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example22 ([personal profile] example22) wrote2006-09-04 04:52 pm
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In the year 2000...

Popular Mechanics, 1950:


"Because everything in her home is waterproof, the housewife of 2000 can do her daily cleaning with a hose".
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[identity profile] coalescent.livejournal.com 2006-09-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I genuinely can't tell if that's real or a parody.
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[identity profile] cleanskies.livejournal.com 2006-09-04 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, the times I've been tempted to do that to my living room ...
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[personal profile] jinty 2006-09-04 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
surely no-one could seriously suggest this. Electricity alone would rule this out, wouldn't it? Or are they thinking of waterproof plug sockets?

[identity profile] celestialweasel.livejournal.com 2006-09-04 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Until I see an original copy of PM and can have it authenticated by a 3rd party expert I will believe this is a spoof :-) (or maybe it was a spoof at the time).
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