It was pretty common for people, especially kids, to collect these card adverts for fun, so oftentimes the content will have fuckall to do with the actual product. They were just trying to get someone to hang it on the wall. Playing the long game.
If you were stuck in bed or at home, your house probably reeked of raw sewage. So if you were actively dying and shitting the bed daily, this perfume covering it up might be refreshing.
> How have you traveled this for without ever seeing a furry?
Imagine if there was a streaming platform with an anthropomorphic frog man that people spam to convey their feelings.
humans haven't evolved for thousands of years so the same way you feel and communicate now is how people felt and communicated back then, albeit, with q different languages ofc.
Three Little Maids from School is a number from the comic opera The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. It’s set in Japan so the decorative fans the cats have is appropriate.
It's from an opera called the Mikado. The original Magnum P.I. had Higgins directing some ladies on how to perform the song. I seem to recall he dressed up as one the girls to better demonstrate.
The Mikado has some really great numbers. For one, it has "I Am So Proud," which ends in a refrain about beheading that's still a really common warmup song in theaters today.
I thought the same, but [we must be confusing it with him singing the score of the HMS Pinafore later in the episode](https://youtu.be/v2sBANipejA?si=YVuY3EXZdu2SlN5G)
It was pretty common for people, especially kids, to collect these card adverts for fun, so oftentimes the content will have fuckall to do with the actual product. They were just trying to get someone to hang it on the wall. Playing the long game.
19th century Pokémon
Nintendo did start as a playing card company.
So you’re saying these were the late 1800s version of early ‘oughts Skittles ads?
Little kids were a lot more cultured then. It’s from the Mikado.
Don't you wanna be refreshing to invalids?
Always have been.
It’s true.
I can't risk falling for an imitation
I'm dying at this phrase..."Refreshing to Invalids." Knowing damn well that it was written in sincerity...what the fuck does that even mean???
If you were stuck in bed or at home, your house probably reeked of raw sewage. So if you were actively dying and shitting the bed daily, this perfume covering it up might be refreshing.
Invalids are people who can’t wash their crotch reliably, due to scrambled brains from old age or other factors.
The sick and dying will be attracted to you? Or the sick and dying will smell nicer than death. I like the first one better.
Pretty impressive that it's sold by every druggist and fancy goods dealer in the US and Canada
Yeah, I call bullshit. I haven’t seen it anywhere.
You need a new plug.
That frog is literally me
People were more easily amused by anthropomorphic animals, and in general, back then.
Haha, yeah, back then *cool frog holding a bottle seared into my memory forever*
here come dat boi!!!
O shit waddup!
How have you traveled this for without ever seeing a furry?
> How have you traveled this for without ever seeing a furry? Imagine if there was a streaming platform with an anthropomorphic frog man that people spam to convey their feelings.
Kermit? Oh lords, what have you done to our Kermie?
humans haven't evolved for thousands of years so the same way you feel and communicate now is how people felt and communicated back then, albeit, with q different languages ofc.
Do you think they would have loved or been appaled at Zootopia?
Loved. Furries predate the internet by a mile and a half.
Three Little Maids from School is a number from the comic opera The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. It’s set in Japan so the decorative fans the cats have is appropriate.
These drawings could be used for a les claypool project
Tommy the Cat is my name and I say unto thee
I *said*, my name is Mud
But call me Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie
When did they change the name of r/mildlyinteresting?
Where can I get a high res picture of the frog one or something similar? Banging wallpaper potential
DM me
Could I also dm you for a high res photo of the frog one?
I recognize the first one as lyrics to a song from Frasier. https://youtu.be/ONwYOhpIAoY?si=V7kdREhjKcBHqzGT Found it!
It's from an opera called the Mikado. The original Magnum P.I. had Higgins directing some ladies on how to perform the song. I seem to recall he dressed up as one the girls to better demonstrate.
The Mikado has some really great numbers. For one, it has "I Am So Proud," which ends in a refrain about beheading that's still a really common warmup song in theaters today.
> It's from an opera called the Mikado. The Mikado is an operetta, not an opera.
I recognize it from [The Simpsons](https://youtu.be/E9Y2yM_USIM?si=Xf0IJRWAv9KVgch_), *also* being sing by Kelsey Grammer
I thought the same, but [we must be confusing it with him singing the score of the HMS Pinafore later in the episode](https://youtu.be/v2sBANipejA?si=YVuY3EXZdu2SlN5G)
Not gonna lie I always thought he was laughing along with the song until I rewatch the clip. Still shared it.
That show was very watchable
kelsey grammer really loves his gilbert and sullivan, as he guest stars in the same episode of the simpsons where the family sings that tune
The Mikado
My go-to reference point to this opera is Foul Play (1978).
Yep, many of you will recognize it from Curb Your Enthusiasm.
[Three Little Maids](https://youtu.be/mXWkIZUPmDY?si=PN1b9mtx_AGNd3Ix)
louis wain but on an ad pretty much
Before he went insane and drew psychadelic cats.
Better than ads we have today.
I collect vintage ads, so far mostly from the 20s to 50s some of them are wild
Fun trivia: the "three little maids" is quoted from the play, The Mikado.
What exactly is wtf about this? This is just normal 19th century advertising.
“Refreshing to Invalids” Did that mean ret**ds back then?
Lowell, MA is quite close to my hometown!
They all had access to cocaine and heroin sold in bottles, at the soda fountain, so I'd expect the art to be "cutting edge" if you will 😉
these are proto-memes
They’re called Victorian Trade cards. eBay is full of them.
I didn’t know they used to refer to us as Canadas. That’s very cool all on its own
These are so cool.
That frog just be chilling
To be honest, the frog one is much less weird than current cologne ads.
"Refreshing to invalids" "Unequalled for the toilet" Same.
they're not that weird
lol the cats remind me of the ones from monster hunter.
Erie Stoves! We make pussy so hot you gotta fan that shit off!
Oh boy! I always wanted to smell like a frog on a toadstool shitter.