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HAVE YOU GOT DIVERS EYES?

April 26th 2009 06:52
Being a lover of all things vintage I stumbled across some very strange but wonderful products from the past that made me think maybe we have all become very boring. No need to lay out hard earned money for cosmetic surgery, just look to the past.
Would you like to be able to go diving with your loved but hate those dreaded "divers eyes"?
Well here is the solution...



Have you always looked at other peoples faces and envied their dimples? For just a few dollars you can wrap this around your head and force them into your cheeks. It's a dimple maker !!!


Forget your calorie counter while dining with friends and don't mind being publicly humiliated? You may never overindulge again if you choose to take a seat in this invention, the soda fountain seat that tells you if you can afford to indulge in that little extra.


Worried about the environment? Throw that electric toothbrush away and still dazzle everyone with your smile. It's time for a rotary toothbrush. Get your teeth clean AND do those hand exercises in one go.



We think we are so clever with all the new technology don't we? Ipods are fantastic for all you music lovers, but before they were around there was this. People could listen to their music and make a fashion statement at the same time.


Want to really drive the message home to your ex that you are over him? Women of yesteryear did it in style. They wore a divorce ring. Yes it was a marriage ring that jewellers put a fracture in to signify the sad ending. I really liked the part about the ring having notches put in it for multiple divorces.


Last but certainly not least was my favourite. I absolutely love this and I want to rush out and buy one so I can scare the kids next time I overindulge in the alcohol.



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Comment by Doug Pollard

April 26th 2009 08:28
I love this sort of stuff. I recently went for dinner at a pub in Daylesford, and the walls of the loo were totally covered with real period ads for wacky gadgets.
I inherited a late Victorian book containing all the articles from a whole year of the Strand Magazine, which was full of ghastly stuff like "Tasteful Animal Furniture", featuring photos of such horrors as 'a hall porters chair made from a baby elephant' ,'a standard lamp fashioned from an emu', and 'a grizzly bear turned into a dumb waiter.'
But my favourite was an article about a patent 'Nose Improver' - a hideous contraption that was strapped to the face, with various plates fitted with screws to adjust them, featuring before and after pictures of 'a lady who cultivated a different nose for each admirer.'
Apparently you were supposed to sleep with this thing clamped to your nose!!

Comment by the world of gaye

April 26th 2009 09:08
i have actually seen the ad for noses that you mentioned. I am amzed at some of the stuff people tried in an effort to be beautiful.

Comment by Morgan Bell

April 26th 2009 22:03
the old fashioned iPod is pretty cool . . . and how crazy is the dimple maker!

Comment by Anonymous

April 26th 2009 22:18
You could always wear the radio hat with the dimple maker and really scare the kids

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