"AYDS"

An Riabhach

I distinctly remember my mother telling me that for a time,many many moons ago,there were these dieting products available on the market like pills,drinks and supplements-which were called this hugely unfortunate name.At first I laughed...(obviously no laughing matter but I couldn't help but find it funny) and I thought that she might have got it a bit mixed up.

But as it turned out,she was right....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTitP5_yDUU

Does anyone else remember this product?

PippaChic

I remember it, it was around the late 70s. I remember a different commercial though, I recall a woman in a brown dress walking into a party being offered chocolates. She refuses and takes out her Ayds!

C.K Dexter Haven

My friends mum at the time was always doing some kind of diet and she had Ayds sweets- I still remember them now- tasted a bit like soft toffees - not totally unpalatable at all by any means:D


Off course, the name clashed very soon after with a different type of "AIDS"

Small article here on them- American apparently- not sure how they got to Ireland, maybe mail order catoglue or reps of some kind?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds

vandriver

I remember ayds biscuits.

An Riabhach

PippaChic wrote: »

I remember it, it was around the late 70s. I remember a different commercial though, I recall a woman in a brown dress walking into a party being offered chocolates. She refuses and takes out her Ayds!

Jaysus I can just picture that....

"Would you like some chocolate,dear?"
"No thanks,I've got AYDS".

Tragic isn't the word.

An Riabhach

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

My friends mum at the time was always doing some kind of diet and she had Ayds sweets- I still remember them now- tasted a bit like soft toffees - not totally unpalatable at all by any means:D


Off course, the name clashed very soon after with a different type of "AIDS"

Small article here on them- American apparently- not sure how they got to Ireland, maybe mail order catoglue or reps of some kind?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds

These two ads would suggest that they were also pretty big in Britain,so they would have gotten to Ireland easily enough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5pl24thN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBclzct3be0

Thank Goodness For AYDS!!

Victor

In Africa, AIDS has been known as the "Slimming disease".

An Riabhach

Talk about taking the piss....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWgUTs4400