News: I have a shiny new computer but a duff connection! It’s taken a day to create this post!
‘Coughs and sneezes spread diseases,’ as British comedian Tony Hancock (1924-1968) recited and sang (to the first few bars of Noel Coward’s London Pride which happen to match the first few bars of the German National Anthem) in the classic episode from Hancock’s Half Hour, The Blood Donor [1961].
At this time of year, we are all prone to the throat tickles that herald nasty coughs and colds. If you want to send something a little different to cheer up a suffering friend or relation, Medicinal Collage, created from a wealth of vintage health advertisements, is the perfect salve.
When I first added the design to Zazzle and chose my keywords, I included the word ‘cocaine’ (see top right advert). It’s been a long time since cocaine was freely available! I was told that unless I removed it as a keyword, I would not be able to sell the image. I was also not allowed to include that corner of the design on a US postage stamp. Ha!
Available at the following galleries:
Zazzle UK
Zazzle US
Take care and keep laughing!
First Night Design 
Love it – not the duff keyboard, but your freewheeling connections which are what (I’ve just commented pompously on Erik von Norden’s blog) everything is about.
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You? Pompous? Heaven forfend!
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Shiny new computer, yay! duff connection, boo..
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Boo, boo, boo, boo….!
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So happy you finally got your new puter! So sorry your connections are sucky. Booooo! Love your designs above. Too funny about the cocaine restrictions. Pretty funny that it used to be in things like toothache meds. I think it was in the original formula for Coca Cola as well. 🙂
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I’m very pleased they appeal to you, Itaya. Yes, I believe you’re right about the original Coke. Bring it back, I say!
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Well you have certainly had your share of techno frustration during the past weeks – and surely it will all pass soon:) Keep smiling my friend and thank you for another great post. Janet:)
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I’m smiling, Janet. This is partly because all of you are lovely and supportive!
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Ugh… I feel you about the new computer. I have one too… still sitting in its box, waiting for me to have time to mess with it.
Good luck!
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‘Mess’ is probably the right word to describe what I’m making of the new computer! Thank you for popping in, Teagan.
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I’m sure you’ll manage to make wonderful work with the computer, although will not connect very fast…People are funny when they try to pretend the past didn’t exist and things weren’t different before…It reminds me of the movie ‘Thank you for smoking’ when an organisation suggested they’d remove all references to smoking in old movies by having some silly things photoshopped on top of the cigarettes…
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How ridiculous that would be. I must look out for that film.
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Thank you. How well I remember The Blood Donor, “But that’s nearly an armful” When I started to give blood I was always expecting someone to do that.
xxx Hugs Galore xxx
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I confess I’ve said it when having blood tests but they’re all too young to know the reference!
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Love the design! I’ve got an old bottle of paregoric you used to get over the counter for toothaches…good stuff…he,he.
Glad for the new computer and I feel your pain on the bad connection. I live in the country and have to put my modem out on the porch to get a signal but not when it’s raining, too cold or too hot…lol.
Is the bad connection just a temporary thing or something you have to deal with all the time? Hope it gets better!
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Just lost a great long comment that I can’t face repeating! Suffice to say it’s a problem all the time. In the meantime, please send over the paregoric!
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Love these nostalgic images Sarah, I adore vintage ads and packaging – what a hoot about the cocaine references though! Hip Hip Hooray for the new computing instrument – Yah Boo Sucks for the rubbish connexion – hope normal service is resumed swiftly for you! 🙂 🙂
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Apart from myself, I haven’t heard anyone say Yah Boo Sucks since my father died. It endears me to you even more! Glad you like ’em.
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I’ve been wanting to use that phrase for ages! Not easy to find an apprpriate occasion 😀 Toodle Pip 😀
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I remember this as I watched Tony Hancock as a kid, seeing this when it was originally broadcast. I still laugh at it, he was a wonderful comedian.
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He certainly was though he was clearly a nightmare to be married to or have an affair with. I met Joan Le Mesurier a couple of times when she had just published her memoirs, Lady Don’t Fall Backwards. She had had an affair with Hancock while she was married to John and details the love and the horror of it all.
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Yeah for your new computer, sorry that the connection is trying at best. Love your creative designs, so sad you aren’t able to shows these beautiful pieces ~
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Thank you, Mary. I shall be a happier bunny when the shiny new computer is allied to a better connection!
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Nice to see you back I hope you are well and now we have this new invader to contend with…sigh…Thank you for following CarolCooks2..Be well
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