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11/27/2003 Archived Entry: "5 DAY DEODORANT PADS"

5 DAY DEODORANT PADS

When I was a kid, there was such a thing as "Five day deodorant pads". I have no earthly idea why I keep remembering them. I even recall what they looked like. It seems they came in a round, blue jar the same size as the pads. I puzzled at them then and continue to today.

That was the name of them. They were little circles of cloth saturated with stuff that were supposed to keep your underarms odor free for five days. I suppose that meant with one application you could work Monday through Friday and your fellow workers would be safe from eye-burning vapors. I think they were popular with the people who only bathed every week as was the custom with many back in those days.

My curiosity got the best of me and I googled for them this morning. Speaking of googling, the Google graphics for Thanksgiving are really cute so take a look. Anyway, MedShop Express has "5 Day Anti-Perspirant Deodorant Pads Regular Scent - 75 each for $4.54. Satisfaction within 5 days". It doesn't say "satisfaction guaranteed". They are still on the market, the packaging is different and the added message of "satisfaction within 5 days" leaves me puzzled. In fact it conjures up all kinds of images and I'm not going there.