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Friday Humor: Advertising Has Changed A Little Over The Years
WD40 - it's for 'tight nuts' or a 'rusty tool'...
Source: Lonely Libertarian via The Burning Platform blog
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Forgot to add it dosen't work well on back doors ........
Were they trying to make it sound like an erotic lube?
Wet Dick 40?
Interesting that they only sell the 9 inch can in the US. When I was visiting Japan, they sold this in a 4 inch mini can and then when laying over in Nigeria, I noticed that it was sold in a large 14 inch can.
In Sri Lanka back in the day people could not afford standard Western size shampoo bottles. So they created one/two use sachets like a ketchup sachet in McDonald's. People could consume those no problem.
You find these weird geographic variations in consumer goods for whatever reason.
If it's stuck ~ WD40 it
If it's loose ~ DUCT TAPE it
That's the practical hardware lesson of the day
The old (original??) Ciba-Geigy ad - "Fix it right, use Araldite" comes to mind.
Rocket Chemical Company had this formula, WD-40 and was widely used in Vietnam to fight back the corrosion issue in everything mechanical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40
DaddyO
Get you some...and get ya some....Asian love......love that ad
Hey Parrotile - how are your ebola models holding up in regards to worldwide growth?
5450222 12ToothAssassin
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-17/officials-responding-possible-e...
I used a Teflon Lube once on my tool. It was so slippery I lost my balance, whacked the nut I was holding in my hand up against the tub spigot, and then to add insult to injury my assistant lost her balance too and landed on a loofah thereby lodging it firmly in a crevass.
Needless to say I now use only lubes with a mild abrasive.
Methinks they were advertising KY-40
Rather than WD-40
Skateboard bearings + WD-40 = Busted bearings.
Learned that one pretty young.
Truth in advertizing bitches! Coming to a town near you, and soon.
Did John Holmes work in the Ad industry before his movie career began?
Still growing...
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-toll-rises-liberias-revised-lower-083741630.html
And even with minimization in the American Press...
Of course with jounalists aressted you can be certain that the story is being quashed.
http://news.yahoo.com/sierra-leone-frees-journalist-detained-over-ebola-criticism-123021909.html
It is bad for business and they do not want the malls empty after all.
Can't have the masses staying home for Christmas.
But what about the massive outbreak on US soil? So far patient zero died, but the two infected nurses made MIRACULOUS reoveries, even GAINING weight while in treatment. The NBC cameraman - speedy recovery. NYC doctor - perfectly healthy. These people came into contact with hundreds, maybe even thousands of individuals yet not a single outbreak. Or are you implying that there is an outbreak thats being covered up? Even if scrubbed from news, that couldnt escape at least a couple of social media posts. Ebola is still a hoax designed to further US interests in Africa and sell vaccines.
News outlets ran wild with Ebola fear porn for the amazing ratings - even better than the Malaysian airlines saga - and it wasnt playing well for the Dems in midterms so they were told to drop the coverage down from an '11' to a '2'.
Hello DaddyO, I was alive in the time when, by today's standards, advertising lacked sophistication, this must have ben a wildly successful poster, due to the conditioning prevelent in those times, people would not have consciously absorbed the double intendre language, (Good people didn't think about the things the double intendres may have alluded to, and if they did see it, they would be mortified to share it feeling it shows a deficency in them that they would even imagine the words meant "that"! But, unconsciously the words and imagies were creating a mild obsession with WD40 and not one in a million of those affected would have recognized their own behavior and traced it back to it's motivator.
@Parrotile,
I've doggedly hunted down thru many takeover sales nose drops I used as a kid that don't make your friggen sinus' whistle dixie once made by Ciba-Geigy. Privine. Best ever!
finally tracked 'em down...
whata Godsend.
Ahemmm..... he is making a joke about the male genitalia sizes as they relate to racial stereotypes.... you are welcome
Are Sri Lankans that small?
Whenever I have an engine block machined and it's going to sit a while, WD40 is what I spray it down with. The block can sit for weeks or months in my not-so-dry garage or basement without a speck of rust forming on it.
The WD in WD40 stands for Water Displacement, by the way. It's heavier than water (bit of a rarity for an oil). It's a good solvent, good preservative for metal parts preventing rust and a so-so lubricant. What it's NOT is a penetrating oil (which I always see people trying to use it as). If you need to loosen "rusty nuts" get a can of PB Blaster. Few shots of that over a period of days and the main hull bolts of the Titanic could probably be loosened by hand.
yup its ol'skool. just like putting cement sleeves in blocks
"Few shots of that over a period of days and the main hull bolts of the Titanic could probably be loosened by hand."
JP Morgan got the memo
Just out of curiosity, but wasn't the Titanic riveted together, not bolted?
Any way, to keep the tinfoil brigade marching in line, it was the Olympic (Titanic sister ship) witch was sank - for insurance scam.
JP Morgan makes sure they get ALL the memos.
Yes, and just like around here WD, stands for Wide loaD.
Tight nuts and a rusty tool... sounds like Janet Yellen's love box.
nooooo!
An oily told me about "Yield" made by Chemsearch.
Kick A$$!!! Check it out on utube.
For even longer term preservation and prevention of corrosion, you might want to look at this spray on product:
Boeshield
Boeshild is good shit. Personally, I was always a big fan of LPS products, spedifically LPS 1, 2, & 3. LPS-3 is their preservative spray that is almost like a sprayable cosmoline - it leaves kindof an oily/waxy film that resists rust for months if not years. Very similar to Boeshild. WD-40 is OK - but breaks down over time in my experiencne. Not good for more than a month or two at most.
For breaking rusty or corroded fasteners, Liquid Wrench always seemed to work well (after that, it's the impact wrench and the torch) - but I really don't like getting that shit on my hands.
The stuff's made of kerosene and fish oil (with a co-solvent). Perfume was added to help it smell better.
There are places where when fishing, it is illegal to have (because it's an attractant to the tastebuds of the prey as well as making the lure-baited hooks easier to penetrate the mouths).
After the machining process and before assembly, it's difficult to remove from the surfaces for assembly unless using an alcohol-based solvent (like Berryman's B-12 Chemtool). A major drawback is that it is a negative ion generator (it attracts dust; in other words), so it is advisable to immediately put machined parts into a hermetically-sealed storage device (like a closed plastic bag) to reduce the attraction of dirt and dust.
The handy two-ounce size is helpful when lubricating fishing reels. (!)
When running an automotive machine shop in Southern California, I used to use WD-40 by the case, in order to protect the bare cast iron and steel.
The WD works great for cleaning off JP1 Black chain lube that slings off on shit.
I gotta say, that JP1 Black chain lube is some of the nastiest shit to ever come out of a can.
Talk about a fucking "tar baby"...
A couple of shots of that would put a film from hell on a windshield. ;-)
And you are a mechanic, hmmm... I wouldnt have guessed.
I've probably had almost as many jobs as Mark Twain. I finally found a job I'm happy with as an idependent RIA, but working on old cars is something I'll always have a passion for. Been turning wrenches since I was 8 years old, starting with lawn mowers and go-karts. My Grandfather was my first teacher. At this point, it's in my DNA.
PB Blaster 'Loosens your Nuts'
WD-40's secret ingredient is fish oil. Spray it in a crab pot and watch the critters come by the dozens.
Hey silver king, what state you in? Ace Hardware, and probably others, sell a neat little 2 ounce can - I keep one in my office.
There's legal requirments for condoms in Japan...
Magnums prohibited.
And there it is! The daily ZH 'I need Mandingo'!
The first subliminal advertisement!
Time for a joke:
Blind man turns up at a timber yard to apply for a job as a timber grader.
The boss asks him how he could be a timber grader if he's blind.
The blind man points to the nose and says that he does it all by smell and doesn't even need to touch the timber..
The boss doesn't believe him so he puts a piece of timber under his nose and asks him what it is.
The blind man sniffs a few times and replies that is 2nd grade maple cut down 8 months ago from Canada.
The boss is impressed and puts another piece of timber under his nose.
The blind takes a few sniffs and replies that it is 1st class willow from the Washington area and was cut down 2 months ago.
The boss is impressed and the blind man asks him if he can have the job.
The boss decides he needs a final test and if he gets it right he will have the job.
The boss motions the secretary to come over very quietly and lift her dress in front of the blind man.
The blind man takes a sniff and looks confused. He asks if he can take another sniff.
The boss motions his secretary to turn around and lift her skirt from behind.
The blind man takes another sniff, scrtaches his head and says,
"I'm not really sure, but I think it's the toilet door off a fishing trawler." !!!
Just out of curiousity, can the down voters tell me if they voted down because of a sensitive nose or a bad experience?
To many "The"s in the joke I would guess.
By the way, I abstained from voting.
That's true but for the sake of brevity in a blog like this you have to cut corners and be brief.
Thank you for abstaining.
The They probably suffer The Parkinson's (The disease)
The.
The downvoters have never had the opportunity to taste and sample the broad varieties of females that occupy this Earth. Penthouse magazines don't smell at all, in fact.
Once Obama was trying to measure a telephone pole, and was having a lot of trouble with the job.
Along comes Eric Holder, and after watching Obama for a while, he says, "
Tryin' to measure a telephone pole, huh?"
Obama says, "Yep."
Holder says, Well, why don't you lay it down, and measure it that way?"
Obama says, "Are you an idiot? I want the height, not the length!"
In Brazil looks like this:
Urinalysis:
The guy was getting rid of pain in the right arm, then decided to go to the doctor, getting there the doctor showed him a device which he said was revolutionary, that you put your urine in 10 minutes and he gave you your diagnosis, you had usar.ao and should see the device indgina the patient says to the doctor:
- Dr. Nonsense!
I am a systems analyst and never heard of a device as well!
So the doctor gives him a pot and tells him to pee inside, he very reluctantly goes and urine after delivery to dr.que puts urine on the device and in ten minutes out the diagnosis:
João Carlos, systems analyst, 39 years, arthritis in my right arm.
He is impressed but not convinced, want to do the exam again, then the Dr. gives you a pot again, only this time he asks to take home, Dr says he has no problem.
Arriving home, he thinks: "I'll fuck with that machine!"
Then go to the car and put a little oil in the pot, then asks his wife pee in the pot, then to filhar do the same soon after he piss in the pot, then begins to masturbate and dump his semen in pot.
The next day go to the doctor and gives him the jar, Dr. puts the machine and the patient starts laughing.
Ten minutes later out the result:
-Mr. João Carlos, systems analyst, 39, cuckold, pregnant daughter three months, have to change the oil in your car and the next time you masturbate masturbate with his left arm because the right is with arthritis!
:-)
or noisey wenches,(yes I have a speech impediment)
And shouldn't be used on firearms - though some - not me - do.
So... it's OK to be used by Dickheads?
;-) ;-)
To the contrary. It is essential for tight back doors.
they are a highly successful company by the way
Sex sells
The point is this poster comes from a time of no political correctness, which is the buzzword here.
Go ahead and make a satirical / sexually connotated ad today...
"Truth in Advertising"
"Man Size" is not a little 9" x 1.5" spray can... that's a "Housewife Size"
"Man size" is measured in gallons and is available in 1, 5 and 55 gallon containers for cleaning up man sized messes.
http://wd40.com/img/WD-40_2000_uses.pdf
Engineering Flowchart
Great solvent, not such a great lubricant.
If you want a good lubricant spray, try Gibbs
PB Blaster
I have seen so many people use WD for drill lubricant - doesn't work at all for that. Dish washing soap actually works really well, but then you should use the WD afterwards to keep your bits from rusting.
Have you tried New Testament cigarettes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Rumfb5kyU
Come with a wine cooler:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOfLdn74GcI
Kids will be kids, and old men will still be old.
clickbait with the tomahawk jam ... over LeBron
It's ironic that tool oil is fish based.
It's good stuff.
Wow, what a degenerate and socially immoral society this was, to have humor like that! I'll bet that generation didn't even give their gays the regular beatings they deserve. Of course it's even worse now; soon we'll be like Europe with breasts on television where children can see them and transgender people existing!
Shit, ZH, narrow your focus to the bad guys running this joint. The things your Big Jesus pastors have you muddled by are just more divide-and-conquer.
Humorless twat.
What'cha got against twats?
HEY...
I LIKE twats!
I gave you an 'uparrow', after all...
Youre over-thinking this. Its a joke. The ad is probably fake. Just chuckle and move on. No one is saying anything about morality
I'm pretty sure that, back in one of my dad's sheds, there sits an unopened, vintage box with this printed on it.
Well, he/she/it is. Probably another Jesus freak trying to get kids to stop huffing WD40
No comment.
Very useful, I put some in my diesel gasoline...
It's good on crackers too.......
Spray some on your sardines.
It makes them taste a little less fishy.
Keeps those diesel sparkplugs from fouling.
I love the smell of mayhem in the morning.
You're killing me.
I thoughit was Barry's 40th try at developing a formula for my Wookie's Dry...
I would use some duct tape on that.
DUDE!!!
How am I supposed to unthink that visual!?
You harshed my mellow! And right before the weekend!
good one to end the week thank you Tyler
That's funny but the guy who thought that one up should have added that it "Provides an instant liquid motion for stuck CDS nuts." but then it would not be WD-40 now would it? It would be QE-40 and it would come in a central banker sized can.
AGW = Al Gore Weather
No way this was written before the Internet. The giveaway is, "ITS GOOD STUFF." Difficult as it may be to believe, back in those halcyon days of yesteryear, people actually knew the difference between a contraction and a possesive pronoun.
Good find Tyler, just fell off my chair.. thanks
Fun Fact: WD-40 is NOT a lubricant. It actually stands for "Water Displacement 40". While it does lubricate... it's not technically a lubricant. There are many rumours that say it's basically de-scented kerosene. While the trade secret protects its actual ingredients, it is about 80% hydrocarbons. So effectively, this is really brilliantly marketed kerosene with a massive markup.
I once accidentally sprayed down an entire commercial dining room with gasoline ... cleaned the gunk and grease off every blessed thing, I kid you not. Although the fumes required some airing, I though it was some wonderful stuff. I also sniff glue occasionally but that's just me.
doop
Hey, I was thinking about you the other day I thought you were on sabbaticle.
No, in a new job. I read your comment too fast at first, read it as, "I was thinking of you the other day I thought you were an asshole". First time in a while an insult made me laugh, however imagined. No Ebola here.
NSA/reload
I was wondering where its slightly pleasant aroma came from.
Man Trivia (without Google, etc.)....what does the WD stand for in WD-40?
The Data Sheet with the ingredients:
http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/msds-wd494716385.pdf
What? No fish?/s
I know that sprayed into the intake, WD40 will run a diesel engine. I've used it to bleed the injectors without killing the battery.
I learned recently it is very difficult to start a diesel engine that ran out of gas. It takes a little spray into the intake. Didnt know WD40 would do it,though. . .
did you know there is no patent for WD 40? The WD stands for water displacement and it took 39 attempts of different combinations of the ingredient(s) before they got it right on the 40th.
However, "WD-40" is a registered trademark, which is probably why "WD 40" appears in the fake ad.
I've used it to dry out a waterlogged distributor cap on a gasoline engine.
several times
Didn't learn it on game-boy though...
Hilarious, but a fake.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/wd40ad.asp
Fake? No shit? What tipped you off?
Like I told an asshole at work who thinks Snopes is some kind of agenda-less truth engine:
Let's test Snopes... I'll punch you in face, you check Snopes to see if it actually happened OK?
Fuck SNOPES.
True story: years ago before the Internet made us all so wise, I habitually cleaned my duty revolver with WD. Smells so good! Then I got lazy and left it to its own devices for a few weeks. I went to the range to get ready for a routine requalification. I drew and squeezed off. The hammer went "doooooooooooooo...p" and the S&W didn't fire. The WD had oxidised into thick gummy oxidised oil paint. Lesson learned. We should airdrop this stuff to ISIL. They'd be out of action in a matter of weeks. On second thought, AK's are so loose it might not stop 'em. ~ Bill
They always use frictionless knots when binding .
King Storm , King Desert and King Lightning .
See the Kings in winter .
Things are actually looking up . See
https://www.academia.edu/9204956/Slingshot_Atmospheric_Rivers
https://www.academia.edu/9304658/Optimal_Deserts
https://www.academia.edu/9306394/Optimal_Lightning_
The best penetrating oil is 50/50 acetone / ATF.
Great stuff!!! Can be used to unfreeze a car door lock or the seals around a frozen car door. Good to have in Canada in the winter (keep it
in the house so warm and ready to use). Also good to rub in your hands if you have arthritis. Mechanics found that it was great to relieve
aches and pains .
I knew an old farmer in his late 80's who after years of hard work was bent over with a bad back and he had really sore wrists and knuckles and had fingers swelling up from inflammation because of arthritis.He actually swore by WD40,said it was the only thing that worked to fight the pain.Killed the pain dead in its tracks he claimed.
One time I was salmon fishing and there were 3 of us trolling and I was the only one catching fish. I found out latter that the WD-40 I sprayed on my reel also attracts fish.
No Don Draper jokes?
used to be a sign in a local bar -- had a bolt chasing a nut...
of course the bolt was a cartoon guy and the nut was a cartoon girl and the caption said...
Oh no you don't, not without a washer......
From the early 50's...
Been looking for it since to put it in my shop!
A little bit of diesel fuel
Mixed with some ATF
will get you loosened everytime.
A little bit of diesel fuel
Mixed with some urea
Will get you blown everytime.
WD is a poison for parts of antimony!
hehe.
WD is a poison for parts of antimony!
Dissolve!
hehe.
LOL. But IIRC WD-40 was invented by an englishman.
American Superiority: WD40 and duct tape.
There is one thing that my father taught:
Be honest, yourself, ever.
I have other nic's other comment boxes but here Karaio'll always be, always with the same face of Homer Simpson with little brain.
Integrity, perseverance, credibility are things that are exchanged.
:-)
A number of years back a group of older New England women in a local club came on CBS 60 minutes. Each of the women claimed that WD 40 sprayed on your knees and joints could negate arthritis inflammation…
In those days corporations were based in the US and built stuff in the US. People had kind of a fondness toward these corporations. Now that most corporations have off-shored there isn't the same feeling toward these corporations and people will take any opportunity to sue them for any misdeed. I have at least 5 cans of WD-40 throughout my house and workshop (and I am a computer analyst). This advertising was clever and funny but nowadays there would be some group or other including the government calling for lawsuits and boycotts.
When Corps off-shore jobs, lobby in DC... that is called (with a straight face) a communism.
WD-40 is a great proguct though.
I get over year out of my Mach 3 shaving cartridges by giving them a shot of WD40 right after I finish shaving.
Yeah, zero hedge used to be informative and cool. Now it's just a retarded shell of its former self.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/wd40ad.asp