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ellaesther
07/08/09

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If you buy nothing else from Avon (and I personally don't, but my habits were set when I lived in a foreign land, so my habits don't really say much about Avon, where was I going with this? Oh yes), make it Skin So Soft, as a mosquito repellent.

Shit's the motherfucking BOMB!! And it smells purty, too. (Unless you don't like smelling purty, in which case, what the hell is wrong with you and your smell-neutral-privilege?)
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andonthatnote, JOC
07/08/09

@ellaesther: SSS is totally the hotness. My mother slathered it on me since the day I was born to keep bugs away. I was 15 before I found out it's actually a bath oil.
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Laulau
07/08/09

@ellaesther: Also works as an industrial strength remover of tar and such. No kidding - that stuff was specifically recommended when I did one of those Appalachia volunteer trips.
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ellaesther
07/08/09

@andonthatnote, JOC: Just the other day, on her way out the door to camp, my not-quite-6 year old said to me "Mommy? Why do they call it Skin So Soft if it's for bugs?" She was channeling you! (Also, I'm proud to report that for now, my not-quite-10 year old boy likes the smell. Fingers crossed!)

@Laulau: I did not know this. This, my friend, is being added to my list of Mommy MacGyver skills.
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Spaceman Bill Leah
07/08/09

@ellaesther: The only problem with the awesome that is SSS is that if you slather it on a teeeeensy bit too heavily, it doesn't really repel the bugs, it just encourages them to smother to death in it on you skin.
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kaiwhakamarie
07/08/09

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I briefly thought about selling Avon. I ended up not doing it because I found out I had to attend weekly meetings and figured it was one of those situations where close tabs are kept on everything you sell and its like a 'push push PUSH' kind of atmosphere, which I would hate. Its too bad. I think several of my friends would have bought from me and I probably could have done pretty well at it.

Any of you ever sell Avon? Was it an ok experience?
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morninggloria
07/08/09

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Avon ladies in downtown Chicago have a really unsettling sales tactic of walking up to me randomly on the street and complimenting my outfit and then asking for my business card, and then calling me at work and trying to get me to go to a "networking event" for other "professional women."

Just fucking invite me to a goddamn Avon party. Don't fill me with lies a bullshit networking event. I don't want to network. I know enough people in a professional setting whom I do not much care for. Just tell me you're selling me nail polish and face cream.

Your lies turned me away, Avon.
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Lymed
07/08/09

@morninggloria: I would never give a random person on the street my card
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morninggloria
07/08/09

@Lymed: Yeah, I learned my lesson after the one time it happened. I judged by appearances.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
07/08/09

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My sister was selling it for a while, but not anymore, I think. It's too bad. I like it. I just don't use it at a rate that would support anyone. I have bottles of moisturizer around here from the Clinton administration. It's a humid climate.

When I was a kid, though, visits from the Avon lady made my day. All that goldtone jewelry...
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labeled
07/08/09

@TheFormerJuneBronson: And solid perfume in shiny golden apples.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
07/08/09

@labeled: And red glass dinnerware! I once knew someone who had a full set of Cape Cod dishes and was convinced that they were insanely valuable. Her grandmother had collected them all and bequeathed them to her. I clicked around eBay a little and found out that you can get them now for less than they originally sold for. I crush people's dreams; it's what I do.
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labeled
07/08/09

@TheFormerJuneBronson: OMG, WHAT??!! fuck!

At least I have my collection of Avon stickpins to see my kids through graduate school.
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aisuru113
07/08/09

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My grandmother sold Avon. There were so many shades orange lipstick in the seventies. I only know this because she kept all her samples from the seventies and in teh early 90's let us play with them.
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labeled
07/08/09

@aisuru113: Those lipstick samples made 9yo Labeled's MONTH. To this day I get a little excited if I see anything hanging on my front door. Sadly, reminders to pay my newspaper subscription aren't a lot of fun OR the envy of my girlfriends.
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ionu
07/08/09

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My husband happens to be an "Avon Lady". He happens to be very handsome a 6'2 Black man and the women simply love him:)
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tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock
07/08/09

@ionu: I love Avon Men!
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labeled
07/08/09

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Also bucking the recession: Door to door meat salesmen (er, yeah) who find an unsuspecting Mr.Labeled doing yardwork and proceed to sell him $600 worth of steaks, roasts and chicken breasts which takes over my entire fucking freezer.

We'll be having individually flash-frozen chops for a month. No more lentil tacos for a while.

File under: I Hate When He Buys Groceries.
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prestocaro fears the culling
07/08/09

@labeled: See, my mister comes home with about 6 bags of candy and dinner for a single night. I wish he brought home meat.
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littlemisslondon
07/08/09

@labeled: ...door to door meat salesman?!?!

Wow. That's... wow.

I will never again complain when my husband "accidentally" buys a jumbo bag of liquorice allsorts and forgets the milk.
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aisuru113
07/08/09

@labeled: Is that the Swan's truck guy? My sister made the rep do his whole speil before she said she think about it.
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labeled
07/08/09

@all: Yeah, pork roast with brats on the side at 7sharp, be there!

Also yeah, meat salesmen. Their spiel always includes "it's a long drive back to..." followed by "so I'll throw in these cases of steaks for free, just don't tell the neighbors."

I'm pretty good at telling them I don't have any room in my freezer, so go away. The Mr... I think he was hypnotized by all the beautiful shiny cryovac.
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labeled
07/08/09

@aisuru113: No (too bad, too - they make kickin' root beer float ice cream bars and eggnog ice cream at Xmas), just random guys from random meat companies - Global Foods, Brother-sumthingorother Meat Packing, and there's one more.
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Spaceman Bill Leah
07/08/09

@labeled: I want to live in your neighborhood.
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labeled
07/08/09

@Spaceman Bill Leah: If I could get door-to-door rum & wine salesmen I'd grow a garden in the back yard and never leave.

(Also, we just found out that our elderly neighbor across the street buys from each of the meat guys and then gives the stuff away to those in need. Small towns ftw.)
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Samanthrax
07/08/09

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Good. Avon also makes quality products at an afforable price. Their lipstick is the shit and their nailpolish lasts forever. No, I am not 65.
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colormeroutine
07/08/09

@Samanthrax is Sarcastic and Joking: Really? I have a really hard time with lipstick I can never figure out what shade to wear, and then on the rare occasion I find something I like it feels gross. But I haven't tried Avon...
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Ailatan
07/08/09

@colormeroutine: tell your sales person to show you the samples, so you can see how they look on your skin.

I was an Avon representative when I was in High school, that's how I paid for my end of the year trip.
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save jinger
07/08/09

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I know my grandma is still buying it from the ladies at her church. I used to love looking through those little catalogs whenever I went to visit.
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rightfootleft
07/08/09

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Screw the recession. I want my personalized snap cups and pink scented paper!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
07/08/09

@rightfootleft: Works every time!
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