I saw this in GD and HAD to drag it in here for women to take a look at it. Lysol...

[crim son]

as a feminine douche! You don't have to read the article, just take a look at the advertisements toward the bottom of the page. I am speechless.

http://womensspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/26/godbags-douche-bags-and-old-bags-and-why-it-matters

[evlbstrd]

1. With the pine scent?

[SPKrazy]

2. ...

:shrug:






























:spray:

[Hugin]

3. I have a can right here on my desk...

Anyone care to test the theory?

I thought not.

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

39. Do you use it when

You have that "not so fresh feeling"? :rofl:

[Hugin]

45. Always...

:rofl:

Ever since the mouse moved in.

[mike_c]

4. it's at times like this that I really value my....

...you know. Holy unsanitary odor, Batman! That was pretty farking amazing.

[graywarrior]

5. I'm surprised they didn't recommend RAID.

[crim son]

11. The all purpose cleaner!

Jeepers.

[skygazer]

6. How do you find these things?

That's just bizarre. :wtf:

"She's still the girl he married"

Apparently the girl he married smelled like Lysol. :rofl:

[crim son]

10. I'm sure he believes he married a virgin. If she's been "dirtied"

then he's the one who is responsible. :(

[LeftyMom]

7. I'm sure that really encouraged men to go down, too.

"Gee honey, it's just like licking the toilet!" :rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. Yeah, seriously.

All a woman needs is basic hygiene. I'm sure as hell not going down on Lysol.

[LeftyMom]

19. For real.

I am going to have to market repackage Lysol as Ball and Taint Cleaner though. Dudes get smelly waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that.

[crim son]

22. You don't want 'em fresh? Totally disinfected?

Squeaky clean? :rofl:

[LostinVA]

24. Uh oh

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

25. You didn't just stock up on Lysol or something, did you?

[LostinVA]

31. Damn -- Costco had a sale

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. Don't pull a LynneSin and stock up on Febreeze either.

[LostinVA]

35. uh oh

[crim son]

33. You're okay.

I saw that picture of you two in front of Starbucks. You could stay away from the Lysol for a whole week and she wouldn't reject you. :hug: :p

[idgiehkt]

8. wonder what was up back then?

[crim son]

17. "This is a frank age."

:rofl:

[Hugin]

27. Subliminal? Subtle?

I THINK NOT!

:rofl:

[carly denise pt deux]

9. OMG THAT IS SO FUNNY LOL

man walks into a restroom at a gas station..............hmmmm, this SMELLS familiar........

that is terrible, LYSOL?! I prefer the MUSCLE of Mr. Clean meself........:)
Carly

[crim son]

14. Bwahahahahahaha! That's right, I didn't think of it.

And henceforth the public restroom and marital sex were irrevocably linked in his mind... :rofl: THAT's what happened to their freaking marriage!

[Deja Q]

12. I will NEVER drink Fresca ever again...

:cry:





In seriousness, those adverts are just beyond belief...

[Hugin]

15. Kind of makes one wonder about the origins of Retsyn(tm).

I know that Listerine was a hair tonic.

[crim son]

21. Good point. If a little drop of retsyn can freshen your mouth,

imagine what it can do for your ****!

[carly denise pt deux]

55. HAHAHAHAH! minty fresh!

Carly

[Deja Q]

61. or Altoids!

:ouch:

[crim son]

64. That'd quicken your step!

You wouldn't want to use the new, chocolate covered ones however.

[struggle4progress]

69. Actually, Listerine was originally an operating room disinfectant:

but it didn't really work well so they repositioned the product as a mouthwash

[crim son]

18. Even though it has a refreshing, grapefruit-citrus flavor?

Me either. A new eeewwwwwww.

[RevolutionaryActs]

13. Uhhhhhh

:wtf:

[crim son]

20. I couldn't believe it. I was searching for a certain poster

who was being a pain, and I found a douchebag thread. Don't you love being a woman?

[mike_c]

28. LOL-- you came up with that while searching for a DUer?!

It wasn't me was it? I take back all the snarky things I said about you. Oh, wait....

[crim son]

30. It wasn't you.

And who it was doesn't matter because he's just wrong. Wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong :P nananananananaI can't hear you! zzzzzzzzzz

Still want me to come live with you? :evilgrin:

[mike_c]

37. um-- erm.....

:blush:

[crim son]

41. Oh, it's okay.

I understand. You can smell me all the way from California. :cry:

[mike_c]

56. is that that fetching pine scent....

:evilgrin:

[crim son]

62. I wish it were.

Then the original Mike C mightn't have dumped me :rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. LOL!

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

26. I am speechless.

[crim son]

42. Another well-kept industry secret.

Uh, ladies... the stuff you use to disinfect the area around the litterbox...

[graywarrior]

34. We all need to clean up our act if we want to attract "husbands" or keep them.

[crim son]

44. THAT's where I screwed up!

I stink and I don't know my place. Sonofabitch.

[BarenakedLady]

36. Egads!

That is just so wrong...

I mean everyone know Drano is the only product that really works. Geeez....:eyes:

[crim son]

46. Not only cleans and disinfects

but actually eliminates the whole problem area!

[bleedingheart]

38. well you could always douche over the kitchen floor and accomplish two things at the same time

now tell me that isn't efficient...


:evilgrin:

[crim son]

48. Stop putting pictures in my head.

:scared:

[bleedingheart]

54. just a peak into my twisted mind...

hee hee...

[carly denise pt deux]

58. HAHAHA these posts are a riot

carly

[madeline_con]

74. OMG....................

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. ya know...

I as a retired science teacher I was tempted to point out that it's not the chemical that's the problem, it's the concentration. And the advertisement clearly said "in proper solution for feminine hygeine." So I'd have guess that this product was not the pine scent harsh cleaner we know the "lysol" name as today, but a very dilute detergent solution, similar to modern douches.

But I didn't think anybody would be interested.

[bleedingheart]

43. today douching is very rare

and only recommended by doctors if truly necessary

My mom said it was "all the rage" in the 1950's along with bottle feeding babies... when she breastfed my sister...the nurses at the hospital nearly died of embarrassment for her...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

47. Is it?

Isn't it also all over the counters at the store?

It's sort of like Q-tips, isn't it? Doctors say you shouldn't stick them in your ear, but people do it anyway.

[crim son]

49. No, we really don't.

My dad is an ob/gyn. No bubble baths and no douches is what he told his four daughters. :blush:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

50. No bubble baths?!

My goodness!

[bleedingheart]

53. yup...sitting in the tub too long can give women bad infections

my neighbor's granddaughter had recurrent urinary tract and yeast infections because her mother was leaving her in the tub and with bubble bath way too long because she liked to play with her toys...poor little gal was just miserable and even her grandmother didn't believe the doctor ...so back to long baths and again...the poor kid gets infections...now she takes showers and no problems.

[crim son]

63. We had them anyway, but short ones. Irritates delicate tissues.

And that's enough of that :evilgrin:

[bleedingheart]

51. I am sure there are women who still believe the rumors but messing with the natural

balance can be dangerous and has left some women with more problems.

I remember my first gyne visit about 20 years go and the doctor told me..."do not douche...it is unnecessary and can cause problems"\

Yeast infections and even other infections can be created by messing with nature....

The poor women who do it today are probably doing so because their mothers and grandmothers told them they have to....and a lot of women never talk about it even with their doctors out of shame...

Hell I know women who have only visited a ob/gyne when they were pregnant...no regular visits...which is why some women's cancers aren't detected until too late.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

52. Come to think of it...

I can't remember the last time I saw a douche commercial on TV.

[crim son]

65. It used to be "Summer's Eve," didn't it?

I haven't seen one either. Hmmmm.

[graywarrior]

57. And especially do not use hydrogen peroxide.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

60. Ah, hydrogen peroxide.

They probably don't recommend that for mouthwash anymore, do they?

[struggle4progress]

70. Think again. "Facts and Frauds in Woman's Hygiene (1936)" reported ..

.. that Lysol was mainly cresol.

Link: http://www.mum.org/facfraud2.htm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

73. Like I said

detergent.

[struggle4progress]

76. You must prefer your "detergents" rather more corrosive than I mine.

[Hugin]

59. Breaking News: Lysol doesn't make a good breath freshener either.

*cough*

:yoiks:

[crim son]

66. You know, a dog's mouth is cleaner than yours.

Lysol or no Lysol :rofl:

[Hugin]

67. Not after California Peggy gets through with it...

Lemme tell ya!

[crim son]

68. ...

:spray:

I'm telling! CalPeg, we need a moderator over here!

[Bjornsdotter]

71. I knew someone who

....recommended Lysol for a sitz bath after childbirth.

I kid you not, my friend's grandmother...she was a self-proclaimed voodoo priestess from Louisiana.

She maintained that it was a wonder drug and you would heal faster using this method.

Btw, my friend did it and said it was the best.

I'll pass.

Cheers

[madeline_con]

72. Freaky, huh?

Used to be THE thing to load in the old bag.

It says a lot about attitudes toward certain body parts.

[Fleshdancer]

75. Those ads are so sad

It reminds me of the book my mom gave me titled Think Pink. It has magazine articles and ads from when she was a young girl with crap like this lysol ad in it. I look at that stuff and think "I'm so glad we have evolved out of that madness!" but then I look at my own daughter and can't help but think we have exchanged the lysol douche and articles on how to be an obedient wife for botox ads and images of anorexic chic.

Oddly enough, women's magazines throughout history all seem to have the articles on "how to be happy" right next to the articles and the images that keep us insane.