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Saturday, September 7. 2013

Message on a bottle - a Dr. Bronner's bottle


Knowing the full-truth that unites the human race, and not teaching all is deathly guilt, learned carpenter Jesus from Mason Rabbi Hillel! But Marx, innocent grandson of 2 rabbies, learned only half truth! As Mao wrote in Redbook 51: Marxist-Communism, once in power, is utterly unworkable, has less value then cowdung. Its power is the gun! What an apology we Rabbis owe Israel, Marx, Mao, all mankind, for not teaching Astronomy's great All-One-God-Faith, that with just 6 words eternally unites the human race! As teaches African-shepherd Astronomer Israel for 6000 years, LISTEN CHILDREN ETERNAL FATHER ETERNALLY ONE! For on God's Spaceship Earth, with Bomb and Gun, we are All-One or none! All-One! All-One! All-One! Exceptions eternally? Absolute none!



Got that? It's deep and makes good sense (if you are on an acid trip).


It's the hippy soap, Dr. Bronner's. It's organic, whatever that means. When I saw the bottle, I remembered this stuff. Knew a hippy-styled girl in college who used it.


Some folks still swear by it. It's "organic."

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I remember that!
My mom would occasionally go on her hippy trip and get some. It was good soap...not great, but good. Edible, too, I think?

Fun to read while on the toilet, too.
#1 Rick on 2010-09-10 15:12 (Reply)
And here I thought you were talking about Herbal Essence.... a soap I swear every girl I dated in the '70s used to wash their hair.
#2 JoeC on 2010-09-10 15:57 (Reply)
I've never been able to grok what organic actually meant, and if being "organic" is a goodness. Awfully good buzz word though.

Perhaps my deficient education in that regard is due to growing up outside of an urban area, and being in the military during the turbulent years of the late 60's, early 70's.

Heh- I can remember selling, door-to-door, Watkins Salve back in the 60's. Was going to make my mark, I was. If Mom believed in it and bought it regularly, surely so would my neighbors (our neighboorhood was rather tolerant of us youngsters). I did learn that sales is hard work, especially door-to-door, though I did get to meet some great people.

I also thought selling magazines, newspaper subsciptions and ice cream (hand-pushed cart w/dry ice) would be more successful endeavours than they turned out to be.
#3 Ron Snyder on 2010-09-10 16:06 (Reply)
I absolutely love Dr. Bronner's soap. Did you know he was a survivor of the death camps, and came to this country penniless. He has made a fortune from the soap. It is organic because it is made from organic oils, which are made from olives grown without chemical pesticides. I love the way the peppermint soap makes me feel, and I get a kick out of reading his rants on the side of the bottle.
#4 peter on 2010-09-10 16:36 (Reply)
What you've pictured is Castile soap. If you had a child with eczema problems, you'd see the value of it. There was a time I could only use castile soap in my house, even for clothes washing, or my poor little boy would turn into an alligator.

Love the stuff!
#5 BlackOrchid on 2010-09-10 16:44 (Reply)
I thought hippies didn't use soap!
#6 Big___Al on 2010-09-10 16:47 (Reply)
The only "organic" soap I've ever used was Momma's homemade from hog lard and lye.
#7 mary on 2010-09-10 17:54 (Reply)
Heck yeah. I remember my grandmother's homemade soap too. 50+ years ago. Can't get anymore organic than that. The reviewer said she knew of only one use for soap and that was for cleaning. Perhaps one of the 18 uses that Dr. Bronner has in mind is to drink some of the liquid soap. I'll bet it's one hell of a laxative.
#7.1 Pocono Joe on 2010-09-11 04:35 (Reply)
Most of what we call soap is actually detergent. Perhaps a small point, but as BlackOrchid highlights, genuine soaps are friendlier to human biochemistry. The main ingredients in our common petroleum-byproduct soap substitutes are scary to some.
#8 foxmarks (Link) on 2010-09-10 18:46 (Reply)
You want organic - here's organic.
#9 Tom Francis on 2010-09-10 19:05 (Reply)
I remember Dr. Bronner, he used to have a store here in San Diego, the windows were filled with sheets of paper bearing his tracts. The original died some years ago and apparently his kids have carried on the tradition.
#10 Alan Kellogg (Link) on 2010-09-10 23:35 (Reply)
I like the tea soap, but it rots the pump when I put it in the hand soap dispenser. I mean the damn thing just corrodes and falls apart.
#11 John on 2010-09-11 00:16 (Reply)
you have to use a hand-thrown clay pottery hand pump
#11.1 buddy larsen on 2010-09-11 00:21 (Reply)
Thanks,
But it's the dispensing nozzle not the container that corroded.

Good soap anyway.
#12 John on 2010-09-11 12:41 (Reply)
There's an excellent documentary on Dr. Bronner (available through Netflix). He also escaped from a mental institute. The fascinating thing is that the family shares the wealth with their employees and are also known for giving away money.
#13 Teri Pittman on 2010-09-11 13:05 (Reply)
Dr Bronner's corn chips were pretty awesome too, dipped in some guacamole!
#14 stephen on 2010-09-12 11:12 (Reply)
Sorry, I'm an old Curmudgeon but I love the Peppermint soap. Many moons ago took it camping on the Appalachian Trail - lightweight, good for bathing, cleaning dishes, washing out clothes, even brushing teeth. Even now at my advanced age I find it refreshing as opposed to the unnatural mass market products like Axe and Irish Spring.

You should give it a try!
#15 Vladtheimp on 2010-09-12 11:42 (Reply)
A happy memory!
#16 pbird on 2010-09-12 11:43 (Reply)
Ahh, Dr.Bronners Peppermint soap. I used to have a friend with a health food restaurant order it for me by the gallon. Great stuff.
#17 JimK on 2010-09-12 14:16 (Reply)
Have used this soap since 1972.

Speaking of acid trips, has anyone ever read a box (original) of Screaming Yellow Zonkers??

Also, you can buy the Good Doctor's stuff on the internet.

It also makes for a good substitute toothpaste, and several different varieties other than peppermint. I've tried them all, they are all great, but peppermint leaves the best afterscent.
#18 Lord Whorfin on 2010-09-13 12:23 (Reply)
(three years later)

Well, there's your typical right-wing post. He vilifies it, calls it a 'hippie soap', mocks the word 'organic'...

...then it turns out lots of people love the stuff and think it's great!

Message #5 up above about eczema was interesting.

And Big Al makes a tough point:

"I thought hippies didn't use soap!"

Yeah, what about that, BD? You used "dirty, smelly hippies" in a post last week -- and this week they're squeaky clean?

Of course, folks, this was three years ago when BD still had a lot to learn about proper smear techniques.

But he's gotten much better, thank goodness.
    #19 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2013-09-07 15:17 (Reply)
    I used to use Dr. Bronner's when I was a Boy Scout hiking the Adirondacks, the Appalachian Trail or any other trail available for hiking.

    It was great stuff.
    #20 Bulldog on 2013-09-07 16:08 (Reply)
    Oh shoot, most people wouldn't know a hippie if it sat on em anyhow. Love the stuff and I take it on road trips cause you can use the one soap for anything.
    #21 pbird on 2013-09-07 20:28 (Reply)
    Oh yeah, my first exposure to Dr. Bronner's was via a Dead-loving Hippie Chick. Peppermint. At first I rolled my eyes - I did a lot of eye rolling around her - but the label was so earnestly whacky I warmed to stuff. I had already started using castile soap b/c I have sensitive skin & Dr. Bronner's was milder than anything I had run across.
    #22 T.K. Tortch on 2013-09-07 20:30 (Reply)
    I use Dr. Bronner's soap all the time and I am a Libertarian.
    #23 CBCD on 2013-09-07 20:34 (Reply)
    Hippies? Gots lots of unreconstructed hippies where I live.
    #24 Sam L. on 2013-09-07 21:31 (Reply)
    Great soap. Incredible bathroom reading material in a pinch. Don't hate.
    #25 Jeffrey on 2013-09-08 01:54 (Reply)
    And don't get that stuff in yer eyes, you'll claw them out right in the shower.
    #26 Steve in CT on 2013-09-08 10:47 (Reply)
    Dr. Bronners is great soap. We use the lavendar soap for our pillow cases. Also, castile soap is one of the few cleaners that will easily clean up fingerprint powder, in case any of you have the misfortune of a break in and crime scene techs in the house
    #27 Dustin on 2013-09-08 15:36 (Reply)
    "Gee, your hair smells terrific!"

    Speaking of Boy Scouts and hippies and hiking. My Scout Troop has hiked through several Rainbow Gatherings in the Ocala National Forest. Haven't had any hippies sit on me yet so that's a good thing. Many of them do not use soap when gathering in the forest. Fortunately they tend to gather in February when it's cool and mostly what you smell is wood smoke. Well, maybe some other kinds of smoke also. Maybe...
    #28 Larry Geiger on 2013-09-09 10:15 (Reply)

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