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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
i very much doubt it would in the UK
the right-wing and church crowd would be up in arms over it....so I don´t think the magazine publishers would risk it.
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.
It has happened over here. Viva, I think. I'm not sure what to think about it.
I'm Irish. What's a vibrator?
:book:
Classic :laugh4: re you sure they didn't all sell out and you just thought it had been discontinued? ~;)Quote:
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
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.
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.
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...
No was indeed discontinued, they had a recall for the toys also IIRC. Happened about a year and a half ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by English assassin
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:
I believe it could happen in denmark.
What about Eurydice? :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTex
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 ~;)
maybe in uk, but probably not.... :2thumbsup:
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:
Yes, it did. I'm not sure wich magazine, but it offered a free vibrator if one were to take a subscription.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
hehe, sometimes I really like being dutch :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kralizec
Does that mean you've ordered one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
~:flirt:
Stupid ain't it, turns out I could have gotten one for free with a magazine
Well, at least we can be happy that once again we're one step ahead of Belgium ~;)
Thats about as challenging as drowning kittens, and not nearly as fun
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.
Well i wouldnt be suprised if that would happen here.Altough i would think it as rather poor taste publicity stunt.
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by diablodelmar
I'll think I won'r ask diablodelmar his opinion on us dutxxxies :sweatdrop:
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!
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.
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.
What about Oedipus... I suppose that one would be either for knitting needles or a general statement in banjo playing country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
...and that works for you two? Well, to each their own. I've never got that "hot and bothered" about current events....Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
I think Eurydice can do whatever she likes with the toys, as long as she doesn't turn round while doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
The last I heard of Orpheus was that he was sporting some pretty severe lovebites.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by yesdachi
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".
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
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by doc_bean
*runs around in circles flailing arms in the air*
AHHHHHH!!!!!! :dizzy2:
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.
Oedipus in this context, :inquisitive: :laugh4: :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Papewaio
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)Quote:
Originally Posted by macsen rufus
The commericals are actually in pretty good taste, the main line is "Now with Flair, a free orgasm !"
Lots of people would sue the magazine for giving ideas to their teenaged kids.
Aw come on now Banquo , you ain't that upper class .Quote:
I'm Irish. What's a vibrator?
Its that shaky yoke for settling the concrete .:laugh4:
Hmmmmm..... somewhat unfamiliar with the fairer sex are you ?:inquisitive:Quote:
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.
:laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tribesman
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:
Familiar enough to know that some of the cranky old bats over here could use a good battery induced smile. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tribesman
And if it were “tasteful and seasonally appropriate” they might not even have any guilt after. ~D