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    This ad from 1979 has aged well ;)


    This ad from 1979 has aged well 😉



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    2. HansBooby on

      all i ever thought about with this ad was how painful it would be to ride a bike naked. WHY is he naked

    4. The_Duc_Lord on

      I remember this ad and I remember my parents complaining because super had gone up to 40c per litre.

      I can’t remember if I was wearing an onion on my belt.

    6. itstraytray on

      Weirdly the moment I heard the song I remembered it but I do *not* remember dancing naked people in the ad! What a strange time the 70s was. I recall a kid in primary school getting in trouble once cos he wore a thshirt tha said “save water, shower with a friend”. When we were like, 8.

    7. jm_leviathan on

      “Mr. Menzies keeps talking about Communism. It is a smoke screen to conceal his failure to halt Inflation and reduce the cost of living.” (Official ‘No’ referendum pamphlet, 1951.)

    11. OneUpAndOneDown on

      Driving (and passengering) naked means everyone weighs a bit less. It all adds up, kids!

    13. CorruptDropbear on

      Australia has the longest running EV association in the world, the AEVA. It was formed in 1973 as a response to the first oil crisis. Fifty years. 

    16. MatterHairy on

      I’m 65 and have just had major sudden recognition, even knew the last lines, amazing whys gets buried in your subconscious

    17. OrangutanArmy on

      If the population was still huffing leaded petrol we’d be able to get ad programs like this..

    19. Icy_Concentrate9182 on

      What gets me about this, is that governments of the past used to get more involved (IMHO, basically do their job)
      If there’s a crisis, put out a fkn ad to tell the people to be mindful.

      Or if a company starts doing the wrong thing, you expose them on tv, and change the laws so it doesn’t happen again.

      Things like that…

      Call me old fashioned, but i prefer governments who hold the reins. Who intervene for the benefit of the country, not only the few who lobby.

      Keep in mind, in talking in general and not the current gov, no shit throwing

    20. stoic_slowpoke on

      Then, a decade later, Australia decided to cripple cycling uptake by introducing mandatory helmet laws.

      Truly we are the masters of our own demise.

    22. iloverealitytv2020 on

      As I want to be mindful in asking my question due to it being about politics and it being online, I want to phrase it carefully. But, with the tensions in the Middle East and the possibility of a fuel shortage (which we hope doesn’t happen). Could us Australians possibly encourage our MPs or ministers to reduce their non-essential official flights and use commercial flights where it’s practical to help conserve even more fuel?

    25. Bloobeard2018 on

      Did the same animation company do “Dingalings do stupid things”, “Vitamins and Minerals” and “Dangerous things” ads?

    27. Head_Acanthaceae_766 on

      Some of these old ads keep returning to relevance.
      Gov’t should just run them again instead of paying massive sums to an agency to create something lesser.