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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Do you remember Body on Tap shampoo? Its tv ad is your hed gif source, via Bionic Disco: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/body-on-tap-shampoo

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Doug Langley's avatar

Hmm, if memory serves, body shampoos died a horrible bloody death. No woman wants any hint she's covered with hair.

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Dee Nelson's avatar

LOL, during the peak of the "beer as shampoo" trend of the 70s we younguns used to ask for cans of beer from our parents for "shampoo". None of those beers made it into our hair, but into our gullets come Saturday night.

My dad drank Schaeffer though (yech)

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calliecallie, aka pollyanna's avatar

Isn't that Kim Basinger?

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

It is! (I put that bit of trivia in my linked article)

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Edith Prickly's avatar

'80s shampoo commercials were the best. Anybody remember Agree shampoo and its in-your-face jingle: "Have YOU got the greasies??"

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

LOL, I would have thought that would have been one I would have remembered, but I don't. Maybe I missed it.

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Opalescent Riddles's avatar

I remember all too well. My girlfriend at the time used that shampoo, and not only was her hair fabulous, it also smelled great. If I smelled it today I would be instantly transported to that wondrous time in my life.

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Erin's avatar

I don't, but now I'm remembering a guy driving a sedan singing about Selsun Blue to a Niel Diamond tune.

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

I have always been partial to the "Me and My Arrow" car commercials.

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VogonPoeticLicense's avatar

I Dippity Do not.

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TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

I do! I got busted with some pals for being drunk on school grounds (it wasn’t even my school) and when the authority haver said “I smell alcohol” I responded “it’s my shampoo!”.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

I was at a school demonstration of a portable BAC gizmo, the fellow demonstrating used a squirt of Binaca or similar "for simulation purposes", then blew a level not compatible with life. Like .7 or something.

He didn't realize it, but he'd taught everyone how to beat his breathalyzer

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Renaissance Outlaw's avatar

Urban legend said that drinking Zima would not register on a BAC 🤦‍♂️

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Yikes, a marketing urban legend aimed at those who plan ahead...

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paxpax's avatar

Binaca cured everything

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

How would blowing a .7 beat the breathalyzer? Just by reading way too much alcohol? Seems like that would be the opposite of beating it, but I'm not very familiar with their operation at the technical level.

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Easily refuted evidence is no evidence at all

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Aquaman, Real Estate Investor.'s avatar

Good defense in court.

"If it worked and I really had a blood alcohol level that high I'd be dead, Court should dismiss the reading as evidence". Here's a doctor to tell you how dead I'd be.

And a fireman to tell you how flammable I'd be.

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

"Sure, Bub."

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Menotsure's avatar

I barely remember having a full head of hair.

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onedollarjuana's avatar

We had a shampoo that smelled just like an orange creamsicle. So I tried it ...

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Shocktreatment's avatar

Better when chilled...

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

LOL, oh no! I imagine you were disappointed.

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Msgr MΩment, Neurodegenerate's avatar

Great taste!

Less filling!

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

It was also a floor wax!

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Fifth Dentist's avatar

"Ancient Chinese secret."

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Stanta Knows's avatar

It's also a floor wax

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Meccalopolis's avatar

You're soaking in it!

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Fifth Dentist's avatar

"It's a dessert topping, youi cow!"

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

Should have read down.

There sure are a lot of us old folk in this vicinity!

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Alpaca Suitcase's avatar

Mmmm, snark enriched.

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Bobathonic's avatar

Thanks, I totally remembered this ad, awesome reuse, Tini.

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Stroke1's avatar

Never heard of that one. Did your hair smell like beer? Yum!

I DO remember Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific.

And Prell. EVERYbody remembers Prell.

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SkeptiKC's avatar

I remember being violently allergic to Prell shampoo. That stuff caused me to swell up and sprout hives everywhere anytime I got anywhere near a tube of that green detergent.

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Msgr MΩment, Neurodegenerate's avatar

Gee Your Hair Smells Like You Woke in a Puddle of Beer?

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Bobathonic's avatar

You're soaking in it.

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Stroke1's avatar

DISHWASHING LIQUID?

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

The Emperor?

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Richard S's avatar

Not much difference between the two....

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Fog of Jen's avatar

I DO remember Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific.

I remember Gee your hair smells terrific was the punch line to one of the more insensitive grosser than gross jokes

And considering the material, insensitive is really saying somethin'

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Renaissance Outlaw's avatar

I loved that shit and I used to be wicked vain about my hair

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Stroke1's avatar

Um ... it was? Guess I can't ask you to repeat such a joke here, what little decorum there is around here being what it is. Even we have standards, low as they are.

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Bobathonic's avatar

That reminds me, I need to vote today.

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

So...not a convicted felon?

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Of course I remember it - I used it!

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Bobathonic's avatar

Whar Main 'n Tail?

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It'sAllYourFoucault's avatar

Did it smell good?

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Linda1961 is woke and proud's avatar

Yes! And my hair felt good too.

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

Mine does after soaking in sea water.

Which it did yesterday.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

I remember calgon supposed to be taking you away to a tropical paradise where a buff young man serves you some fruity drink

Never happened once. 2/10 would not be taken away again

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

The first time I ever drove over 100 mph was on what we tried to call the Marina Freeway because fuck nixon. Imagine trying that now anywhere in LA!

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

“ (She officially quit the party in December, when she changed her registration to independent, after her centrist positions and rejection of some liberal priorities caused irreparable fissures with many Democrats.)”

And by that, NBC means Hot Topic repeatedly derailed bills by making incoherent and other inconsistent demands, often swooping in at the last minute after months of painstaking negotiations.

And yes, it is telling that her “path to victory” involves getting more support from republicans than democrats.

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Kay Ducky's avatar

I'm a little late to the party here, but if the Harebreed guy, the one who wrote "Destroy Everything" calls Trump a clown, I'm all on board.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/hatebreeds-jamey-jasta-blasts-donald-trump-as-a-fake-tan-freak-who-is-bad-at-stringing-together-a-sentence

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Uncle Milburn's avatar

Thanks for the Doctor Who reminder, SER. I always love me some Donna - Doctor.

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pmsrw3's avatar

"Hold my calls this November."

I believe I am the only person on Earth who thinks that David Tennant was the worst Doctor Who.

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Kay Ducky's avatar

I've seen a lot of them, and the tone shifts so wildly, and it is impossible to really rank them (Sorry Internet). Tennant had that certain devil-may-care charisma though.

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Liminal's avatar

I have just read that Ncuti Gatwa, the charming actor from Sex Education is going to be the next Dr Who and I am thrilled.

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Pilgrim's avatar

LA Times links suck, the cheap bastards. They won't even let you view the teaser and scan the ads without a subscription. Quote the good parts or fergitaboudid, plz.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

Paste the link into textise.net

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tegrat's avatar

What's LOL about Sinema's numbers is that the high end for the Dems is lower than the low end for the Repulsivicons!

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OneYieldRegular's avatar

"the Richard M. Nixon Freeway"

I took the Marina Freeway a lot when I lived in LA. It was indeed the Richard M. Nixon Freeway then, and every time we'd exit off the 405 onto it and saw that sign everyone in the car - with utmost maturity - would make a loud raspberry.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

I lived in Playa del Rey when it opened, and it was a great shortcut until it got more well-known.

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goCatgo's avatar

Bankman-Fried on his first day of prison should go up to biggest, meanest, ugliest, tattooed bastard in the yard, and punch him right in the face. That will take care of his first 6 months. Not in the yard, in the medical unit.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Wow, Toymaker Dougie Houser and a possible Black Doctor....amazing!

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

Wow, Toymaker Dougie Houser and a possible Black Doctor?????? Outstanding!!!!

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Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Oh who would have thought the two Texas mega donors were religious nuts?

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“Under the banner “Kyrsten’s Path to Victory,” the document says Sinema can win by attracting 10% to 20% of Democrats, 60% to 70% of independents and 25% to 35% of Republicans”

Funny story. When they first ordered the banner it was delivered and it said “Krysten’s Path to More Grifting”

The printer called it an “honest mistake”

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