Could this happen in your country ? [Archive]

doc_bean

12-20-2006, 10:04

Sir Moody

12-20-2006, 10:24

i very much doubt it would in the UK

Ronin

12-20-2006, 10:27

the right-wing and church crowd would be up in arms over it....so I don´t think the magazine publishers would risk it.

BigTex

12-20-2006, 10:34

Doubt it could happen in Texas. They were up in arm's when a womens magazine did a sruvey on the top 10 makeshift vibrators. Needless to say the toy that won the top slot, the Harry Potter Miniture Broomstick, was imediately discontinued a week after that article came out.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it. But then again if the magazine is targeted at young girls, you may find alot of pissed off parents.

Kralizec

12-20-2006, 10:36

It has happened over here. Viva, I think. I'm not sure what to think about it.

Banquo's Ghost

12-20-2006, 10:49

I'm Irish. What's a vibrator?

:book:

English assassin

12-20-2006, 10:56

a womens magazine did a sruvey on the top 10 makeshift vibrators. ... the toy that won the top slot, the Harry Potter Miniture Broomstick was imediately discontinued a week after that article came out

Classic :laugh4: re you sure they didn't all sell out and you just thought it had been discontinued? ~;)

And if there isn't an all time great product liability claim in there I'm a Dutchman. Can we assume that all vaguely phallic shaped toys in the states will now have to carry the warning "Not to be used as a vibrator"? lets hope so.

Watchman

12-20-2006, 11:26

I don't see why it couldn't as such happen here. Odds are it'd be regarded as being of pretty poor taste though.

BDC

12-20-2006, 11:30

I'm sure if it happened here, there would be some extremely small outcry from religious groups, which would be blown massively out of proportion by the media desperate for stories. The magazine would sell brilliantly, and any small, vocal groups on the news would benefit too. Win-win in fact...

BigTex

12-20-2006, 11:35

Classic :laugh4: re you sure they didn't all sell out and you just thought it had been discontinued? ~;)

And if there isn't an all time great product liability claim in there I'm a Dutchman. Can we assume that all vaguely phallic shaped toys in the states will now have to carry the warning "Not to be used as a vibrator"? lets hope so.

No was indeed discontinued, they had a recall for the toys also IIRC. Happened about a year and a half ago.

I've noticed a couple toys now carry a warning not to place into any orpheus.... Also if you ever read the warning label on curling irons.:juggle2:

Sjakihata

12-20-2006, 12:12

I believe it could happen in denmark.

Banquo's Ghost

12-20-2006, 12:15

I've noticed a couple toys now carry a warning not to place into any orpheus....

What about Eurydice? :bounce:

Fragony

12-20-2006, 12:26

Scurvy

12-20-2006, 12:28

maybe in uk, but probably not.... :2thumbsup:

macsen rufus

12-20-2006, 13:51

Kralizec

12-20-2006, 14:15

Isn't flair a magazine about how to make a good applepie or correctly plan a vacation, desperate housewives going bonkers again :inquisitive:

Ya that could definatily happen here, it didn't though

perverts ~;)

Yes, it did. I'm not sure wich magazine, but it offered a free vibrator if one were to take a subscription.

Fragony

12-20-2006, 14:21

Yes, it did. I'm not sure wich magazine, but it offered a free vibrator if one were to take a subscription.

hehe, sometimes I really like being dutch :laugh4:

Sjakihata

12-20-2006, 14:44

hehe, sometimes I really like being dutch :laugh4:

Does that mean you've ordered one?

~:flirt:

Fragony

12-20-2006, 14:48

Stupid ain't it, turns out I could have gotten one for free with a magazine

Kralizec

12-20-2006, 15:07

Well, at least we can be happy that once again we're one step ahead of Belgium ~;)

Fragony

12-20-2006, 15:14

Thats about as challenging as drowning kittens, and not nearly as fun

Don Corleone

12-20-2006, 15:22

Contrary to popular belief, I think it COULD happen in the US. At least parts of the US. Heck, they sell vibrators at Spencer's in most malls. Now it probably wouldn't fly down in the Bible Belt, but up here in the Northeast with Sodom (aka New York) or on the Left Coast with Gomorrah (aka Los Angeles) I could definitely see this happening.

Note: in case it wasn't obvious, that was a touch of sarcasm on my part. I don't see New York or Los Angeles as particularly smite-worthy.

Kagemusha

12-20-2006, 16:37

Well i wouldnt be suprised if that would happen here.Altough i would think it as rather poor taste publicity stunt.

Lorenzo_H

12-20-2006, 16:55

It would be heavily frowned upon in all the countries I consider to have a respectable culture. Of which Belgium has been crossed out long ago.

Fragony

12-20-2006, 17:03

It would be heavily frowned upon in all the countries I consider to have a respectable culture. Of which Belgium has been crossed out long ago.

Being wrong never felt so right :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

I'll think I won'r ask diablodelmar his opinion on us dutxxxies :sweatdrop:

drone

12-20-2006, 17:30

No, it couldn't happen like that. Advertisers and mainstream magazine sellers would be threatened with boycotts by a vocal minority, and the promotion pulled.

Nothing wrong with vibrators themselves, these are sold in stores all over in the US. But to put it with a popular mainstream mag would be a disaster. Think of the children!

yesdachi

12-20-2006, 17:58

I don’t see it happening here in the US, especially in a popular teen magazine. Besides they (teens) don’t need it they are the ones having sex, it’s the bitter older women reading the Martha Stewart living and Woman's World who aren’t getting any who need the battery powered smile maker.

IrishArmenian

12-20-2006, 18:03

They could, but most women prefer sex here. Also, there are very few of those "Specifically For Women" magazines. Anyway, My wife and I always just get the newspaper.

Papewaio

12-21-2006, 04:17

What about Eurydice? :bounce:

What about Oedipus... I suppose that one would be either for knitting needles or a general statement in banjo playing country.

Seamus Fermanagh

12-21-2006, 04:19

They could, but most women prefer sex here. Also, there are very few of those "Specifically For Women" magazines. Anyway, My wife and I always just get the newspaper.

...and that works for you two? Well, to each their own. I've never got that "hot and bothered" about current events....

Pannonian

12-21-2006, 04:39

What about Eurydice? :bounce:
I think Eurydice can do whatever she likes with the toys, as long as she doesn't turn round while doing it.

The last I heard of Orpheus was that he was sporting some pretty severe lovebites.

Lemur

12-21-2006, 05:42

Besides they (teens) don’t need it they are the ones having sex, it’s the bitter older women reading the Martha Stewart living and Woman's World who aren’t getting any who need the battery powered smile maker.
You can bet your blue-haired great aunt that if Martha put a vibrator in her magazine, it would be a tasteful and seasonally appropriate sex toy.

Soulforged

12-21-2006, 05:52

No. The other day I noticed something funny on sexuality. In that chapter of the Simpsons in wich Homer finds out that March actually planned to leave him one night and he goes to live with some gay people, there's an scene in wich one of his room mates gives him a kiss. This was cut out completely. The censorship on publications here is too high for something like you describe to happen.

P.S.: That doesn't mean we don't have pornography, it only means, or at least it seems so, that the people don't want their things "mixed".

Strike For The South

12-21-2006, 06:05

You know what the said part is? You could give away a rifle here before you gave a vibrator away. Now I would take both but some disagree

Yun Dog

12-21-2006, 09:14

I just heard a commerical on the radio, apparently, the most popular women/girl magazine is given away a free 'mini-vibrator' with its christmas issue.

So...I was wondering, could this happen in your country ? I'm assuming it's no for the US and yes for Holland, but what about the rest of the world ?

(For the Belgians: it's Flair)

EDIT: just to be clear: I'm not opposed to this

OMG they discovered a substitute for men - that doesnt fart, leave the toilet seat up, and sit on its fat ars watching sports - WERE DOOMED :help:

*runs around in circles flailing arms in the air*

AHHHHHH!!!!!! :dizzy2:

Hepcat

12-21-2006, 09:36

It would never happen here. I've only seen 1 sex store in NZ. That sort of thing would be such a huge drama nobody would bother.

Here is a funny story though, when I was in Singapore a few months ago on the way back from Europe there were sex stores at every plaza. My friend was going to buy a vibrator at one of the sex stores to give to his younger brother's girlfriend and tell her that he found it in his brothers room. But he couldn't get in because he didn't quite pass as 21 (maybe it was the hysterical laughter).

Anyway, the point is that we have too many groups who would make such a huge fuss over it.

naut

12-21-2006, 09:53

What about Oedipus... I suppose that one would be either for knitting needles or a general statement in banjo playing country.
Oedipus in this context, :inquisitive: :laugh4: :no:

doc_bean

12-21-2006, 10:07

I'm sure it could happen in the UK, though probably with an age-limit for sales. Top-shelf stuff, I guess.

What really worries me is postal subscriptions, and whether they're shipped with batteries. Would you want to sign for mail that was a-buzzin' and a-shakin'???? :laugh4:

It's actually a 'mini-vibrator' you can put on top of an electric toothbrush (but I left that part out because then we'd be heading towards a different debate i think)

The commericals are actually in pretty good taste, the main line is "Now with Flair, a free orgasm !"

Shaka_Khan

12-28-2006, 14:01

Lots of people would sue the magazine for giving ideas to their teenaged kids.

Tribesman

12-28-2006, 14:27

I'm Irish. What's a vibrator?

Aw come on now Banquo , you ain't that upper class .
Its that shaky yoke for settling the concrete .:laugh4:

Besides they (teens) don’t need it they are the ones having sex, it’s the bitter older women reading the Martha Stewart living and Woman's World who aren’t getting any who need the battery powered smile maker.
Hmmmmm..... somewhat unfamiliar with the fairer sex are you ?:inquisitive:

Banquo's Ghost

12-28-2006, 14:49

Aw come on now Banquo , you ain't that upper class .
Its that shaky yoke for settling the concrete .:laugh4:

:laugh4:

Ah, I believe you're right.

I recall one of the house maids used to like to sit upon such a machine at luncheon when the builders were in. Delightful girl, she used to express a great deal of enthusiasm for activities below stairs.

:toff:

yesdachi

12-28-2006, 15:33

Hmmmmm..... somewhat unfamiliar with the fairer sex are you ?:inquisitive:
Familiar enough to know that some of the cranky old bats over here could use a good battery induced smile. :wink:

And if it were “tasteful and seasonally appropriate” they might not even have any guilt after. ~D