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Old 23-03-2010, 16:43
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Richey: Brother/sister songs. Visited Dachau and Hiroshima. What reflections should be for everyone. Otherwise we're all Edward Scissorhands Avon Lady.

What does one suppose he meant by the Avon Lady comparison? I'd be interested to know peoples thoughts and opinions.
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Old 24-03-2010, 10:44
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'Pure', polite and unexposed to anything grotty or negative I guess
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Old 24-03-2010, 15:30
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'Pure', polite and unexposed to anything grotty or negative I guess
Yeah, I think that too. Someone who always sees the positive side of everything =)

God!! I would love to be like that... =(
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Old 24-03-2010, 18:23
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The Avon Lady was a specific character in Edward Scissorhands, the woman who discovers him at the top of the hill (Winona Ryder's character's mother). I haven't seen the movie in a long time, but for some reason think Richey missed the mark on his comparison. Can someone who has seen it more recently expand one way or another?
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Old 25-03-2010, 00:08
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Avon is like some bizarre kitsch franchise thing where there's some old lady in your work who goes around with a book of (largely useless) women's products and you place orders with them. Some women sell to their friends and go door to door int he neighbourhood and they sit around all day drinking cups of tea waiting for their husbands to come. It's all very 50s Americana housewife scary Stepford Wives kinda thing.

The Avon Lady in Eddie Scissorhands would lead an extremely sheltered life and doesn't exercise any type of thought past her daily routine of cleaning the house, making the tea, doing her avon thing, drinking tea and serving her husband.


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An Avon lady was alone in an elevator when suddenly she had to fart. She promptly reached into her bag and sprayed the air with an Avon Pine-Scented deodorizer.

Two floors later, a gentleman got on the elevator. He began to sniff, and the Avon lady asked, "Do you smell something?"

Well, yes I do," he replied.

What does it smell like?" she asked,

The bemused gentleman answered, "I'm not sure, but it kind of smells like someone shit under a Christmas tree".
The Holy Bible is all about truth. Find yr truth, face yr truth etc.
Avon Lady is false.
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Old 26-03-2010, 06:51
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Isn't the Avon Lady one of the people in Edward Scissorhands who doesn't turn on him? Or am I misremembering?
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