Always a major turn off for me. Do not blow smoke in my face! I hated the smell on my clothes and in my hair. Of course, both my parents smoked, so I never really got away from it for a good many years. At least, we kept the windows open back in the olden days.
I remember the men swearing when the "church key" couldn't be found. Fortunately, one of the guys usually played it safe and carried the object on his key chain and came to the rescue of all the thirsty folks.
Just do it. I'm old enough to remember folks saying that, however, I don't remember the "You could get hit by a bus tomorrow" part.
Who would know better than the docs that Camels are good for you?
I know I was happy when I ate lard. My grandmother's Creole cooking was delicious and full of lard.
Thanks to Doug. Happy Fourth, my faithful stringer!
My Aunt Blanche(a nurse) and 'Uncle Doctor'(her physician husband) smoked 'Kools' all the time. They both finally quit about 3 years before he died of a heart problem in his '60s.
ReplyDeleteLard and Camels - whoo boy, now that was living.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in LPN school in the 70's, the doctors all smoked as they walked down the hospital corridors and as they wrote on charts at the nurses' station. And I was one of the few nurses I knew then who did NOT smoke. Glad times have changed.
ReplyDeleteReminding us not to get too nostalgic for "the good old days." Though lard does make for some good food.
ReplyDeleteMy family doctor as a child puffed on Winstons from room to room, putting them out as he came in the exam room, then re-lighting it as he sat down to write a prescription.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I would add to your collection of ads is I have a wonderful one touting the powers of Lysol--that when diluted, could be used as a douche. Ewwwg!
Many doctors and nurses smoked back in the day. Some still do.
ReplyDeleteKirke, I didn't use all the ads. I have one for prophylactics in the collection that Doug sent me. It must have been in the men's magazines, because it's majorly misogynistic.
Well, well. I Googled, and I see that it was for the men in the military during WWII. Here's the link. Click on the picture for the larger view.
No suggestion that the men may spread the disease. Cherchez la femme!
Well, and Mimi, we all know that it is only those nasty women who spread "the drip"...guys have nothing to do with it...(big eye roll...)
ReplyDeleteMy parents both smoked. I remember 2 day car journeys to Spain in summer when they took it in turns to smoke, the 3 of us children sat in the back, all windows closed.
ReplyDeleteAnd everyone thought it was normal.
Oh, those times in the car filled with secondhand smoke were such fun. We didn't own a car, so I didn't have to put up with long family trips, but many of my friends in high school and college smoked, and they spread their joy in the cars.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, there was no air-conditioning in the cars then, and the weather was usually mild, so the car windows were often open.
And everyone thought it was normal.
That's the money quote, Erika.
That lard add really is funny. It's probably better for you than some of the preservatives, etc. we find in our foods today. Well, some - not all.
ReplyDeleteLynn, like trans-fatty acids? My deceased father-in-law, who was a health food nut, was talking about how bad trans-fat was thirty years ago. He lived to be 91.
ReplyDeleteSince July 1 it has been against the law here in our state to smoke in a car containing a person under 16 years of age. Things slowly improve. However I have always been shocked at the groups of nurses smoking outside the hospitals, they seem to be the worst offenders
ReplyDeleteBrian, we should have such a law here. I hate it when I see children in a car with an adult smoking, and all the windows closed.
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