As safe as a lettuce leaf?

Our house is old. And I love it. It has all these quirky little charms about it. Like the original "chippie" woodchip burner by the back door.

The original Art Deco doorhandles. No keys though, although why you would need to lock every door in the house is a mystery to me...

Original bakelite power points. Notice the lack of a switch. Yeah, old.

And bits and pieces that I sometimes find. Treasures like this old fuse wire that I discovered on top of the fuse box. There was actually another one, with a price tag of one ha'penny, but Isla decided to wash it (sigh).

But today, I really struck gold. I was cleaning out the laundry cupboard, attempting to locate enough sheets, pillowcases, towels etc for the Christmas visitors, when this treasure dropped down from a tiny space in between the back of the cupboard and the shelf, where it has been stuck for a couple of decades at least I expect.

The directions read; "Lapol Full Strength Deoderant Tablets. 20 sugar coated chlorophyll tablets for sweetness and freshness of body and breath. The new prescription for eliminating body and breath odours. Taken internally.

There are two kinds of personal odours and both can be quickly removed with Lapol Chlorophyll Tablets.

Breath odours are associated with faulty metabolism, achohol or eating highly flavoured foods such as garlic or onions. These can be removed in ten minutes by disolving one or more Lapol Tablet in the mouth.

Systematic body odours are of various types- Perspiration odours of the underarm and foot-Odours associated with menstruation and General Body Odours. ALl the above can be quickly and easily removed by swallowing one or more Lapol Tablet, preferably after breakfast or before retiring at night.

It is as safe as a lettuce too. Always insist on Lapol Full Strength Chlorophyll Tablets

Try this little personal test. Next time you are about to engage in strenuous exercize or sport, take one Lapol Table half an hour beforehand and notice the distinct lack of perspiration odour."

Whatever next? Well, that certainly provided some humour for the afternoon. And I know they're clearly well past their use by date, but I still find it ironic that they smell awful.

For more photos of the house, check out my flickr.