Carnation Milk

Carnation milk - 65 YEARS AGO
 
A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since she was old enough to walk, with hours of hard work and little compensation.

When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the 1940s, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan. The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with 'Carnation Milk is best of all.'

She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this!

She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said, 'Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 even though we will not be able to use it!'

I remember hearing that little ditty a LONG timer ago. - Swede
 

Ballantine Beer – 65 Years ago

            Remarkably in this exact time period Ballantine Beer ran a contest for the best slogan to sell their beer. Tens of thousands of slogans were submitted. As they worked their way thorough the vetting process there was one that was particularly catchy but the executives were not exactly sure what how to interpret it …Ballantine Beer is like love in a canoe…

            At their wits end they sent their private jet out to Battle Creek Michigan to pick up the contestant and bring him to the Newark NJ headquarters of Ballantine Beer.

            At an executive board meeting they asked him “ Mr Smith please tell us in your own words just why is …Ballantine Beer like love in a canoe… ?

            All leaned forward to hear Mr Smith as he replied …Ballantine Beer is F****ng near water…

I have been waiting 65 years to tell that one. - Bill K

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