THE BLUEBIRD OF BITTERNESS
Home sweet home
Bob's sister Hannah
Bob's sister Ada
Bob's sister Eve
Bob's sister Nan
Bob's brother Otto
A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)
Bob's childhood home
Bob's mom and dad
Bob in his youth
Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna
Bob's cousin Archibald
Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)
Bob's cousin Chester
Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis
Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)
Bob's sister-in-law Sybil
Bob's cousin Thorndike
Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie
Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers
Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks
Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy
Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena
Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)
Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan
Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness
Bob's nephew Virgil, who loves sports
Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher
Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn
Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice
Bob's nephew Baxter
Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand
Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter
Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)
The Bluebird of Happinessâ„¢ (no relation to Bob)
A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)
A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)
Bluebird Bitterâ„¢, the beer they named for Bob
Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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This tells you how messed up our culture is, think about having a Lucky Strike instead of a snack. Wow.
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You might end up with emphysema, but at least you’ll be thin!
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Live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse, right? Ugh!
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Unbelievable–tapeworms??
— Suzanne
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I guess it would be effective, but still — EWWWWW!
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LOL – ah, so that’s how Grape-Nuts was advertised before Wilford Brimley became the “face” of it!
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Reblogged this on Random Ramblings; Myriad Musings and commented:
Some vintage advertisements from the Bluebird of Bitterness!
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Thanks for reblogging 🙂
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Tapeworms? Might as well try to lose weight with meth.
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True. “Effective” is not always equivalent to “advisable.”
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Seriously considering bile beans. Maybe in chili?
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Let me know how that turns out. 🙂
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Tape worms for weight loss makes a bizarre kind of sense. But how in the heck did they SANITIZE them??
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Good question… one that doesn’t bear too much thinking about!
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OMG, I remember some of these ads very clearly!
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Me too. Does this mean you’re as old as I am? Never mind, don’t answer that…
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I’d be an older sister to you, and I’d set a very good example. Maybe.
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All 100% scientifically valid, I’m sure!
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Why would they lie to you?
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I am getting all this stuff.
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I’ll expect to see some “before” and “after” pictures of you. 🙂
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But it will be a waste. You won’t recognize me.
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You’ll look like a supermodel! We’ll see you in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition!
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“I owe it all to Model Cream” (and a push-up bra?)
Weird and funny collection, bob. (Blogged, of course.)
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Thanks for the link! 🙂
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[…] Advertisements from long, long ago — get in shape edition […]
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A very interesting post.
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