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Picture

Does anyone have a picture of the frowning 1960s Mr. Clean?

Name in germanic languages

An interesting detail is that Mr. Proper is read out "mister Proper" in Sweden but "Meister Proper" in Germany (Meister=Master and Proper=thick cheeks (according to my east German friends).

LMAO! Ha, your friends are pulling your leg on the thick cheeks thing, but tell em thanks for the laugh.

"Proper" means a lot of things in German, and the word itself is close to extinction. Probably most Germans only know about it because of Meister Proper. "Proper" can mean a special type of face in a young face, which then was something to achive, today it might be called obese (thus the thick cheeks variation), "proper" might also mean "well-done" or "tidy". It also was in use for young gentlemen, especially in the Prussian, Bavarian and Austrian armies of the 1800s, to express the desirability of marrying them. "Meister" on the other hand is used not for a superior in a master-slave-enviroment or for an academic, but for a craftsmen who achieved their "Meisterprüfung", an old tradition that dates back to the medevial. The "Meister"-title is obligatory to operate a list of businesses in Germany and Austria even today. --93.194.206.216 (talk) 06:45, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Image

The Mr Clean Image now has a fair use claim, so please don't remove it without writing on this talk page. Nate3000 08:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

wow. I never realized his ear is pierced until reading this article! shows how close I look at the bottle ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.188.76.225 (talk) 02:36, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

In the External links, section there is a hyperlink to the "Britain's Cleaner" ad. Could this raise copyright concerns? - Elegie (talk) 01:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Competition controversy?

Why have facts been stated twice in this section? They are also confusing, as one statement says that a website ran the competition, and another statement says that Mr. Clean ran the competition. If someone knows enough about the topic, could you please clean that section up. Cheers --203.134.149.229 (talk) 14:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Proper in Spain

Some years ago, in Spain he was named as Mr. Proper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.251.103 (talk) 16:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Clean superstar

even if its not relivent I wish we could put his impact on wrestling parides like a dity cheating superstar in SCAW or nodqcaw —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.212.73.250 (talk) 02:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Lack of information beyond advertising history

This is all very interesting, but what is it made of? Ventifax (talk) 20:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I was looking up "Flash", the UK version, and there is nothing here on it beyond the opening statement. Whereas almost all that follows is the advertising history, mostly of the character, which is absolutely irrelevant to what I was looking for, especially when I am redirected to this page when looking for "Flash (cleaning product)" 138.38.228.25 (talk) 00:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Your wish is my command, a link has been added. Do not drink this stuff at home. Hcobb (talk) 21:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Where is made? What Country or Countries would my purchase be in support of?

If you know the answer to this, please post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.228.248 (talk) 08:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Procter & Gamble has plants all over the world...Smarkflea (talk) 16:53, 12 December 2010 (UTC)