Sanitary bagsSomehow I've started collecting these barfbag lookalikes too. Here's a selection of receptacles provided by hotel and toilet managements to make your stay as pleasant as possible. Collecting bags from women's toilets involves potential embarrassment for males, so special thanks to those understanding females who have provided much of this collection. If you're really interested in sanitary bags, then check out:
Check this list carefully, and you'll also find a perfumed nappy bag and a condom bag...
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Adolf Rick NachfolgerEight languages: German, English, French, Dutch,
Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Greek. |
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Astrein, (1670202)From a women's loo at the University of Bochum in Germany. Packed with disposal information in German, French, Danish, Czech, Russian and Polish. Plus addresses for where to get more of these bags in Germany, Austria, France, Denmark, Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic. "Astrein" is German for "above-board" or "genuine". The only thing that confuses me? If this is a feminine
hygiene bag, why is there a picture of a workman at the top? And why is he
winking? |
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Astrein (1670201)From a loo in an international training centre in Feldafing, south of Munich. I must admit I haven't detected a difference between this bag and the one above, except the article number at the bottom. The training centre serves people from the developing
world. Wouldn't Hindi, Swahili, Wolof and Vietnamese be more appropriate
than Danish and Czech? |
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Astrein 01With addresses at the bottom for bag refills in Germany, Austria, France, Denmark, Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic. From the Speuerhaus in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany. |
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Astrein 02With an address in Switzerland at the bottom too.Thanks to Joerg Meyer. (2004) |
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Astrein 03Bigger bag bearing the number 1670202. |
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Bangkok Centre HotelSanibag in English, Japanese and Chinese, but not Thai. |
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Best Western, Hamburg, GermanyBoring, boring: check into the Best Western near the airport in Hamburg, and this is all you get. For something more interesting, visit the Seehofer Restaurant instead. (2002). |
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Best WesternMuch better effort from this multinational chain. This
one features printing in three colours, as well as a "Recyclable--
Biodegradable -- Renewable Resource" logo on the back. Good luck if
you try recycling the contents. |
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Bolsa higiénicaThis plastic item came from the Expo Hotel in Barcelona. |
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Blue plasticDon't know where this one came from. But it looks like it was hanging
up somewhere -- there's a hole in the middle. |
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CKS Airport HotelHow thoughtful of an airport hotel to provide a sanitary
bag that you can also take onto the plane for barfing purposes -- saves
the airline from having to provide their own bags? |
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Contentitore per assorbenti igienici femminiiiYes, the last word really does have four i's in the last five letters. Gilles Beger sent this to me. "It's a gift", he said. "I
don't know what to do with it." Er, might I suggest you ask your wife
or girlfriend, Gilles? |
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Contentitore igienico per signora"Higenic Bag for Ladies. Please do not throw in the
toilette. Use only the proper can". In Italian, French, German,
Spanish and what I guess is Serbo-Croat. |
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Contentitore igienico per signora (no Croat)Similar design to the bag above, but does not cater to
Croats. |
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DamebindSanitary bag with instructions in Norwegian, (incorrect)
German, and English. |
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Deutsche BundesbahnYou would have thought that after the prices they charge for a ticket, German railways would provide a better bag than this. From an express train from Cologne to Berlin (2002) |
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Deutsche Bundesbahn ICE (1)That's InterCity Express -- the extra-fast train that zips from Cologne to Frankfurt in an hour (faster than the plane, especially if you include the waiting time). You get a selection of pretty patterns in ICE loos. Here's the first. (2003) |
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Deutsche Bundesbahn ICE (2)Here's an alternative design. (2003) |
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Deutsche Bundesbahn ICE (3)And here's my favourite. (2003) |
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DurexToo small for a sanitary pad. Just the right size for a
condom. |
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Durner (blue)From a bagmaker based in Nuremberg. |
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Durner (green)At last, a rest from the barrage of blue bags. |
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Dutch sanitary bagCertainly not worth a visit to the Netherlands to pick up this bag. |
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Generic (Japanese?)Big type says "for sanitary napkin disposal"
in English only. The smaller type adds, "Please dispose into the
dustbin", in both English and Japanese. No idea where it came from,
though. |
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Holiday InnBoringly unbranded bag from this hotel chain. |
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Hotel Chitwan Keyman, Bharatpur, NepalNot an airsickness bag, but a bag for "disposables" from a hotel in a town in southern Nepal. "Please put your disposables in this bag and place it in the bin. Do not flush", it says. I just couldn't resist stealing it. The start of my collection of hotel bags. (1999) |
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Hotel Vila do Mar, Natal, BrazilThat's the Natal in Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, not
the one in South Africa. |
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Hotelia (dark blue)A pretty chain of blue daisies adorns this Italian bag. |
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Hotelia (lighter blue)The daisies must have faded in the the light. |
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hygia, GermanyCosmopolitan bag with instructions in Dutch, English,
French and German. Don't leave it on your seat or hand it to the cabin
crew, but leave it in the pail in the toilet. |
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hygia StandaardDifferent edition from the bag above. |
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Hygiene-Beutel 01In German, English, French, Italian and Dutch. |
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Hygiene-Beutel 02How many ladies' loos have the sort of bin depicted on this bag? |
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Hygiene-Beutel 03Why is it that sanibags are language-rich (this one has German,
English, French, Italian, Turkish and what I guess is Croat). But
airsickness bags, where the clientele is much more likely to be
international, are mostly mono-or bilingual. |
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Hygiene-Beutel, Bochum, GermanyAnother bag from the Ruhr University in Bochum. This one has instructions in German, English, French, Italian, Turkish, and (believe it or not) Esperanto. The English harks back to a forgotten age: "Please do not throw in WC., but in the pail, will be removed by chamber maid!" The flip side features a tree with the slogan (in
German): "Paper: Eco Logical". Looks like the chamber maids in
Bochum have been trained in recycling these bags and their contents. |
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Hygiene-Beutel, Café Reinhard, Cologne, GermanyBeats me why these sanitary bags have Red Cross crosses
on them. Use them only if you're wounded? |
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Hygiene-Beutel Cologne station, GermanyLike the Bochum bag above, but the logo on the reverse
is placed differently. |
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Hygiene-Beutel Cropius-Halle, BerlinI've never worked out why these sanitary bags have a Red
Cross symbol on them. Any ideas? |
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Hygiene-Beutel Die Umweltschonende VerpackungLebensmittelecht mit Wasserfarben bedruckt:
translates as "Printed with water-soluble, food-suitable
inks..." I'm still trying to work out why. |
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Hygiene-Beutel, German Ministry of Development CooperationMade by Igefa. |
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Hygiene-Beutel für Damenbinden, Cologne Airport, GermanySeven languages: instructions in German, English,
French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Greek. No pictures showing
how to place your used tampon in the bag, though. Made by Adolf Rick
Nachfolger in Bonn. |
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Hygiene-Beutel für Damenbinden Max Planck InstitutThis is the bag that top German scientists use to
dispose of bacteriological waste. Instructions in six languages. |
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Hygiene-Beutel für Damenbinden"Please do not throw in WC but in the pail".
Not that I've ever been in very many women's loos, but I've never seen a
pail in one... |
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Hygiene-Beutel für Damenbinden u. TamponsAlso in six languages -- but with Turkish rather than
Greek. |
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Hygienic bagI'm mystified as to what language this bag is in (apart
from English, that is). "Hygienic bag" seems to be "Xusueнeн
nлuk" in this language, only the "s" is reversed, and
the "л" is like a upturned "v". Anyone any
ideas? |
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Higienické Sáčky Ceska SporitelnaFrom a Czech savings bank. It's for Towels, not for the
money you've just withdrawn. |
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Hygienische Damesdoeken Enz.Why do some many sanitary bags have a cross on them?
Something to do with healing, or perhaps some religious significance? |
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IgefaStands for Interessengemeinschaft der
Fachgrosshändler für Sauberkeit und Hygiene. |
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Igefa (large)In case the long, thin bag above wasn't big enough. |
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IlleMade from 100% recycled paper. |
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ISS EsgoNo hint as to whether this is a sanitary bag, a barfbag,
a sandwich bag or all three. Call the phone number given to find out? |
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Itapirubá, Laguna, BrazilSaco para Absorventes Higiênicos all the way from
Laguna, Santa Catarina, in Brazil. |
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JofelSachet, bolsa, Beutel or bag, depending on your native
language. |
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LadycareFrom a restaurant in Stoke. "Ladycare disposal bags
are part of a coordinated range of washroom products", it avers. The
same could be said of many barfbags: they are also coordinated with the
plane's interior decor, the crew uniforms, the business lounge ambience,
and of course the tailfin. |
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Le Coco Beach, MauritiusNo, I haven't been there, and I wouldn't have used this
sanitary bag if I had. |
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Kyoto Grand HotelWith a hole so you can hang it up after use. |
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Lighthouse HotelA "Sanitary NapKin Disposal Bag" all the way from Galle, Sri Lanka. |
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madameLarge plastic bag that could well double as a shopping
bag. |
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madame (wave)Also ideal for use as a shopping bag, except for the small type that says "Protect toilet and drain". Not the sort of design to use for a seasickness bag. |
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Magic Life"Thank You For putting your sanitary towels and tampons into this hygienic bag..." I didn't realize that women used more than one sanitary
towel or tampon at a time. |
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Matahari Island ResortFrom the Thousand Islands in the Java Sea, where I learned how to scuba-dive. The bag comes in its own cardboard box. This is the only bag I've ever come across without a base. Don't use it on the speedboat to the island from Jakarta. (2002) |
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Monte Hotéis, Salvador, BrazilFrom Salvador in Bahia, Brazil. The bag designer failed to
consult an English speaker (or a spellchecker) before going to the printer: it says "
Disposal bag napkins. Pleasse close ahd dispose in waste container
only". |
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Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, GermanyFunny, I thought Mövenpick made ice-cream... |
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Nappy bagThat's "diaper bag" for our American cousins. Mark Brace said this was perfumed. Not by the time it reached me, it wasn't. At least it was empty, and appeared to be reasonably clean. No, I am not going to start collecting these! |
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Notre-BelCartoon of a boy and a girl clearing up the mess after
someone failed to use this bag. Text is in English and Thai. |
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NovotelThis hotel bag features a frightening-looking triangle with no less than
six wiggly arrows coming out of it. All inside a roadsign. |
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Oriental Park, Hanoi, VietnamA collector's item: this hotel has now changed its name
to the Oriental Palace. |
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Para Vd SeñoraVery polite quadrilingual bag: Spanish (Para Vd
Señora), French (Pour vous Madame), English (For you Madam)
and German (Fuer Sie, Gnaedige Frau). The instruction on the
reverse go pentalingual: it adds Dutch. |
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PerassorbentiigieniceccThe arrows show you what to do. Just translate Perassorbentiigienicecc
into German, English and French, leave out all the spaces, and you reach
the waste bin. |
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phs, GermanyNo, I've no idea where this is from, but the lady
pictured certainly looks elegant, and not the sort of person who would
stoop to use this flimsy bag. |
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phs (DP0301SJ)The code is cunningly printed in the bag gusset, with the seam glued on
top of it. |
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phs (DP1101SJ)The Victorian lady on this bag is two-timing phs: she also adorns
Southall's bags. |
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Plain whiteA plain white paper bag? Yes, but this one is special: Joerg Meyer, author of a diploma thesis on sanitary bag design, sent me a whole bunch of these bags. Want one? Then contact me! |
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Pochette...pour entreposer les serviettes hygienique etc. On est instamment prié de ne pas la jeter dans les toilettes afin d'éviter l'obstruction. I make that at least three grammatical errors. Can anyone spot them? The German has at least two errors, but the English
seems to be OK. |
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Prince HotelsWith a hole at the top so you can hang it up after use. |
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Print SAAt last, a sanitary bag that looks so good you don't have to stuff it into your bra to hide it on your way out of the Ladies. Print SA? They made this bag. |
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Pulitalia detergenti industriali"Bag for sanitary pads, please do not throw in
WC", it says in English. In German, it tells you "Bitte nicht
ins Klosett, sondern in den Toiletten" (please not in the toilet, but
in the toilet). Huh? |
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Radisson SAS Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark"Environmentally friendly", says this bag. It features drawings of what at first I thought were steaming cups of coffee, but which turn out to be a wastebin and a toilet. Plus what looks like a mushroom cloud, but which I think is supposed to be a tree. (1999) |
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Ramada, USAThis American hotel chain offers a smallish bag: big
enough for discarded chewing gum, perhaps. If you want to puke, please use
the toilet in your room. |
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Royal Hotel, Bangkok, ThailandA sanitary bag from a moderately posh hotel in Bangkok. The establishments I normally stay in don't provide such bags: throw your rubbish on the floor. (2001) |
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Sac pour bandes hygieniquesGoodness knows where this is from: somewhere where
people speak French, English, German and Italian. Switzerland, perhaps? |
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Sac pour serviettes hygieniquesSmall plastic bag with a female sign a
on it. No men allowed. |
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Sac pour serviettes hygieniquesSame design as the bag above, but on much sturdier
plastic, and with a ziploc closure. For those heavier days? |
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Sachet pour garnitures periodiquesUses the same floral theme as several other sanitary
bags. |
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Sangria Hotel, Lembang, IndonesiaPlain white generic from this luxury resort in the highlands of West Java. (2002) |
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Sanitary bag, Bangkok, ThailandFrom a hotel in Bangkok -- sorry, I don't know which
one. |
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Sanitary bagIn Chinese and English. With a series of road signs:
Woman, Plus, No Toilets. |
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SanitetspåseA "Bag for Sanitary Pads" bag supplied by
bagmaker Stenqvist in response to my
request for airsickness bag samples. Don't they know the difference
between barfing and that mysterious female bodily function that we men
know little about and understand less? |
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Sanitetspåse (2)Hardly inspiring -- but then, who needs inspiration when
disposing of sanitary napkins? |
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Sanitetspåse (3)Even less inspiring... |
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Hotel Santana, MaltaNear the bottom of this plastic bag is "supplied by
Industry Services Ltd., Mosta", along with a picture of an
old-fashioned letterpress printing press. I doubt it was the one used to
print the bag. |
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SatinoThis bag came from the posh Anglo-German Club in Hamburg, which does not normally allow women through its doors. The only women normally to be seen inside is Her Majesty The Queen, smiling benignly down from her portrait on the wall. So why do they provide sanitary bags -- or a women's
loo, for that matter? |
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Scandinavian AirlinesAt last: a link between airlines and sanitary bags! This sealed bag comes with a sanitary towel inside it. Remove your
soiled towel, balance it on your knee, open this bag, apply the new towel,
then remove the soiled towel from your knee and place it in the bag. |
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Sea View Hotel, SingaporeActually, it was more like Building Site View when I was there. (2002) |
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Shangri-La Hotel, Kathmandu, NepalA posh hotel in Kathmandu provides this massive bag so
you don't clog the loo by flushing your litter. |
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Sharjah Continental Hotel"Please do not flush down toilet". You'd be
lucky if you succeed: this is a fairly large bag, enough for a whole
month's worth of napkins. |
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Sheraton Hotel Brussels AirportInstructions in French, Dutch, English and German. |
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Sofitel Metropole Hanoi, VietnamThe black things are stickers that come in the bag:
"Please do not disturb" and "Please wake me for
meals". Put the meals in the bag? |
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Southall's (1)A Victorian woman lifting her skirts... |
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Southall's (2)Same woman, same skirts, different bag. |
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Southall's (3)At least you can't accuse Southall's of unfaithfulness:
they are consistent in their use of the Victorian lady to advertise their
sanitary bags. |
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Southall's (4)Doesn't the Southall's lady ever change her dress? |
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Hotel Sourire, Rome, ItalyFeatures a papal basketball headed for an undersized basket. The instructions say to put this bag in the "external wastebin". I checked, but there was none in the corridor outside my room. (2001) |
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Stock No. 110Beside disposal bag. "Bend bag sharply at tape
corner, peel backing and adhere firmly to clean surface". That could
be a wall, a tabletop, or perhaps the nurse's uniform. |
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Swedish toiletWhy do I collect such things? Actually, I don't, but
people keep on sending them to me. |
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Thai sanitary bagI really must learn Thai sometime so I can check the spelling on this
bag. |
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Thanh Lich HotelI think this was from Hue, in central Vietnam. Too much
rice wine for me to remember it clearly... |
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Thompson Medd ltd.Judging by the symbol a, this is to be used by females of the species only. From the Wood Norton Hotel, England. |
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Die unpaessliche Tuete: Eine visuelle Hommage an den Hygiene-Beutel(The indisposed bag: A visual appreciation of a disposal bag) This bag comes already filled with Joerg Meyer's diploma thesis from the Bauhaus University of Weimar in Germany. The diploma is in two volumes: a finely printed and detailed study of bag design, and a volume of designs themselves (plus jokes, photos and more). I was pleased to lend Joerg my collection for his study, and he made excellent use of it. |
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Use the bag!A hint of exasperation from the bag designer?
"Sanitary bag", it says in all capitals. "Do not throw
sanitary towels in the toilet. Use the bag!" In Danish too, in case
you missed it in English. |
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WaldiProduced by "Waldi" W. Diecks GmBH of Pliening, near Munich. |
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Whitesands, Mombasa, KenyaA sanitary bag that doubles as an envelope, so you can
mail your personal waste back home. |
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Zdar nad Sazavou business collegeSorry, I don't know the name of this Czech college: it's
not on the bag. I probably couldn't spell it even if it were. |
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