D: D: D:

[aesc]

There is not enough WTF in the world for this.


Before there was Summer's Eve, there was...



Again I say: D: D: D:

I mean seriously, anything that strongly suggests you use rubber gloves while applying it to various surfaces should probably not be put inside you. For all I know, Lysol might be a great feminine hygeine product, but still, what's next? Shaving your legs with a straight razor? *cringes*

And then there's this, which makes me so so happy I'm alive right now:



Just... no. No thank you. I like to think the woman's thinking, "Vitamins, and also the fact that soon I will kill you, bury you with quicklime, and run off to Tijuana."

I'll be over here now, doing... something.

Comments

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

Wow. I just. Huh. Wow.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

This was what I woke up to... I hadn't even had my coffee yet. I'm still trying to decide if that's a good thing.

[tex.livejournal.com]

O_O.

Oh. No wonder my mother was always so cranky.

[smilla02.livejournal.com]

...
I just can't.
Wow.

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm hoping they meant a specific product by the Lysol company, rather than the stuff houses are cleaned with because that's seriously not right.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Seriously!!! I cannot imagine that being in any way pleasant or gentle. If the condition of having "close companionship" with someone was rinsing myself with household cleanser, I would very happily become a nun, thank you.

[trobadora]

*retches*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping so too, but somehow... I think not :/ I've been trying to tell myself that the Lysol has to be diluted (I mean, it's in that teeny bottle, so it seems concentrated), because 200-proof Lysol douche???? Nooooo, take it awaaaay.

[rilestar.livejournal.com]

...

Although, sometimes I think we really haven't come that far...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

DO NOT WANT.

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

Ow. Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow. And a great big helping of, "Oh, HELL NO." ::clears throat:: That is all.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I had just logged onto my computer the first time this morning when I saw this, and I was reading, reading, "blah blah distant husband blah blah feminine hygeine blah... wait. Does that say Lysol. OH MY GOD IT DOES."

[aesc.livejournal.com]

In my "glass is half-full moments," I tell myself that at least I will only have (roughly) twice the difficulty in winning tenure than my male counterpart as opposed to, say, the almost futile endeavor it was thirty years ago.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes. And also TAKE IT AWAY.

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

I'd say we should burn it in effigy to teach those other douches a lesson, but that might be a bit...explosive.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

What year are these adverts from? I am totally using them in my women's history class

[rilestar.livejournal.com]

Well, perhaps if you were to use Lysol you would improve those chances even further ...

[thisissirius.livejournal.com]

oh, wow. do not want!

[clear-as-blood.livejournal.com]

Well, the note does say to use "correct 'Lysol' solution" not just whatever you have lying around so I'll give them the benefit of a doubt...because the alternative is something I'd rather not think about.

[elizabeth perry (from livejournal.com)]

::crosses legs:: SO MUCH NO.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I think "solution" there is referring to dilution of Lysol in water :/ The MUM site (http://www.mum.org/lysolpre.htm) has a couple pages on the subject, including some ads... one from 1928, and they seem to imply that the Lysol here is the Lysol one uses to clean floors and kill insects.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'll try that and let you know how it goes :D

[ruggerdavey.livejournal.com]

OMG, ow.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I don't have dates (the ads were just emailed to me by a friend who likes to see me writhe in horror), but from the info. I've looked up, the Lysol one is likely from the 1940s--there is a whole slew of them at MUM (http://www.mum.org/lysolpre.htm) (there are some other pages as well, including ads from 1948 (http://www.mum.org/Lysol48.htm) and 1928 (http://www.mum.org/lysol1.htm), and someone has a Flickr account with a Gallery of Horror (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/834100/)). The Kellogg's PEP ad is probably from the 30s or 40s as well... I couldn't track down a trustworthy source; the only one I could find with a date was the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=496827&in_pa), which only says "1930s."

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Your icon is so, so appropriate.