Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 6th August 2022, 10:51 AMShouldn't have his cock hanging out though.
Might have to shift him across to the Dirty Postcards thread..,,,
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Mystery solved! Alison and Lazzard, thanks for helping my poor brain comprehend this art puzzle!
The smaller wife in Alison's picture certainly makes it look clearer.
Quote: Lazzard @ 6th August 2022, 10:25 AMI THINK it's implying that the man is sick and tired of being asked to move away from the mirror when shaving, every time his wife wants to use the mirror.
(She being a nagging, harridan wife, rather than a stupid, curvaceous one - the only two types available, apparently)
This is his makeshift solution.
The "that's fixed you!" look on his face swings it for me.
The rendering of the mirror is pretty hopeless, which doesn't help.
Lucky somebody gets it.
Quote: Chappers @ 9th August 2022, 8:21 PMLucky somebody gets it.
I really don't know what the problem is - it was perfectly obvious even in its original state, as posted by me., and am amazed at the different pointers and explanations it has spawned.
I got it straightaway the first time I saw it in a magazine.
Love the Unger Art Herc. His free flowing disheveled style looked so natural.
Quote: Firkin @ 10th August 2022, 2:10 AMLove the Unger Art Herc. His free flowing disheveled style looked so natural.
Good, and thank you - there will be hopefully more in the mix
Not sure about this one, apart from the good artwork What'd ya think, anyone?
It refers to a short-lived craze of snorting insecticide to get high.
I had to look that up Beaky.
I couldn't believe people would do such a thing.
It's true. People will sniff owt
Well, they used to use nicotine as an insecticide (It's why we have neonicotinoids killing bees today).
Maybe that's the connection?
Quote: beaky @ 10th August 2022, 12:29 PMIt refers to a short-lived craze of snorting insecticide to get high.
Is this what happens when you take beetlejuice ?
Quote: beaky @ 10th August 2022, 12:29 PMIt refers to a short-lived craze of snorting insecticide to get high.
Well I never! But I'm not sure this cartoon would be referring to that, surely? I think there's a more innocent explanation, as I think the cartoon was out of a pre war mag.
I stand to be corrected.
Quote: Lazzard @ 10th August 2022, 2:25 PMWell, they used to use nicotine as an insecticide (It's why we have neonicotinoids killing bees today).
Maybe that's the connection?
I had a discount garden business in the 80s and would often have old boys coming in asking for nicotine, but one stumped me one day when he asked for Paris Green, which I'd never heard of.
On making enquiries I found out it was a name for arsenic. Pre-war gardening was a dangerous business, but then what what would the likes of Agatha Christie and Hercule Parrot have done.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 10th August 2022, 3:24 PMOn making enquiries I found out it was a name for arsenic. Pre-war gardening was a dangerous business, but then what what would the likes of Agatha Christie and Hercule Parrot have done.
When we lived in France. a lot of the stonework was stained bright blue as a result of the spray they used to use on the vines - Bordeaux Mixture.
Which was, I think, basically Copper Sulphate.