Since my last few posts have all been political, I decided to take a break for a while and attempt to mix things up a bit….(and for u purg!)

This is one of the ads that Shurouq (God bless her) sent me last week, following my request here.

The reason I am aiming to collect these ads is because they’re like windows to the society and popular culture of the time. Its the kind of history that you wont find in history books or musalsalaat….

Let me explain further….Look at this ad….and put in mind its from 1969!

Now lets analyze it.

First of all, by reading the text, you will realize that its basically an ad for an outdoor barbeque by the pool, with live music. We’re in 2005, and live music is basically banned by our wonderful Islamists! Can you even imagine a hotel attempting to do an outdoor pool barbeque with live music nowadays??

Second, notice the drawing in the ad. Do you see the woman in her bathing suit? and the other woman on the right with a bikini??? 36 years ago, you could use this image in an ad, now ud be thrown in jail! Also, this means that at the time, this was considered normal swimming attire! Also, the cups in the picture wouldn’t be there unless they were telling you that alcohol is available! Otherwise, why use so much of the picture space for cups?!

Third, if we continue reading further, you will notice the price for the evening. Its 2 KD for dinner, service, plus renting a locker for swimming!! So basically for half the price of one roll of sushi, you get all that!! Again, remember this was back in 1969, so 2KD was alot more valuable than now….but again, you get some sense of the inflation that happened since then from the ad!

Anyway, thats it for this ad. If you have any more comments, please feel free to add them. I hope some of you would appreciate my love for these old ads after this brief analysis. You can learn alot about the popular culture of the early days from a simple advertisment!