{"id":13635,"date":"2010-04-12T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T18:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=13635"},"modified":"2010-04-12T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T18:11:55","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-the-fist-car-home-air-freshener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-the-fist-car-home-air-freshener\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; &#8220;The Fist&#8221; Air Freshener"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13651\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6467.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6467\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6467.jpg 413w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6467-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/>\n<p>This goldplated bejeweled hunk of plastic air freshener is without question the  greatest of its ilk I&#8217;ve ever seen.&nbsp; I, thank God, had the  presence of mind to buy the entire stock of two when I saw them at a Pic &#8216;N Save in  the mid-90s and one rode around on the dash of my &#8217;55   Studebaker Commander until I just couldn&#8217;t take the glut of sticky sweet strawberry fumes any more.&nbsp; Which was a blessing in disguise as I almost killed myself several times when the glare from the sparkling gold multifaceted fist almost blinded me.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13653\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6453.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6453\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6453.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6453-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/>\n<p>Made&nbsp; in Taiwan by Allison Industries, this &#8220;powerful car and home air freshener&#8221; is activated by holding the  wrist with one hand,&nbsp; unscrewing the fist with the other and exposing the  openings in the bling to adjust the amount of fumes I mean fragrance  you want choking I mean filling the air.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13655\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6456.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6456\" width=\"356\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6456.jpg 356w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6456-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/>\n<p>One jewel was missing from both fists though on different fingers and no jewel was loose shaking around in either box.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13649\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6452.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6452\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6452.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6452-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to me that someone would pilfer a jewel leaving these beautiful fists behind but I&#8217;m sure glad they did or I wouldn&#8217;t have their beauty (and stench) to behold today.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13659\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6459.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6459\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6459.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6459-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13661\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6460.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6460\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6460.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6460-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13657\" title=\"fist-air-freshener_6458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6458.jpg\" alt=\"fist-air-freshener_6458\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6458.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fist-air-freshener_6458-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This goldplated bejeweled hunk of plastic air freshener is without question the greatest of its ilk I&#8217;ve ever seen.&nbsp; I, thank God, had the presence of mind to buy the entire stock of two when I saw them at a Pic &#8216;N Save in the mid-90s and one rode around on the dash of my &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-the-fist-car-home-air-freshener\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,87,193,81,1075],"tags":[3232,3245,1179],"class_list":["post-13635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-products","category-sculpture","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day","tag-the-fist-air-freshener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}