Pluto Water, 1930

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

I can't help but think that mineral water makes an ineffective laxative. Please correct me if I'm wrong.



Edit: Wow, apparently it did have strongly laxative properties, and apparently it isn't the only one. Wonder why they've lost popularity around here?

Comments

[effika.livejournal.com]

A laxative from French Lick Springs, eh? I'm not entirely certain I'm ready to write that down in my book.

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

IKR? It sounds like some kind of porno move. "OK, now give him the French Lick!"

[miafedup.livejournal.com]

Sold at fountains everywhere? Fountains. I miss fountains. They were like modern day starbucks. Place to hang out, socialize. Fountains. It's just cool.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

I miss them, too. There was a really nice one down the street from the house I grew up in. It was in a drugstore that filled prescriptions, sold candy and cigars, all that nifty stuff. They mixed Cokes and phosphates and made fantastic sundaes. Man, do I miss that place!

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

ooooo, I remember those days. Vanilla phosphates at Dwyer's Pharmacy corner of Florence and Main in Buffalo. Long, long gone :-(

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

It really is a shame. :(

[meleth.livejournal.com]

We have one downtown. I keep meaning to take myself there for a burger and an egg cream.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Do it now, before it disappears forever. :(

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll do that after work tomorrow or Friday. Possibly.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

What struck me as weird was the idea of ordering this at a soda fountain. Can you imagine a kid doing this in front of his friends? Or, worse, the neighborhood bully who won't let him go to the john when the stuff kicks in. I have this whole scenario in my mind starring George McFly and Biff Tannen (yeah, I know that was the 50s, not the 30s).

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

My inner 12-year-old is giggling at "French Lick" Springs.

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

Why did the hyphenate "mineral" at the top of the page? It looks weird. Having your column even is not that important!

<--- former typesetter and graphics artist.

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

Somehow, all I can picture is people standing in the springs and waiting for bottles to bubble full by hand. Not the most hygienic-sounding product, I have to say.

There's a Big Lick River in Kentucky, as I recall from several road trips between Ohio and Tennessee. And now in NC, I keep seeing/hearing about the French Broad River. French Broad? I keep imagining it's named after Susy from the Skydivers. The white settlers were sure some strange folk.

[evilfoo.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard, nowadays if you want that effect, try Alli. x_X

[bear-foot.livejournal.com]

alli... some marketers idea of using up the whole leftover supply of olestra(sp) from the olestra chips?