Advertising has come a long way. You know how I know? Because I've seen these vintage ads. Yes, they're funny — but they're also totally offensive and chauvinistic on all levels. Plus, they have babies selling cigarettes. That's bad, too.
Vintage Ads That Would Never Fly Today
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Beer While Breastfeeding
What's worse: This ad suggesting you drink beer while breastfeeding or the bonnets these women are wearing?
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Babies Drinking 7-Up
Long before there was formula, there was 7-Up? Funny, I don't remember any of my baby books recommending soda...
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The Key to a Happy Marriage
I thought married women neglect their husbands, not their stockings?
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Mommy Loves to Smoke
You know an ad is old when it's using a baby to sell cigarettes. By the way, what's that baby wearing on its head, an ashtray?
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Fake Sugar For Life
Her wish? A cake that isn't made of dextrose.
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A Toaster for Christmas
If this ad inspired my hubs to buy me a toaster for Christmas, all I'd really want for Christmas was a new husband.
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I'll Ruin My Manicure!
C'mon, a woman can open a ketchup bottle! She can also bench press 300 pounds, lift a car off her baby, and lift this ad high enough to hurl it in the trash.
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It's a Man's World
Maybe she can use the tie she buys from this ad to cover his mouth so she never has to hear him say, "It's a man world. Now make me breakfast."
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Ivory Soap Instead of Botox
How come a man's hands don't make him look old after he's washed the dishes? Is it because he's never washing the dishes? Not in my house.
