On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:37:10 -0700, charlieb
wrote:

When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
reliable.

There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
"Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"

The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).


Are we talking Sears catalogues?

P