Funny Whirlpool Advert.

[mickeyd]

Yes, thanks, Gordon, it's a nice rendition.

In my Aunt Margaret's version those curves bent straight up almost at right angles to the plates.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

DaveAmKrayoGuy's Ruminations:

I just wonder what the washer before this one looked like... (And the dryer--if that one is even still there...)

Did it take all EIGHT of these lads to put the new Whirlpool in? (And did they even go to the app' store & got it home themselves?)

And please, Son!!!! Be CAREFUL w/ that BOWLING BALL you're holdin' there, too!!!!

-- Dave

 

[launderess]

@Kenmoreguy

Historically it has been a running joke about American mothers keeping their sons in clean clothes and laundered drawers (under garments). Can well remember my own mother asking my brothers whenever they were going out any place from a doctor's appointment to whatever "do you have clean underware on?".

The other popular thing about clean drawers was that mother's chronically seemed to worry that if one were in some sort of accident and or otherwise ended up in hospital, upon being undressed the doctors and nurses would be *shocked* if one had on dirty undergarments and think you were poor/dirty/a slob....

The only thing one can think of that started all this was a reaction to mothers remembering themselves and or hearing about "hard time" or how persons lived in the "old country" when people of a certain class owned only one or two items of undergarments and or didn't change them that often. The latter may have been in response to the *work* laundry entailed before automatic or even semi-automatic washing machines.

Do know at least in the USA it was common for both men and women to wear a set of undergarments (drawers, long johns, etc) daily between baths. That is they wore them to bed, got up and "dressed" wearing the same and repeated daily.

Read an historical account of families growing up in the Appalachias around 1920 or 1930 where a mother actually sewed her boys into their underware (long johns) each fall/winter and didn't take them out of them until the spring. When the latter event occured it was a great relief to the schoolmates of those children! *LOL*

 

[launderess]

@daveamkrayoguy

Given the size of his brothers, am quite sure that wee lad is capable of holding onto that bowling ball! *LOL*

Gosh, the look of those boys takes one back. All they need are some varsity jackets and a circa 1960's or 1970's Impala hanging around Austin State or Ole Miss.

 

[launderess]

P.S.

Ever notice it's always those tiny little women that seem to have large numbers of big sons?

 

[kenmoreguy89]

@Laundress

Thank you for explanation and time dedicated to reply!
Yep, my mother but especially granma used to ask me the classic question when I was child: " Fede do you have clean underpants and undershirt?" when an appointment to the doctor occured!
Unfortunately I didn't get the hironical message in the ad because looking at those guys I thought they should have been enough mature to understand when have their stuff change and seriously hope this was a daily routine, in fact when they said they could have took on underpants for longer I thought: "Wow what a nasty family she grew up!"

I did not even tought about an hironical message! If they were younger........
About pajams etc it was and still common in some families here as well, to wear such things during bedtime, I actually sleep just in underpants and wear tracksuit in winter and undershirt or t shirt and shorts in summer...
My Granfather used pajamas.
I've also seen a friend's father wearing a cap with the pom poms while going to sleep at his house, I laughed in face of him! Damn self control! LOL
But why we always end talking about underwears???? LOL

 

[electronicontrl]

27 gallon tub

Wow! I never knew any washer had a 27 gallon capacity. But on the other hand I may have known at one time but forgot.

 That does explain why once when I as looking at "Everythingold's" collection, there were 2 distinct sizes of large tub WP/KM belt-drive models.  

Thanks Kenmoreguy64 for your descriptive details.

But those models did have suds-savers, right? I mean that would help somewhat with the lake levels. I wonder if KM sold more suds-savers compared to WP. Seems like KM advertised it more, iirc.

 

[maytagbear]

Picture of YESTERDAY, 5/15/15

Just thought this thread should come up.

Mrs. Kallikak, wherever you are, I am sure they're wearing their clean unders now.

Lawrence/Maytagbear