Ads #28: Home Appliances!

I've always marvelled at these old advertisements picturing a woman absolutely wetting herself over a simple home appliance. If you've ever spent any time looking through old newspapers and magazines, it becomes abundantly clear that what your woman wants for Christmas is appliances and MORE appliances! 

The 1969 ad below basically says she'll make sweet love to you every time she runs the dishwasher! (Or she'll have hot steamy sex with Santa while you're at work - I'm not reall sure what the ad is trying to illustrate.) Anyway, you get the point - women wanted appliances for Christmas, and they wanted them bad. 

Here's a newsflash, folks - the reason these women look so happy over a simple appliance is because THEY WERE THAT HAPPY.   These women worked their butts off cooking, cleaning, and maintaining the household while their husbands flirted with the secretary and played golf were at the office. Ever tried to do laundry with no washer and dryer? There was a lot of work involved that you probably aren't even aware of - for instance, these women had to change out the drip pan under the ice box every hour. There were no easy-cook meals, and no such thing as wash and wear - you had to iron everything. Any appliance that could make life just a little bit easier was something to get really excited about.

Enjoy a sampling of hysterical wives and their new appliances. For an extensive set of advertisements check out the Flickr group I Love My Electric Appliance!!