Matti,
My recollection as a 50+ american is that the household cleaner Mr. Clean
has been around since at least the 1960's. I remember vividly the TV
advertisements with the bald headed genie (or whatever) with his arms
crossed and inspecting dirt or cleanliness or whatever. With my US-centric
upbringing, I think that Mr. Clean originated here and then went overseas,
with appropriate translations of the product name, hence the appearance of
Mr. Proper.
That's what I know about Mr. Clean vs. Mr. Proper. I believe it correct,
but I'm not a Procter & Gamble historian.
David
At 09:21 AM 1/25/01, Matti Aarnio wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:00:26AM -0500, James Lewis Nance wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 05:33:02PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Long ago, about January 24, Joseph wrote:
> > > > >From John Levon on Wednesday, 24 January, 2001:
> > > > >Idle curiosity, but what does the "mr" in make mrproper
> > > > >stand for ?
>
> It does refer to Procter&Gamble household cleaning product
> titled "Mr Proper", which apparently more recently has been
> renamed as "Mr Clean". (Or who knows how international companies
> decide on what to call the products where...)
>
> A semi-joke which may or may not make sense to people depending
> on if they have seen the adverts that at least Finns have seen..
> (I guess it was american advertisement dubbed into finnish.)
>
> "'make clean' is simple soap wash, 'make mrproper' cleans also
> tougher stains by using stronger solvents; user is advised to
> protect themselves."
>
>/Matti Aarnio
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