Most Husbands, Nowadays, Have Stopped Beating Their Wives (Wordless Wednesday)
“The things women have to put up with. Most husbands, nowadays, have stopped beating their wives, but what can be more agonizing to a sensitive soul than a man’s boredom at meals”.
Nothing. I searched inside my sensitive soul and tried to come up with something that is potentially more agonizing, but nope. Nothing can be more agonizing than a man’s boredom at meals.
Heinz vintage ad, circa 1950.
Posted for Wordless Wednesday
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My Virtual Diary responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 7:38 am →
well that’s a good thing.HAPPY WW!
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Patty responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 8:09 am →
What interesting photos you find for WW. You crack me up!
Mines up…check them out if you have time.
tundratantrum responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 am →
Good greif!
Alik Levin | Practice This responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 am →
Thanks for the tip, Vered!
I am writing my post on “3 easy steps to become a Superhero”.
Your tip just made its way into it - this one should help me become a beter husband on my way to Superhero husband.
alikl
Susan responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am →
Too funny!
Liz responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 am →
I wonder if we can buy this as a poster, somewhere!
Ann responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 am →
Hmmm . . . would I rather have a bored husband or a whining child? Would the bored husband remain silent? If so, I choose that!
ironman responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am →
You ladies have sure come a long way.
Marsha (at JustMe1947) responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 am →
I love these old ads… they are a good reminder when we start reminiscing too fondly over the good old days that while it was a simpler time, there were also some drawbacks!
Have a great week and please join me here for my WW post if you can:
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Holly Schwendiman responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am →
Isn’t it amazing what time can do? Love the vintage ads.
Hugs,
Holly
Shoshana responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 am →
LOL. I love old ads too…thanks for sharing it.
Ashleigh responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm →
Wow. This is amazing!
We still have a long way to go, but I am so grateful to be living now.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm →
@ Alik: can’t wait to read that article and glad to be of help.
@ Ann: I agree!
@ ironman: I would hope so.
@ Marsha: so true. It wasn’t all perfect.
@ Ashleigh – yes, still have a long way to go.
Chris responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm →
And to think that was only a few years back or is it? Art really does reflect society!
Angie responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm →
Thanks for sharing the ad.
Eve responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm →
What a hoot!
Carmi responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm →
Oh my GOD is that cringeworthy! Thanks for sharing this blast from the past. Thankfully, some things are destined to stay there.
I’m so glad that WW pointed me in your direction. My entry is up here, and I hope you have a moment to drop by and say hi:
http://tinyurl.com/5c98qk
Looking forward to reading more of your work.
All the best,
Carmi
MomGrind responds:
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm →
@ Chris: 1950… you’re right, it’s not that long ago!
@ Carmi: cringeworthy - I’ll second that.
Kelly@SHE-POWER responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 3:21 am →
These old ads always make me laugh. Although I will be checking closely for signs of boredom from my husband at the table now. If I see any I’ll be sure to tell him to make his own damn dinner!
Yes, I am very sensitive..
3 Easy Steps To Become A Superhero — Practice This responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 6:38 am →
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am →
@ Kelly: you are a funny woman.
shilpan|successsoul.com responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 10:32 am →
Vered -
My suggestion would be to boycott those men who do not respect love and effort women put forth behind preparing a meal for them. Simply yawn at them when they ask - “,Honey, what’s for the dinner?”.
Tip from a good husband,
Shilpan
Don Mills Diva responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 11:15 am →
Most men, mind you…not all.
Deb responds:
Posted: April 24th, 2008 at 10:04 pm →
Oh Wow.
Good thing it’s a Wordless Wednesday, as I do not have words.
Cat Osbourne responds:
Posted: April 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am →
It’s no wonder so many of us grew up with mothers that drank like fish and chain-smoked!! This was so funny. My husband is afraid of the twisted revenge I dish out on him for being rude to me… I take girlish delight in seeing the fear on his face. Wonderful post. This is my first visit here and now I’m bookmarking! Cheers!
Diana responds:
Posted: April 27th, 2008 at 7:23 am →
Oh, brother!
I love the vintage ads, in a way it can shed a lot of light on the reason some older women are the way they are. We worry so much about media influence these days on our children, if you lived through that era it does seem that it may still be hard to shake off a little of the influence of that time. Which would explain the comment my mother-in-law made one day when I wondered what could be keeping my husband at work late that night (normally he would call and let me know he was going to be late). She said, and I quote, because how would one forget such a thing:
“Why? What does he have to come home to? It’s not like you have dinner on the table.”
MomGrind responds:
Posted: April 28th, 2008 at 11:31 am →
@ Don Mills Diva: exactly! That’s amazing, isn’t it?
@ Deb: yes, this pretty much left me speechless too.
@ Diana: WOW!!! She said that??? I am speechless once again!
Voice O'Reason responds:
Posted: May 26th, 2008 at 6:21 pm →
That “most husbands” line would have read as a joke even back when this ad ran (approximately the Late Neolithic). But don’t be too smug, Don Mills Diva — while it was thrown into the original ad as a gag and run here as a gag, it’s still literally true. Funny that it’s Heinz. Does Theresa know about this?
Ellen Wilson responds:
Posted: June 16th, 2008 at 11:11 am →
Hi Vered,
I saw you over at Friar’s and thought I’d pop over.
What pisses me off is some women like to say “we’ve come so far.” Yeah right. From patriarchal bullshit - I think not.
Anyway, I better not get started or I will be here all day.
Ellen
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Posted: June 19th, 2008 at 7:37 pm →
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Elaine Bloch responds:
Posted: August 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pm →
Shalom Vered!
Being a feminist, I get offended by your title. There is nothing to laugh about it…being a blogger entails social responsibility also. We don’t write just for the sake of filling a space but we have to take into consideration also of people reading our blogs. I have worked fighting for human rights violation and I have seen the pain of women (victims of violence) who have undergone such trauma…it’s a pity that some people find something funny about it. Why not use a different title…something more suitable for it.
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Posted: August 3rd, 2008 at 1:24 pm →
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