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The Age
14-05-2025
- General
- The Age
A tarrific piece of marketing
Of all the nations at odds with The Donald, it has always seemed that the Scots are the most creative with their abuse. Terms like 'Wee orange rodent', 'Hamster heedit bampot' and 'Mangled apricot hellbeast' are just a few that come to mind. However, Jim Dewar of Davistown notes that they will happily utilise him in the name of tourism: 'Arriving in Turriff, a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, visitors are greeted by a recently erected roadside sign: Turriff - A Beautiful Thing.' There are plenty of C8-ers with a tale to tell of the Rawleigh man (C8), Janita Rankin of North Dandalup (WA) being one of them: 'We lived in a village with a small general store, so travelling salesmen were welcome, none more so than the Rawleigh man. While my mother served tea and cake, I sat enthralled as an array of ointments, balms and liniments were displayed. He also managed to fit seasonal gifts, ribbons and utensils in his suitcase. One product in particular, Goanna Salve, got my attention. I'd seen goannas in our yard and could not understand how he got one into a small tin.' 'My mother remembers the Rawleigh man,' says Nick Bencsik of Hunters Hill. 'In fact, she still has a tin of Rawleigh's Antiseptic Salve in her pantry. She's not sure how old it is, but it's still going strong!' Judy Jones of Thornleigh recalls that 'the Rawleigh man sold Man and Beast Ointment, the one ointment, but, I must hasten to add, he was preceded by the Watkins man. He had wonderful aromas from all the bottles of cooking essences floating out the back doors of his little van. I likened him to Aladdin.' 'I bought a new sewing machine for my wife for Christmas (her request), and the very lovely and knowledgeable ladies at the sewing store in Waratah supplied a beautiful pair of scissors (C8) as a complimentary gift,' writes Tony Bennett of Broke. 'I was informed quite firmly and without discussion to NEVER cut paper with them as paper blunts sewing scissors. Incidentally, they are also referred to as shears, not scissors.'
Sydney Morning Herald
14-05-2025
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
A tarrific piece of marketing
Of all the nations at odds with The Donald, it has always seemed that the Scots are the most creative with their abuse. Terms like 'Wee orange rodent', 'Hamster heedit bampot' and 'Mangled apricot hellbeast' are just a few that come to mind. However, Jim Dewar of Davistown notes that they will happily utilise him in the name of tourism: 'Arriving in Turriff, a small town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, visitors are greeted by a recently erected roadside sign: Turriff - A Beautiful Thing.' There are plenty of C8-ers with a tale to tell of the Rawleigh man (C8), Janita Rankin of North Dandalup (WA) being one of them: 'We lived in a village with a small general store, so travelling salesmen were welcome, none more so than the Rawleigh man. While my mother served tea and cake, I sat enthralled as an array of ointments, balms and liniments were displayed. He also managed to fit seasonal gifts, ribbons and utensils in his suitcase. One product in particular, Goanna Salve, got my attention. I'd seen goannas in our yard and could not understand how he got one into a small tin.' 'My mother remembers the Rawleigh man,' says Nick Bencsik of Hunters Hill. 'In fact, she still has a tin of Rawleigh's Antiseptic Salve in her pantry. She's not sure how old it is, but it's still going strong!' Judy Jones of Thornleigh recalls that 'the Rawleigh man sold Man and Beast Ointment, the one ointment, but, I must hasten to add, he was preceded by the Watkins man. He had wonderful aromas from all the bottles of cooking essences floating out the back doors of his little van. I likened him to Aladdin.' 'I bought a new sewing machine for my wife for Christmas (her request), and the very lovely and knowledgeable ladies at the sewing store in Waratah supplied a beautiful pair of scissors (C8) as a complimentary gift,' writes Tony Bennett of Broke. 'I was informed quite firmly and without discussion to NEVER cut paper with them as paper blunts sewing scissors. Incidentally, they are also referred to as shears, not scissors.'
