when I was a teen, they had hilarious advertising circulars in the Sunday paper. black and white illos of the product and the price, and each one had a little comment. except the comments were all non-sequiters. at first you think there was a mix-up, but it was every one, every week.
the only one I specifically remember, which I actually bought, was for a shop vise (which I still have on my workbench today.) picture of the vise. price in big numbers, I think it was like $1.99 or something tremendously discounted (in 90s dollars). the ad copy, in smallish letters, read: “the perfect thing for your holiday parties.”
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