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Thread Number: 30029
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| Post# 456143 , Reply# 1 8/11/2010 at 08:00 (5,007 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Are all the guy's son's? Is the dad in the pic? very confusing. Tom I noticed the Fleur de lis too. Saints Fans? I bought my late Mom her first Kenmore dishwasher, best money I ever spent in my entire life. arthur | ||
| Post# 456148 , Reply# 2 8/11/2010 at 08:45 (5,007 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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The guy on the far left has a slight resemblance to a young Dennis Quaid. | ||
| Post# 456156 , Reply# 3 8/11/2010 at 09:36 (5,007 days old) by markk290 () | ||
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It looks like dad is standing by the door. | ||
| Post# 456157 , Reply# 4 8/11/2010 at 09:43 (5,007 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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If they didn't want to change their underwear everyday I wonder if that means they didn't bath or shower either? EEK! Mom's crack about wishing they'd wear pajamas is too funny. Imagine those 7 hearty boys running around with no jammies. | ||
| Post# 456175 , Reply# 5 8/11/2010 at 11:25 (5,007 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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Imagine those 7 hearty boys running around with no jammies. Yes, I can and I would have to change more than just my underwear, LOL. | ||
Post# 456195 , Reply# 6 8/11/2010 at 12:50 (5,006 days old) by polkanut  (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 456200 , Reply# 7 8/11/2010 at 12:55 (5,006 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
Are these guys in pain??? | ||
| Post# 456206 , Reply# 8 8/11/2010 at 13:40 (5,006 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
Saints Fans?  | ||
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Post# 456207 , Reply# 9 8/11/2010 at 13:48 (5,006 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Too, too, funny. My how the world has changed. I don't know if any kids I know today would be considerate enough to buy their mom anything, much less a washing machine. | ||
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Post# 456219 , Reply# 10 8/11/2010 at 14:29 (5,006 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 456300 , Reply# 11 8/11/2010 at 18:39 (5,006 days old) by Spiceman1957 () | ||
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I like this ad A mother worries that her hunky boys won't have clean underwear every day. But why is she so concerned that her boys wears PJs versus sleeping nude. John | ||
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Post# 456308 , Reply# 12 8/11/2010 at 19:08 (5,006 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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No PJs | ||
| Post# 456320 , Reply# 13 8/11/2010 at 19:35 (5,006 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 456338 , Reply# 14 8/11/2010 at 20:28 (5,006 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 456343 , Reply# 15 8/11/2010 at 20:47 (5,006 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 456346 , Reply# 16 8/11/2010 at 22:00 (5,006 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Another take, respecting all others
Under the fleur-de-lis may be an electric cooker, forget what they're called, but dutch oven comes to mind, a huge, stainless steel- lidded, rectangular, white, ceramic or porcelain pot for stews and more to feed a large brood. My Aunt Marge had one.
The text refers only to sons, suggesting a fatherless household, a casualty of the Korean war, perhaps. The failure to mention a dad, and the way the sons are worried about their mom, and the fact that they, the sons, made the major purchase, rather than their father suggests that their dad has passed away. Conspicuously missing is any reference to her husband. The son on the far right in the new, classy white Keds shares the barest of smiles with his mom. He is the gay son. They both know the secret, like the Mona Lisa. A grim looking team of bowlers, indeed, who probably wore their underwear to bed. Sleeping buck might have been a bit much back then, and way too gay. Many boys in large families wore their "shorts" to bed. The whole mood suggests a film noir of the 40's &5O's, also the aura of Elvis and West Side Story, even though the washer dates from the early 70's. An amazing artful ad, one of the most striking and pregnant with meaning I've seen, especially for a washing machine which takes a most unusual and disappointing back seat in this rich family drama. I love this pictue and this thread. Used to do this for a living....interpret stuff. What fun to hear so many views. We might say this this is an example of advertising rising to the level of art. This post was last edited 08/11/2010 at 23:28 | ||
| Post# 456348 , Reply# 17 8/11/2010 at 22:11 (5,006 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Post# 456361 , Reply# 18 8/11/2010 at 22:54 (5,006 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Fleu-de-lis--could it be a roaster oven? I thought Whirlpool fist came out with their 18 pounder in the late 1960s? I thought that was probably when this ad was first out? I thought the Kenmore version was from like 1966 or 1968 at the latest too. Hmm, so that's not the dad with the spiffy white Keds. He definitely has the aura of quite a bit of maturity, being the oldest I spoze.
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| Post# 456367 , Reply# 20 8/11/2010 at 23:06 (5,006 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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HI Bob
I had late 60's in the sentence, but cut it out, because my WP 18 looks so much like the one in the POD and it's a '77 but the the round knob to the left of the main dial in the pic is earlier than that. I bet you're right. A late 60's sure fits the composition of the photo better.
Yeah, the first born son, close to Mom and gay. | ||
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