How to make a worksheet play.

Read the small print: The only way to make a worksheet fun is to print it out and make a paper airplane out of it...

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You can smell the rich coffee flavour!

We all just LOVE that "Natural" coffee aroma!!! ;)

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What's on Your Powerbook?

Both men have the latest in cutting edge computer technology. Only one has any fashion sense.

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1948 | Mobil Gas Tires

Yep, I'd buy tyres from such a cute man in uniform... ;)

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Pliofilm

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What the heck is Electronic Mail?

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System 7

When pressed, Steve Jobs admitted he could only come up with 7 really good reasons.

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Your Brain on Drugs

The early nineties was a crucial time for the war on drugs in the USA, sadly however, the Partnership for a Drug Free America only managed to put people off eating eggs.

The Ad Agency was later busted by the DEA.

source: analog, January 1991.

PC vs MAC

Back in the day when it didn't matter if you had a PC or a Mac, neither was cool.

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Message Pad 2000

Introducing the Message Pad 2000, the only handheld computer you can actually use. If you have three hands.

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Questar

Naked androgynous cavemen and evil plotting Egyptians were the stuff of historical fantasy in the late eighties. If you look closely (click on the image for a bigger look) you can see a female explorer pointing out the lack of reproductive organs...

Source: analog, May 1987.

Cadbury Flake

Cadbury Flake gained some notoriety for its highly sensual advertising. In the UK, the adverts showed people - almost always women - enjoying a Flake whilst relaxing.

The Flake Girl became famous as a symbol of indulgence and secret pleasure. Her emphasis - voted third most memorable of all time - was on allowing herself a guilt-free luxury. However, many saw in the delicacy with which she nibbled the crumbly chocolate bar, more than a hint of sexual pleasure. That, of course, was why it was so successful.

In the 1970s, an advert was taken off air following complaints about the suggestive manner in which the woman bit into the bar.

The Element of Environment.

You can tell a lot from a job advert, such as, if you're having great difficulty in understanding what the advert is saying, then the job probably isn't for you. Looks like I won't be applying for any jobs in weapons engineering anytime soon.

How Far Can You Go?

To Boldly Go...

Before JJ Abrams there was Simon & Schuster, creating cutting edge Star Trek computer games for IBM, Apple and Commodore computers. Cutting edge, text based adventures...

Source: analog, April 1987.

Apple invents...

Apple invents the personal computer. Again. And again. And again. In fact, Steve Jobs will have you believe that he can invent the personal computer on a yearly basis. At least that's what he did before the iPhone.

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McDonald's Big mac

You can Trust Singer

Now from Singer - world leaders in sewing machines - comes Britain's most advanced model ever!

Not only straight stitches.... Not only 'Swing Sewing' stitches.... But a pull-out tacking stitch too!

Source: Stitchcraft No. 394.

Slip Into Orbit

Gay, elegant, strictly for sophistikats... Designed to give morale a wicked whirl. Who knew that 1966 was the year that the Scotch Wool Shop would start using sublime messages to appeal to the growing number of closet lesbians?

Source: Stitchcraft, May 1966.

A is for Apple.

The first thing you should know about personal computers.... is that Apple knows how to spell...

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