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(14,643 posts)My dad used to wear that shit.
MiHale
(9,739 posts)Wait a minute
MLAA
(17,298 posts)underpants
(182,832 posts)My gaydar just pegged out
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)"Take it off! Take it all off!"
Edie Adams was an icon for cigars.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)and we wore it to cover up the diesel fuel smell that had permeated our uniforms for eternity. They didn't call diesel submarines Pigboats for nothing.
An U.S. Navy submarine babe magnets, we did not want offend the sensibilities of the female persuasion with offensive odors, so good old Aqua Velva did the job.
As we acquired rank, and an extra buck or two of pay, we upgraded to Old Spice.
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)Ouch. My dad used that. And the green one, I think it was a Gillette product.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)a few cents more a bottle than Aqua Velva, making it an upgrade.
Green bottle? It sounds like your Dad may have been one of those Hai Karate guys!
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)And he sure was one for English Leather which often came in wooden boxes and turned wood knobby tops. But I could never go for Old Spice.
I barely remember the name Hai Karate. Incredibly on looking it up it was a Pfizer product. Perhaps could be the next covid cure?
Bucky
(54,027 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,004 posts)I hate it.
EYESORE 9001
(25,949 posts)To drink. On the job. Cologne covered the smell of ethyl alcohol.
RFCalifornia
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