmMM! Nothin' says yummy like hoof squeezins!

Ugh, I can't stand Jell-O. The texture makes me gag.

[bougieman.livejournal.com]

All seven??? God, pig out more, why don't you.

[moonwalker.livejournal.com]

Ten cents a package might be old *wink wink* for "dime bag." She looks like a wild eyed lead for an anti-drug movie called "Jell-O Madness."

"Pssst, I can't pay you until next week but can you bring it by anyway? Please???"

Mary MMM