Vibrators create buzz at local drugstores

[Duer 157099]

More good news! What a week!

Walgreens and other major retailers are now stocking vibrators on their shelves, signaling a major change in attitude about a device that used to be the exclusive domain of adult stores.

The devices are euphemistically labeled “intimate” or “personal” massagers and packaged discreetly so as not to offend some sensibilities.

But make no mistake, the Trojan Tri-Phoria, A:Muse Personal Pleasure Massager by LifeStyles and the Allure, by Durex, are exactly what people suspect them to be. And the fact they are being sold at the corner pharmacy is being touted as a milestone in the nation’s collective approach to sex.

More at link:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110502/ARTICLES/110509929/1350?p=all&tc=pgall

[DefenseLawyer]

1. But not in Alabama

where, if I'm not mistaken, it's illegal to sell a vibrator.

[RainDog]

11. religious right

needs a slogan - keep your govt out of our lives so we can stick our noses in your business!

I think sex with a fundie would be really, really creepy. Like Uncle Fester creepy. No wonder they want to outlaw any competition.

[Kurovski]

12. It's illegal to have genitals there, I hear.

[FLAprogressive]

40. can't they get around that by saying it's a "massager"??

[tridim]

2. I'm pretty sure they used to sell them in the Sears catalog in the 50's

But they were 110v, AC powered.

Edit:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/b/b6/20100620063158!Sears_vibrators.jpg

[peace frog]

33. My parents had one in 1960

I saw it in their bedroom (guess someone forgot to hide it away after use) so when I naturally asked what it was my dad said "oh, it's to massage the aches out of your muscles". Being only 7 at the time I believed him. Today I know better. :evilgrin:

[phantom power]

3. massage aid -- it's a massage aid!

:crazy:

[n2doc]

4. Been there a while

They just call them "shavers"...

Gillette hopes to power shaver sales to women with Vibrance
By Theresa Howard, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Gillette (G) announced Thursday its strategy to go after a bigger cut of the women's shaving market this spring, including two new products in its successful Venus line and — in an unusual move in personal care products — equality with similar men's products in price.


The Venus Vibrance is a battery-powered women's shaver.
The company will roll out a battery-powered Venus Vibrance shaver, similar to its men's M3Power, that sends little vibrations to the skin to raise the hair for a closer shave. It also will add Venus disposables.

[county worker]

8. Just thinking, women shouldn't use something with sharp blades to stimulate certain parts of their

anatomy. The more carried away you become the more dangerous it becomes I would think.

[Kurovski]

14. But everything remains generally tidy.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

34. Ahem --

It really wasn't the blade end that did the "vibrating", it was primarily the handle. Also, note the shape of the handle.

[Kurovski]

58. Heh!

I'm not sayin' nothin' else about that one.

[Duer 157099]

5. But the article says some stores still keep them behind the counter

That's sort of defeating the purpose, imho.

When they show up at stores that have self-checkout, then the market will really explode.

No puns intended. Ok, yes they were.

[Kurovski]

19. Better than having to enter a creepy sex shop, where all the men will snap to attention.

Yes, yes indeed they were 157099. :)

[Vanje]

6. Well, Thank you Jesus!

that they hav'nt figured out a way to make my own hands and fingers illegal!

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[Botany]

9. Well now women can get their buzz toy and their ......

... pap smear as they get some VO 5 shampoo and giant box of milk duds.

http://vodpod.com/watch/5961221-fox-friends-pap-smears-at-walgreens

[Kurovski]

10. LOL!

Maybe men can get a free prostate exam along with vibrator purchase.

Um, I just remembered I have a prescription waiting at Walgreen's...catch you later...

[RainDog]

13. win! n/t

[DefenseLawyer]

16. And if they missed it they can go to the next drug store 3 blocks away. n/t

[tridim]

20. I get my Jr. Mints at the drug store, $1.25 per box can't be beat.

It's a Junior Mint. They're very refreshing!

[Kurovski]

25. I've heard of mints being used for certain...things.

Only heard, mind you.

[Wait Wut]

28. Blow Pops.

Yeah...I've only heard.

[tridim]

38. How many licks does it take to get to the center?

A one.. A Two-whooo! A three.

Yea I know, wrong product, but to continue the theme.

[Kurovski]

51. "Candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth."

There goes that old theory.

[tridim]

39. I'm very interested and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[Kurovski]

43. I am only twelve years old and what is this?

[Wait Wut]

15. That's just fine and dandy.

But, please, tell me those ridiculous commercials will be banned.

Why does any woman on their honeymoon need THREE vibrators and why would her future husband be that excited? Not only that, but the commercial tells me that I'll be spending an awful lot of time at the hairdresser.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I think it's great.

Nice to see people enjoying themselves.

[Wait Wut]

22. Voyeur????

;)

[Kurovski]

26. LOL!

Wut??!!

[Warren DeMontague]

30. Sure

why not.

[Kurovski]

44. The internet would collapse without it.

[AlabamaLibrul]

21. Yeah, the whole "we got three vibrators!" thing was always a little too much even for me

cause really, I don't even need to know.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. You would feel differently, I'm sure

if you were the one selling those people their "C" Cells.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Oh NO! Won't someone think of the CHILDREN?!?!?

Things shore wur better in The Good Old Days™

[Kurovski]

23. Oh, but that was before the sexual revolution.

May god forever bless hippies, feminists and teh gays.

The worried ones can pray for something else. :)

[Wait Wut]

27. Ack.

I never censored anything my son ever watched or listened to, always thought discussion was important. But I really never wanted to have a discussion about vibrators when he was 6. I would have...but, would not have enjoyed myself, at all.

[JuniperLea]

24. Vermont Country Store has carried them for years...

I'm all for it. Men have sex shops, voyeuristic bars, and every toy imaginable if you want to go into seedy areas of town. I can see why women would prefer to get their toys at the drug store where it's much safer.

Beats falling in love with your inflatable doll!

Sorry... I can't think of sex toys without thinking of the old Roxy Music tune, In Every Dream Home a Heartache... I will always love that song! Especially the head bangy heavy guitar riff bit at the end!

[Armstead]

31. Is that in Pownal?

Would that be alongside the maple syrup and cheddar cheese?

[JuniperLea]

36. Ha! Funny mental image!

They have their own "Sexual Wellness" section! So cool!

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/products/Health/Sexual-Wellness.html

[Armstead]

37. Aw shucks...Different store..But

But they do have cheese and maple syrup....Also Banana Jam ( no further comment necessary).

[Kurovski]

45. Banana Jam! I'm getting hungry.

[Lucian]

29. So when will I be able to buy a Fleshlight at Walgreens?

:D

[Kurovski]

46. You can put in your

...request.

[Wait Wut]

35. This is my favorite thread of the day.

And, I didn't even have to go to Walgreen's. Which is good, 'cause the old guy that works at the counter is super, super nice and grandfatherlylike. He likes to comment on everything I buy. Not sure what would come up in conversation. Uhhhhh...

[Kurovski]

47. It's nice to see some of us who were spanking each other yesterday,

spanking it sweet today. :thumbsup:

Oh grampa knows, grampa knows. the ol' bastid.

[Erose999]

41. Oh, you mean the infamous "back massager". Those have always been around at drugstores.

[Kurovski]

48. Marital aids.

They help to undo all that damage that gay marriage causes.

[Wait Wut]

50. Dante called...

...he's created a new level of Hell for you. We'll be neighbors.

:party:

[Kurovski]

54. Don't forget the toys!

I'd get bored with just the pitchforks at my rump.

[Wait Wut]

59. I heard they're opening a Walgreen's.

Osama will be the new clerk.

(That was officially my first...ever...Osama joke)

[Kurovski]

61. In that case,

I'm going to the one three blocks away.

[David__77]

42. I've seen them here in Sacramento.

I was actually surprised. I think there are other uses though, technically. "Personal massagers" could be used to relax a leg muscle, for instance.

[Kurovski]

49. DU Mods are the best! I love them, don't you?

Very smart, and so nice. Really good people. Thank you Mods! :hi:

[woo me with science]

52. I bet the headline writer is still patting himself on the back for that one. nt

[Kurovski]

56. What. It makes me think of cute little bees.

Bees, little bees mating and being dominated by the queen, and with that butt-wiggle dance they do. filthy, vile, delightful bees.

And then the birds join in, as I am given to understand.

[Kurovski]

53. Walgreens drugstore could buy the rights to the song

"Love is the Drug...that I'm thinking of." for the next commercial.

Have Roxy along with Grace Jones sing it.

[PCIntern]

55. So about twenty years ago or so I am treating this woman

in the dental chair, and something is not quite right. After about 20 minutes, I realized that I was hearing an unusual noise which at first I thought was the chair shorting out, since there was this electrical buzzing sound coming, as it were, from the base. I looked at my assistant quizzically, and she had no idea why I was looking around...I raised the chair and the noise moved up and THEN I REALIZED that the patient was wearing a working vibe while she was getting her "cavity drilled".

The inside of MY lip hurt like hell after the procedure...

[Kurovski]

57. So you practice a little more than just "painless dentistry"?

Or at any rate, she does.

Takes care of that anxiety at the dentist. "Relaxer? You hardly knew her"

[Warren DeMontague]

64. You know, I hate going to the Dentist. No offense.

I sort of sympathize with her.

[Lars39]

60. And some managers are locking them up....

Seems like that would go against what the manufacturers are aiming for...customer comfort and anonymity.

[Kurovski]

62. I have to get off

the internet now. :(

See youse later...

[pipi_k]

63. All I know is...

I don't wanna be anywhere near the checkout line when the cashier yells out over the intercom, "Price check on the 14-inch green dildoes!"


noooooooo.....


:scared:

[Duer 157099]

66. :snort:

:rofl:

[Lars39]

67. Or having to wait patiently while the clerk has the manager go open

the locked case, asking you which one you want. :blush:

[RagAss]

65. Winning.