Is your washroom breeding Bolsheviks?

Time - Oct 19, 1931

Some discussion of the ad from Paradoxes of Nostalgia by Penny Von Eschen:

It sounds like the ad inspired quite a few parodies, but I was only able to find one:

The ad also provided the name for a 1988 album by the punk rock group The Neurotics:

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 16, 2024
Category: Hygiene | Advertising | 1930s

Comments

With the bidet craze of 2020, now we will wonder if Scott Towels are breeding bolcheviks, or if Americans think that bidets are breeding Islamic terrorists.

Posted by Yudith on 02/17/24 at 10:51 AM

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