MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 8 months ago7 January 2025sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up192
arrow-up192image7 January 2025sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareBillibusMaximus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·8 months agoThere was a series of TV commercials in the 70s for a laundry detergent that focused on “ring around the collar”. So I suspect it’s a spoof of one of those.
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoThose commercials were pretty common in the 80s (I wanna say it was for Tide), and yes, this is a direct reference to those.
minus-squareKernal64@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoWisk! I’d entirely forgotten the existence of that detergent
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoMakes sense. It’s a smidge before my time of having a television.
There was a series of TV commercials in the 70s for a laundry detergent that focused on “ring around the collar”. So I suspect it’s a spoof of one of those.
Those commercials were pretty common in the 80s (I wanna say it was for Tide), and yes, this is a direct reference to those.
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Wisk! I’d entirely forgotten the existence of that detergent
Makes sense. It’s a smidge before my time of having a television.