Incredible old ad

And unlawful now. And rightly so.

7UP actually got its name from the atomic number of lithium. But wait a minute, isn't lithium used as a mood stabiliser in bipolar disorder?

Why yes, yes it is.

http://www.drugs.com/lithium.html

Nothing wrong with this ad at all, then.



"Well what am I supposed to do, I've run out of whisky..."

Mind you, they'll need that steadied hand when they get a shade older

  

The acceptable limit for drink driving used to be a shade more lenient...