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Re: Query: PF's pirouetting nymph?
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At the time the then-satirical David Frost spoke of ³Soft absorbent ads
aimed at soft absorbent minds,² shifting most of the blame from Madison
Avenue to the plumpen, gullible masses. (I experienced the drabness of [the]
Soviet Union, noted in absentia by VN the lack of comical consumerist
jingles, replaced by oppressive but effective Stalinolatry.)
A nasty Scouse bog-roll parody emerged: ³Charmin comes in three textures:
Thick, Thin, and Yuck.²
Reminding us that text¹ shares ancient IndoEuropean roots with textile¹ --
whence we WEAVE cloth, words, and musical notes rendering rather pointless
the recent argufying as to the REAL meaning of the polysemous texture.¹ All
is METAPHOR. All is CONtext!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 27/10/06 16:56, "Jerry Katsell" <jerry3@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:
> Dear Don,
>
>
>
> Though a bit younger than thou, I vaguely recall in the 50s a Charmin add with
> a pale winged nymph carrying a baton with a sparkling tip with which she
> blessed and illumed oh so soft toilet rolls. My quick research tells me that
> Charmin in manufactured by Hoberg Paper Company in Green Bay Wisconsin and has
> been around since 1928. A recent entry on the Net offers this charmin¹ bit of
> poshlust: The Free Charmin Roll Ruler³It¹s no secret that children sometimes
> have trouble figuring out how much toilet tissue to use. That¹s why we created
> the Charmin Roll Ruler. a colorful, convenient visual aide that hangs on the
> toilet roll to teach kids exactly how much tissue to use.²!!!
>
>
>
> Best greetings,
>
>
>
> Jerry Katsell
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of
> D. Barton Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:49 AM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: [NABOKV-L] Query: PF's pirouetting nymph?
>
>
>
> Can some one in my aged age group (or older) identify the toiletry in this
> description in a TV commercial circa the early fifties? The winner will be
> immortalized in a footnote. Don Johnson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Line 412ff The Cause of Poetry on
> Channel 8.
>
> A nymph came pirouetting,
> under white
>
> Rotating petals, in a vernal
> rite
>
> To kneel before an altar in a
> wood
>
> Where various articles of
> toilet stood.
>
>
>
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aimed at soft absorbent minds,² shifting most of the blame from Madison
Avenue to the plumpen, gullible masses. (I experienced the drabness of [the]
Soviet Union, noted in absentia by VN the lack of comical consumerist
jingles, replaced by oppressive but effective Stalinolatry.)
A nasty Scouse bog-roll parody emerged: ³Charmin comes in three textures:
Thick, Thin, and Yuck.²
Reminding us that text¹ shares ancient IndoEuropean roots with textile¹ --
whence we WEAVE cloth, words, and musical notes rendering rather pointless
the recent argufying as to the REAL meaning of the polysemous texture.¹ All
is METAPHOR. All is CONtext!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
On 27/10/06 16:56, "Jerry Katsell" <jerry3@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:
> Dear Don,
>
>
>
> Though a bit younger than thou, I vaguely recall in the 50s a Charmin add with
> a pale winged nymph carrying a baton with a sparkling tip with which she
> blessed and illumed oh so soft toilet rolls. My quick research tells me that
> Charmin in manufactured by Hoberg Paper Company in Green Bay Wisconsin and has
> been around since 1928. A recent entry on the Net offers this charmin¹ bit of
> poshlust: The Free Charmin Roll Ruler³It¹s no secret that children sometimes
> have trouble figuring out how much toilet tissue to use. That¹s why we created
> the Charmin Roll Ruler. a colorful, convenient visual aide that hangs on the
> toilet roll to teach kids exactly how much tissue to use.²!!!
>
>
>
> Best greetings,
>
>
>
> Jerry Katsell
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] On Behalf Of
> D. Barton Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:49 AM
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: [NABOKV-L] Query: PF's pirouetting nymph?
>
>
>
> Can some one in my aged age group (or older) identify the toiletry in this
> description in a TV commercial circa the early fifties? The winner will be
> immortalized in a footnote. Don Johnson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Line 412ff The Cause of Poetry on
> Channel 8.
>
> A nymph came pirouetting,
> under white
>
> Rotating petals, in a vernal
> rite
>
> To kneel before an altar in a
> wood
>
> Where various articles of
> toilet stood.
>
>
>
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