It's for cleaning the projection lens in your early 20th century continuously-running 5-cent theater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_movie_theater).
The old-fashioned method was lye, borax, saltpeter, malt vinegar and saspirilla, mixed into a paste and rubbed over the lens with a pad made from the soft beard of an elderly Polish woman.
But with the invention of Nickelodeon Lens Cleaner, just spritz and then wipe with an ordinary Jew beard!
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Date: 2008-08-19 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-19 09:09 pm (UTC)But with the invention of Nickelodeon Lens Cleaner, just spritz and then wipe with an ordinary Jew beard!