1919 Jubol Laxative (French)

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

You guys. I've read the copy on this laxative ad, and it promises the results that you'd expect from a 1919 laxative ad, but...
There's a picture of tiny people scrubbing out an intestine.



I just can't get past the Intestine Janitors.

Comments

[tsuki-no-hana.livejournal.com]

If they seriously got rid of vertigo and migraines I would totally put tiny people in my guts.

[siddles.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was the migraines bit that got my attention! Then I took a closer at the picture in all its ickiness... is the guy on top balancing on the other dude's elbow?

[xayeidemon.livejournal.com]

Why did they go all the way to Brazil to get a doctor who'd back up their claims? And why aren't the poop janitors wearing shoes?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

You'd want them to wear shoes? Not me! I would want them to make sure they trimmed their toenails, too. And be careful with that bucket and brush.

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

But... but the lack of shoes is unhygenic on both sides-- who knows what laxative-elf diseases they are spreading to the owner of the intestine, and perhaps the contents of the intestine may spread diseases to the laxative-elf community!

[aj-hyena.livejournal.com]

The laxative elves go to the north pole in the winter season for their winter job; Santa cures them of their ills for the year. :P

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

It is typical of the day in promising that having a good poop will cure all your ills. The intestine janitors are extra nasty, though.

That Brazilian doctor's name is interesting. I know someone from Brazil named de Sa and I'm wondering if there's any relation or if this is just a common name. I'll have to ask.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

I wonder if that doctor even existed! D:

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

10 bucks says they pulled the name out of a Brazillian phone book.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure de Sa is more common than you think.

[ticktockman.livejournal.com]

Barry Malzberg wrote The Men Inside on essentially this theme.

*daha*

[blasphemusfish.livejournal.com]

The gaviscon firemen get all the glory up in the oesophagus while these poor dudes get to clean up all the shit :c

The little dudes working in your medicine idea is still around c:

[blasphemusfish.livejournal.com]

Please work, stupid video ;-;

[misstia]

i don't have a south park icon....but i immediately thought of lemmikins in mr. slave's ass....

[year-anda-day.livejournal.com]

Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this.

[marstokyo.livejournal.com]

Freeze dried tiny people reconstitute inside your intestines and clean up the mess! Sure!

[spyderfyngers.livejournal.com]

Amazing.

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

I have so many comments involving Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs and my colon that I'm not going to post them.

[cuddledumplin.livejournal.com]

Those people have a shitty job.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

Finally, a joke!

[bluedelliquanti.livejournal.com]

I used to listen to James Lileks' Diner podcasts in high school (retro nut, even back then!) so I saw this ad and all I could think of was Lileks reminiscing about his nice tall glass of frosty Jubol.
... I really hope that this Jubol isn't that Jubol. Or else... nice frosty laxative!

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

Still beats the hell out of tapeworms!

BTW, my dogs currently have them. Anyone want me to put them in little capsules for you so you can lose weight? (tapeworms, not tiny people!)

[herbadness.livejournal.com]

See, I kinda thought the people were metaphors for some kind of worms. So people would scream when they shit them out.

[herbadness.livejournal.com]

I meant wouldn't scream.

[afranjes.livejournal.com]

Great. Now I'm going to have nightmares about the intestine-tunnel.

[fra-r.livejournal.com]

I hope they have a life boat! Ha!

[paularubia.livejournal.com]

Worst. Job. Ever.