When I lived in Detroit, the attic of the house I lived in was full of old magazines. My mom took 3 of them, one of which was from the month that she was born. My brother-in-law's brother was over for Christmas and was thumbing through the magazine when he noticed an ad that promised to help him "Wake up Gay." Everyone got quite a kick out of it, so I scanned the page and thought I'd post the whole thing here.
HELLOOOOOOO! I just LOVE Ovaltine! I had no idea!
ReplyDeleteAppropriate for this time of year: don we now our gay apparel ...
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteyeah, thats a surprise
ReplyDeleteI have a glass every night before bed, then a shot just to wake me up in the morning. It's the only way to fly!
ReplyDeleteThat explains why you are so festive in the morning
ReplyDeleteIt'd be queer otherwise...
ReplyDeleteI like my queers flaming - maybe drink some hot ovaltine?
ReplyDeleteyou could add whiskey then light it on fire. it would be more festive for the holidays that way too -- maybe with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
ReplyDeleteDarryls new nickname is Nutmeg, pass it on!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea. I guess it's time to ban Ovaltine.
ReplyDeleteIf this were true, I'd quit my job and become a wedding caterer. Ovaltine would be a secret ingredient in EVERYTHING!!! :D :D
or propose a "don't ask don't tell" if you drink ovaltine
ReplyDeleteSounds like a new sitcom:
ReplyDeleteBarefoot and Nutmeg: Private Eyes
...exploring the heretofore unknown effects of various common household foods.
ReplyDeleteCSI - Cuisine Solution Investigations
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of "unknown effects": I made a batch of hobo bread today. I didn't have anywhere near enough raisins (about 2/3 C and the recipe calls for 2 C) so I decided to backfill with dried currants. The bread came out not quite as sweet as with raisins, and it has a slight tang to it. But it's pretty tasty anyway.
what are you 80??
ReplyDeleteNot till my next birthday. But I don't look a day over 75.
ReplyDeleteThat explains the raisin fetish. Next thing you are going to tell me is you wake up each day with a tasty glass of prune juice
ReplyDeleteI sleep in a tank filled with prune juice every night.
ReplyDeletejust like Michael Jackson
ReplyDeleteBut, when he does it, it's just crazy.
ReplyDeletehe's doing it because he's lazy - he won't let it come naturally
ReplyDeleteThe prune juice?
ReplyDeleteno the poo-poo
ReplyDeleteI love those old ads! I framed one for my basement bathroom...something about a "shower yoke"...it shows a man crouched in a tub with this contraption over his shoulders and plugged into the tubs faucet! I guess it simulates showering. ...oh heck, I probably just saved it for the naked guy..;~)
ReplyDeleteruth, you would have loved the attic in the house i lived in in detroit. (in fact, that's where that trunk came from that i still need to clear off and bring over to your house.) it was full of magazines from the time of WWII as well as a couple that i found from before 1900!
ReplyDeletethat old rocking chair was up there, an old toaster (the kind you plug in but you have to pull the toast out yourself and flip it over to brown the other side), old bottles, old lamps.... it was a treasure trove. but all of that stuff was a dime a dozen in detroit and no one wanted it. (i tried to sell some of the stuff.) if i had only known i would have hauled it all to san francisco where i would have made a bundle. but instead i left it behind and the next guy that came in threw it all away. :-(