remember those 1980's "Calgon take me away" commercials where the woman just wanted a little peace and quiet in her own house? Now I get it. #GenX - ThreadSky

adgirlmm.bsky.social • 165 days ago

remember those 1980's "Calgon take me away" commercials where the woman just wanted a little peace and quiet in her own house?

Now I get it.

#GenX

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norcaljohn.bsky.social•165 days ago

*** Mainsplaining Warning ***

I was in banking in the 1980s, at least at the time 2/3 female.

My 20s age group female coworkers, taking this young man under their wings, made it clear what "Take Me Away" meant 🤠 . And any "Peace and Quiet"? ... Code for 'away from the kids' 😻🙀

frankieface15.bsky.social•165 days ago

You know what L7 did? Their song Diet Pill pops into my head every time Calgon is mentioned.

Calgon can't take me away
No, Calgon can't take me away
From the things that I did today

Ah, the early 90s, deep sigh.

joewestfall.bsky.social•163 days ago

remember the other one

where she says "I'm cleaning my oven"
and she is in bed 😆😉

venus8000.bsky.social•165 days ago

OMG! It's definitely a Mercury Retrograde! I tell my friend that all the time when I'm having one of those days " Calgon take me away!" At the end the lady who was having a meltdown is in the bathtub full of bubble! LoL 🤣

lorlovesdemocracy.bsky.social•165 days ago

G'morning, MM. I found a YouTube channel that shows live sunrises.

therealmarchhare.bsky.social•165 days ago

When our kids were little and we were exhausted from the work / day care / school / activities treadmill as well as housework, I would buy my wife a weekend at the local Embassy Suites and send her there. No kids. No me. No house work. No errands. For like 48 hours, she was free of it all.

estrogenx73.bsky.social•165 days ago

matthewjames.from.software•165 days ago

Word #genX

remainsofme.bsky.social•165 days ago

Dammit now I need a working bathtub. #TheyWereRight

elizbdurkin.bsky.social•165 days ago

Yes!!! I’m going to have a long soak in my tub tomorrow…candles … maybe a crossword puzzle …

yossarianv5.bsky.social•165 days ago

R’Amen

pecsurvey.bsky.social•165 days ago

deepstatedm.bsky.social•165 days ago

arlinaaquino.bsky.social•165 days ago

This is why I’m a night owl.

hortgirl0791.bsky.social•165 days ago

suzannenotsusan.bsky.social•165 days ago

We were way to young to understand the complexities of that statement.

head-cannon.bsky.social•164 days ago

I just said this to the wife the other day lol

ryansforbeson.bsky.social•165 days ago

Was that after the “I can bring home the bacon …” campaign ? 🤣

adgirlmm.bsky.social•165 days ago

I can bring home the bacon. Fry it up in a pan...💀

ryansforbeson.bsky.social•165 days ago

Love the pic. “Voila, breakfast is served”. It all comes back to Jake Ryan.

sasokol.bsky.social•164 days ago

Enjoli - The 8 hour perfume for the 24 hour woman.

ryansforbeson.bsky.social•164 days ago

We sure were cheesy back then. And lawn darts were a game.

sasokol.bsky.social•164 days ago

I'm not sure what lawn darts are but had trouble with the lyrics as a kid. It didn't sound like my job to validate men.

ryansforbeson.bsky.social•164 days ago

Lawn darts were these super sharp arrow looking things that you threw at targets and people were dying from getting hit with them. Yeah those thinly disguised “female empowerment” yet they were also about “taking care of their men” 🤮

sasokol.bsky.social•164 days ago

Now I want some real bubble bath!

There are bath gels, scrubs, bath beads, but drug stores don't seem to carry bottles of good old fashioned bubble bath.

sonrae13.bsky.social•164 days ago

And the only place she could get it was her bathtub.

brutusthornapple.bsky.social•165 days ago

Solid "80s reference I joked about at the time, which now has me wanting a soaking tub thanks to you

stokesrj2.bsky.social•165 days ago

Rolling Stones, "Mother's Little Helper".

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