This really isn't "sadvertising," but it still fits.
The scan above is the overwrap from Delta Airline's amenities bag listing Contents and Country-of-Origin.
As "amenity bags" go, it's a Beaut! The socks are especially nice with little rubber grippers for, presumably, when the airplane's in a 90 degree bank and one still needs to walk up to the "labratory." (as my middle child used to call it.)
Let's see... Reading down the list, China, China, China, China, China, China, China - OH! Greek lotion!! Italian lip balm, China, Thai toothpaste (!) Chinese ear plugs...but!
Wait!
There's Good Ol' Uncle Sam making a play at the mint market. Damn! Nothing like genuine American breath mints.
Now, I know America is focused on too many more important things than manufacturing the paltry contents of a silly little freebie. After all, it's just stuff, right? Plus, the Greeks are legendary for their lotion, right?
But I'm wondering. Are American mints so good China simply can't compete or could it possibly be that an American company figured out a way to out-cheap China...?
I wonder if, 50 years from now, a Chinese businessman is sitting in First Class eating Chateaubriand, sipping Bordeaux casually reading the origin-source of the amenity bag...
United States, United States, United States, United States, United States, United States, China, United States...
I hope the Thai's still have the toothpaste market though.
