Waterproof Home

[Zuiderelle]

Excerpt from Yesterday's Tomorrows: past visions of the American future, by Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan; Summit Books (1984), page 83. The actual item is from a 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics.



Because everything in her home is waterproof, the housewife of 2000 can do her daily cleaning with a hose.

http://www.milk.com/wall-o-shame/waterproof.html

[cwydro]

1. Damn,

I wish. The dogs are usually on the couch...I can kill several birds with one stone.:rofl:

[kay1864]

2. And yet in 2000...

She's still wearing a frilly apron :crazy:

[Zuiderelle]

3. And other than the drain in the center of the room

everything else looks like it's from the 50s. They could have at least had things floating around on rockets or something. She should be wearing a jetpack instead of an apron.

[Deep13]

4. Oh yeah, our old future.

Technology advances are predicted but not social changes.

A waterproof sofa must be very comfy.

[Zuiderelle]

5. Not to mention all the wasted water.