“We repair what your husband fixed” (repair company slogan)

“We repair what your husband fixed” is a jocular slogan for many repair companies that has been printed on many images. The saying means that the husband really did not fix the problem.
 
“We repair what your husband fixed was printed in The New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) on January 5, 1970.
 
 
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5 January 1970, The New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM), “Kirby Vacuum Clinic fixes it,” pg. 7, col. 4:
A sign by the door of Kirby Vacuum Clinic, 933 Cerrillos Road, reads: “We repair what your husband fixed.”
 
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25 April 1976, Albuqueque (NM) Journal, pg. C-6, col. 7 ad:
WE REPAIR WHAT YOUR HUSBAND FIXED
(Wagner Plumbing.—ed.)
 
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16 March 1978, Rutland (VT) Daily Herald, pg. 25, col. 4 classified ad:
BASEMENT waterproofing. “We repair what your husband fixed.”
 
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17 May 1978, Burlington (VT) Free Press, pg. 4B, col. 3 ad:
WE REPAIR WHAT YOUR HUSBAND FIXED
(Gemini Waterproofing.—ed.)
   
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10/9/99
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Plumber:
“We repair what your husband Fixed.”
 
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Ilya Talev
1/29/01
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2. On the left side of plumbers’ truck:
“We repair what your husband fixed”
 
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Plumbers:
“We repair what your husband fixed.”
 
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@randymedlin
Seen on a plumber’s truck: We repair what your husband fixed.
12:15 PM · May 8, 2008·Twitter Web Client
 
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Jose A. Carillo
@J8Carillo
Brighten up your day and ward off your April Fools’ Day jitters with this 2013 Forum collection of 19 quotable quotes. Just two samplers: (3) In a podiatrist’s office: “Time wounds all heels.” (4) On a plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” http://tinyurl.com/zzfy6q3
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