What if Mad Men's Don Draper Designed Facebook Ads?

Maybe something like this.

Though I must note in a truly annoying way that FB doesn't have ads for...itself.

At any rate. Link has three morsels of humor with which to stave off existential gloom for the next few minutes.

Chrysler Record Players and the Potato Car

My usual "Tidbits" column for AnnArbor.com today offers a fun round-up of auto-related snippets. Something to enjoy on your lunch break if you like: here you are!

1902 & 2009; Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est La Meme Chose

Dusty D is not above schnorking at the quackery of the past, much of which frightens me: calomel, violent purges, "heroic" medicine.

But imagine my amusement when in the current "America Profile" magazine (a doodad stuffed into this Thursday's Courier [WHICH HAS SOME EXCEPTIONAL STORIES THIS WEEK, DID YOU GET YOUR COPY?]) I found this ad for a useless magnetic knee thingie.

It immediately reminded me of the Men's Electric Belt in my old 1902 Sears, Roebuck catalog. Note the special, um, southward extension.

Dusty D told her ever-practical husband the Frenchified title of this post and he said, "That sounds nicer than 'People are still stupid.'"

Indeed it does.

Quackery lives on...

Dubious Ads of Long Ago

Here's a light 'n frothy Friday AnnArbor.com "Tidbits" column for passing the cubicle-time till it's OK to sneak out for the long weekend: enjoy!