TP Series, Green Variant

This woman was later arrested for smuggling leprechauns under her dress. At the time, however, she was the height of glamor and style; this work hails from an era when the lowliest of consumer products were being upgraded by the addition of dyes, thereby connoting "Luxury" and "status." In a society of mass affluence (and somehow the words "mass affluence" sound curiously apt when discussing the bathroom; they beg to be spoonerized) people fill their hours with pointless chores, such as color-coordinating buttpulp in their bathrooms. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. When the popular magazines of the day are filled with ads for color-coordinated bathroom tissue, it means the society is prospering. When the popular mags have grim ads for Family Shrouds ("buy in bulk and save") or Victory Coffee ("Now with 87% chicory") - then you're in trouble.



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