Wednesday 26 May 2010

The Society Inc = Sibella's Napkins v Yesteryear's Snot Rags ...

Today the email newsletter arrived from ...
The first spiel was ... and I quote :

Handmade Linen Napkins Numbered 1-8
Its all about embracing the selvedge & not ironing.
Lovely crunchy pre-washed hand-stenciled linen napkins .
order any numbers you like !!
$20 each
or
set of 4 $80
set of 8 $160 ...

check them out will you please?
When I was a kid ...
in the days before Kleenex tissues ...
before the average working family could afford enough hankies ...
when everyone in the family had a cold!
Mum's ripped the ends of torn sheets,
the tails of Dad's shirts ...
torn pillow slips ...
into squares exactly like these ...
for us to blow our nose on ...
we called them snot rags!

Isn't this ridiculously outrageous merchandising?

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