Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Small businesses that didn't quite cut it

In the early 1950's the Sears Roebuck Company devised a new law mower for the germ conscious housewife. It enclosed the driver in a clear plastic bubble so a woman could mow the lawn while wearing a nice dress and pearls and never spill her cocktail.

Best of all it allowed her to take over the lawn care so her husband could repair to his study with his cigar and his whiskey while the little woman took care of all domestic chores.

Unfortunately with the dawn of radical feminism men were no longer to enjoy their status of King of castle. On the other hand rabid bitter hags who loved feminism would have to hire indigent gardeners if they wanted their lawn trimmed. Or if they wanted any trim at all.

5 comments:

The Dude said...

Indigent, indignant, potato, potahto.

Mumpsimus said...

That's the problem with today's lawnmowers -- not enough chrome and plexiglas. And not enough streamlining.

Dad Bones said...

Menards has a machine that cleans floors all by itself. Spooked me when I first saw it coming down the aisle towards me, but it's apparently programmed to be nice to customers as it stopped and didn't expect me to get out of its way.

If there isn't already one of those things mowing lawns it probably won't be long.

The Dude said...

We were out walking our dogs once and encountered an autonomous lawn mower - my dog was curious but my friend's dog wanted to kill it.

So, they are out there even now, mowing lawns, gettin' 'er done and not drinking their owner's cheap box wine.

ampersand said...

When lawn mowers go bad