Comments on: Yes, Lysol.

Yes, Lysol.

jonson — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:51:56 -0800

Lysol?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:52:52 -0800

ewww.

By: greasy_skillet

greasy_skillet — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:54:56 -0800

Nice use of the "cooterwash" tag!

By: zerokey

zerokey — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:55:34 -0800

jesus fucking burning christ! Ow! Are there also ads recommending Drano for constipation??

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:57:36 -0800

Nice use of the "cooterwash" tag! I had always wondered what that tag was even FOR, until I thought of this post. Glad to finally have a use for the darn thing.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:57:38 -0800

Soft on the hoohoo while you scrub the floor!

By: Parannoyed

Parannoyed — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:58:53 -0800

And hey, if it works down there, why not gargle with it? or clean your ears out? Or maybe use it with your contacts next time they're dirty? IT'S A BOTTLE OF A THOUSAND USES!!!111!`1!@~

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:00:05 -0800

Related.

By: guruguy9

guruguy9 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:04:02 -0800

At first I was just thinking BJ's - but I'm so mod.

By: Specklet

Specklet — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:05:10 -0800

Nothing like a lady's keener what smells like clean linoleum.

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:07:33 -0800

I'm not really one to bitch about a single-link FPP, but this is a little ridiculous...one link, one page, to a single ad about a single topic.

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:08:52 -0800

I vote Republican to get back to happier times like this.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:19:26 -0800

Nice non-use of the "Lysol" tag.

By: icosahedral

icosahedral — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:23:24 -0800

"No greasy aftereffect." *blinks*

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:25:07 -0800

Lysol?

By: xthlc

xthlc — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:26:30 -0800

Because your husband would, of course, prefer a stinky drippy yeast infection thanks to your constant doucheing.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:26:40 -0800

Kickstart70 needs to shut up. This is awesome, in a nasty nasty nasty sort of way. Cool find.

By: nomisxid

nomisxid — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:30:28 -0800

The rest of the guy's blog is kind of amusing...this paragraph will stick with me... Sleep apnea. Ha! It's another of those fake ailments we make up for ourselves, to add drama to our lives. Like peanut allergies. When I was a kid everybody gobbled down peanut butter sandwiches as if the Russians were in Weston, and I can't remember them hauling away any body bags. Ya know? Not once did I witness one of my classmates bite into a peanut butter cracker, drop to the floor, and proceed to expand to twice his normal size. It would've been pretty cool, though.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:34:06 -0800

why not gargle with it? thinking BJ's I recently read a quick trick ridding a patch of dry/flaky skin was dabbing it with Listerine mouthwash...wouldn't be surprise if it were used here too.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:34:58 -0800

jonson being jonson, I expected to end up somewhere like this when I clicked. I'm not sure which would've been worse.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:35:55 -0800

Lysol!

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:02:49 -0800

photoshop

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:06:31 -0800

I'd like to send a shout-out to Jeff Kay at the bunker!

By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:09:42 -0800

Thank you for the link. This is particularly interesting to me, as I learned recently that my aunt Linda was forced to douche with Lysol by her step-mother Evelyn, and that was in the late 1960s. At the time I thought it was an example of Evelyn's sadism, but I see it was a common practice in the early 20th century.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:10:15 -0800

This is good, if nasty, nasty stuff. But the real question is, who's gonna send away for the free booklet of information about spraying Lysol in your's or someone you love's vagina? Makeshifts like salt and soda? Who in their right mind is going to stuff salt in their vagina in the hopes that it'll "make them fresher"?

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:12:58 -0800

Wait, if she's got the Lysol, what have I been cleaning the counters with?

By: wakko

wakko — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:17:17 -0800

Why not just hang this from the clitoris?

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:20:46 -0800

Nope, MonkeySaltedNuts, it's not... Lysol started it's life as a Feminine Disinfectant, as evidenced by ads over at the Museum Of Menstruation: The Love Quiz and The Girl He Married. Lysol, which apparently hasn't changed formulas in it's journey from the healthcare to cleaning aisle, was also used as a spermicide and an abortificant. Margot Kidder wrote about her experience of having an abortion using Lysol in The Choices We Made.

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:22:20 -0800

oh, and maybe we should be more worried that this is what Fresca used to mean. I need to go back to Diet Coke.

By: NewBornHippy

NewBornHippy — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:30:31 -0800

She's trying to open the door of the vagina shower?

By: wakko

wakko — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:35:32 -0800

Is that like an eyewash, except not?

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:42:19 -0800

And this is where One makes a Cartmanesque 'Sand In Your Vagina' joke. I'll be here all week.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:42:51 -0800

"Why not just hang this from the clitoris?" wakko, that's what navel piercings are for.

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:44:54 -0800

jonson being jonson, I expected to end up somewhere like this when I clicked. m_c_d, where do you get these crazy ideas about me?

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:01:04 -0800

Personally, I think jonson is a douchebag for posting this.

By: smartyboots

smartyboots — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:03:02 -0800

I remember coming across a similar ad in an old magazine I came across in my high school art classroom. Much giggling and gasping occurred. Lyson acts in a way that makeshifts like soap, salt or soda never can. Salt? Tasty!

By: ericbop

ericbop — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:15:38 -0800

That's nothing! Did you know that before Preparation H was a tasty sandwhich spread, they actually used it to treat hemorrhoids?

By: ericbop

ericbop — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:16:02 -0800

sandwich

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:23:47 -0800

MonkeySaltedNuts : "photoshop" aristan : "Nope, MonkeySaltedNuts, it's not... " I'm not questioning whether Lysol started out as a douche. It is just that I think the link may be a photoshop. Compare it, to 1 and 2 from the Museum Of Menstruation. First the typography is wrong. The linked version is much more modern looking and may be a simple laser printer job. Second, the linked version is too explicit - "truely clenses the vaginal canal even in the presence of mucus matter". The museum examples only hint at the problem i.e. feminine hygine, douche, personal grooming.

By: flarbuse

flarbuse — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:24:17 -0800

I remember some drunken hook-ups when it would have been useful to have some Lysol before going in.

By: squalor

squalor — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:36:12 -0800

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:36:27 -0800

Kickstart70 needs to shut up. Thanks, but nope. One of the joys of freedom of expression. Like saying someone who complains about my statement is a bag for a Lysol douche. Not that I'd ever do that.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:39:29 -0800

First the typography is wrong. The linked version is much more modern looking and may be a simple laser printer job. What are you a Swift Boat Veteran? The second ad you link is from the 1920s or 30s (look at the auto), while the one from the FPP is from the 1950s. Meanwhile, look at this magazine ad from 1950, which has very similar typography to the FPP.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:40:23 -0800

Better closeup of the Toni ad

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:08:33 -0800

Q. Why does Miss Piggy douche with vinegar and honey? A. Because Kermit likes sweet and sour pork. (sorry)

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:13:04 -0800

The original has a URL for Strange Cosmos on it, when you head over to Strange Cosmos and find the image... it's got two URLs... the one for Strange Cosmos and the one for AdFlip. The Linked image is cropped to remove it: Original Another Lysol Ad on Strange Cosmos from 1944 that mentions 'sensitive vaginal tissues'. Another Strange Ad from Lysol involving spiderwebs and douching. I am not kidding.

By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:17:16 -0800

That Lysol ad with the spiderwebs is hilarious.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:19:34 -0800

Best. Post. Ever.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:50:46 -0800

That headline on the original post is just horrible. It reads like it was translated from another, lesser language. The first photo in the spiderwebs ad is going up on my wall. I wonder why they used quotes around Lysol?

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:58:47 -0800

Saw it in sex psych class last term.

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:04:03 -0800

Hey, BrianK... thanks for my new addiction. I have so many great ads over on AdFlip... Midol Ad - Betty's Gay! You'll lose weight with Ayds! The Easiest Way to Travel With Children

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:06:33 -0800

I know a great way to travel with children in airplanes: sleeping aids crushed into 6 ounce bottles of Hi-C.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:14:12 -0800

A strange thought occurred to me after reading through this stuff. This probably means that somewhere there are a group of elderly guys who really really get turned on by the smell of lysol

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:33:59 -0800

another testimonial from a satisfied customer " I have tried many commercial carpet solutions over the years, most of which didn't work and had chemicals or fragrances that made me sick. Nothing has ever worked as well as the Lysol. I can always see improvement in my breathing after doing this." i'm so going to hell for this

By: c13

c13 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:57:34 -0800

I'm sure it would be even more effective when used in conjunction with Scotch-Brite pads.

By: davy

davy — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:40:11 -0800

Oh man the TONE of those Lysol ads. I thought I was a misogynist. "A man marries a woman because he loves her. So instead of blaming him of married love starts to cool, she should question herself." WHAT?!? No wonder so many women are neurotic. I've been with a few women in lo these many many moons, and there were only four I've known who smelled BAD "down there": one turned out to have chlamydia ("girl, trust me, you need a doctor"), one just didn't wash, and two had yeast infections -- one from antibiotics and one from "Summer's Eve". Did women think their "privates" smelled before these douches and disinfectants came out? And why don't more men worry about wet farts and skid marks?

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:52:40 -0800

aristan: Your "original" link is to strange cosmos, not ad-flip, and I don't want to register at ad-flip just to search out and see their image. I have heard that Lysol was marketed as birth control with some double meanings in their ads. In the text of the ads so far posted I have not been able to pick up on this second meaning, other than maybe "kills germs" = "kills sperms", and maybe "wives being wedding fresh" = "not pregnant". Mostly the ads imply there is a smell problem, which my wife has only when she is "on the rag". The FPP link, if real, is the most explicit, since a mucus filled vaginal canal is either the result of sex or a condition that needs medical attention. Real mucus is good for you. Most all of the passages in, out, and through our bodies are coated with mucus for protection. The horrible part of the hidden Lysol campaign was that it equated mucus, sexual fluids, runaway microorganism growth, and pus from disease as all the same - a thing that Lysol could remove to make things squeaky (or dry as sandpaper) clean.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:17:08 -0800

Is this really real?

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:17:15 -0800

Here also should mentioned the Coca Cola douche. The Fugs did a song about it but I have been unable to turn up the lyrics online. They held that it was good for birth control and as far I remember they said introduction of caffeine through the vaginal membranes made "my baby buck like a wildcat".

By: aristan

aristan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:34:16 -0800

Your "original" link is to strange cosmos, not ad-flip, and I don't want to register at ad-flip just to search out and see their image. MSN: Yes, I sent the link to the Strange Cosmos site for the exact same reason: I'm not a member either. Lysol was used as a contraceptive up until 1960, and this is probably a much later ad that the ads on MUM.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:50:26 -0800

This might be a little bit off topic but as a kids, Lysol, provided my brother and I endless hours of fun on rainy days when the parents were slaving away. As a lighter flame placed in the aerosol blast of above mentioned err..."feminine hygeine product", makes for one sweet scary somnabitch flame thrower.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:58:53 -0800

The advertisement reads like a husband is to hand it to his wife when he comes home from work. Honey, I'd thought we would have sex tonight. Thus being thrifty, I purchased Lysol for you to fresh up with, than expensive perfume. Plus you can clean the bathroom's sink and toilet when your done using the room. Woman douche with Lysol – so when walking by your man it squeaks: clean, for him to think like a pig.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:03:01 -0800

Totally sick ad that yes, I've seen before. And a ridiculous FPP. It's still shocking how misogynistic that era was - when it wasn't that long ago. I can't think of much else worse for a vagina than Lysol.

By: found missing

found missing — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:20:48 -0800

This is funny, because we normally don't put household cleaning products in our vaginas.

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:29:46 -0800

Back when they really did this, they did dilute the actual product (not to say that makes it any better as a concept.) I know an old woman who once got up in the middle of the night with a sore throat, and gargled in the dark with what she thought was mouthwash. It was the smell that she caught first. She spit it out and turned on the light, and has not been able to taste anything since.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:16:24 -0800

This is funny, because we normally don't put household cleaning products in our vaginas. I don't find it funny in the least that women were pressured to put household poisons in the most sensitive part of their bodies because, gasp, they *might* have an offensive odor (all women being dirty, of course). Do it ladies! Your husbands might like your more!

By: found missing

found missing — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:40:10 -0800

Way to make it not funny.

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:45:23 -0800

This is funny, because agregoli failed to detect found missing's sarcasm

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:54:39 -0800

Maybe I did, but I don't even feel a hint of a joke is appropriate here. The tone of this thread is overwhelmingly, "Wow, isn't this hysterical!" I can't help but feel awful at the very concept of this, and the fact that thousands of women bought the advertising and DID this to themselves. It's horrific. Sorry if that ruins the joke, but this *is* a pretty awful thing.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:08:56 -0800

Some people find it amusing, some find it horrifying; life is subjective that way. No one will try to argue you into finding it funny, nor should you try to scold anyone into finding it tragic. The bullying of appropriate behavior is the mortal enemy of the cooterwash tag.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:29:23 -0800

Since when am I scolding? I find it tragic. End of story. My finding it tragic doesn't infringe on anyone finding it funny. Geez.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:04:57 -0800

Since when am I scolding? I dunno, how long has it been since time immemorial?

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:10:02 -0800

And you feel the need to make that kind of comment, why, exactly, jonmc? Why are you trying to be hurtful towards me? I know it only encourages the pile-on, but I'm really very hurt by this. I don't know what is wrong with my sharing of my opinion on this rather weak FPP. I'm sorry if it wasn't appropriate to use the word "appropriate" but I wasn't trying to scold anyone. I was trying to inject a little bit of the seriousness and sadness with which I regard these types of things. My first reaction to an ad like this might be, "Wow, that's crazy," but my second reaction is one of deep sorrow at what millions of women before me have had to go through and the shame they've been made to feel about their own bodies. It breaks my heart and that's probably a joke to a lot of you too, but oh well. I can't help how I feel. Carry on with the boyfest.

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:36:32 -0800

Boyfest? I find the ad funny and creepy. I find the thought of actual women using Lysol as a douche to be sad and creepy. My opinion on the matter is not dictated by my genitals.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:54:10 -0800

I apologize for that. No, your opinion is certainly not dictated by your genitals.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:41:24 -0800

And you feel the need to make that kind of comment, why, exactly, jonmc? Why are you trying to be hurtful towards me? Like you, I'm just stating an opinion. You blame everything on misogyny and patriarchical oppression. It's boring as hell. I don't know you well enough to want to be hurtful towards you. But if you put your words in a public forum, people are going to offer their opinions on them. Get a helmet, cupcake.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:42:25 -0800

Not to mention, why the hell do you even care what I think of you?

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:24:40 -0800

Cupcake helmet

By: aristan

aristan — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:04:12 -0800

I think that some of you may be missing the point, at least the point that I see. Lysol, the brand name of a cleaner made of Cresol, was not always a household cleaner. It began it's life as a surgical antiseptic. So when women of the period were using it, they were simply using a chemical that served much the same purpose in hospitals. Later it was found that other chemicals could be used for the same purposes and were less toxic. This debate isn't "Women are stupid" or "Men are pigs". Hell... it's not even really a debate. I think most people are thinking "People in the first half of the 20th century were crazy". This is after all a period of time that thought Lysol was a good douche, that Asbestos made for terrific sleepwear, that Xray Machines were the perfect accessory for the shoe store, and that Nuclear Bomb test sites were terrific tourist attractions. Hindsight is 20/20 and we know better now. There's still tons of things that people put on/in their bodies that if they actually knew the ingredients, they'd never use again. I work in a store where we've noticed that yogurt covered candy actually contains a couple of ingredients that are also in Housepaint. They're all non-toxic of course... but after, they felt Lysol was non-toxic too.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:14:10 -0800

I remember coming across a similar ad in an old magazine I came across in my high school art classroom. Much giggling and gasping occurred. I don't think we need to hear about your onanistic adventures, do we?