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on 05-Dec-02 01:09 PM
Sex toys replace Tupperware
Times have changed and Norwegian women seem fully liberated - how else to explain the success of the 'Condomery' (Kondomeriet), a "girl"-run business that has expanded operations to include home parties.
The Condomery is now fully run by women, which they feel might give them an edge in the male-dominated sex industry - since they have a better sense of how to keep a presentation of merchandise on the tasteful side of the slippery line towards vulgarity.
The Condomery stocks more than an inventive range of male contraceptives, also offering oils, creams, sexy underwear and a range of toys and aids for men and women.
The concept has steadily grown in popularity in Norway, and as the average browser becomes more comfortable with the store's range, the girls behind the business have taken their shop on the road and into private homes.
The new home party is really just the evolution of the classic Tupperware evening.
"Many of us have had home demos of everything from make-up to plastic bowls. The principle is the same, but the products our consultants bring home to you are maybe a bit more exciting?" says Therese Warner, who heads the company's home party project.
Warner says that the atmosphere at these get-togethers is often giddy as a variety of toys, lubricants, and other fun items are passed around for the participants to examine.
Warner explains that they have used their 13 years of experience in the business to train consultants to make their presentations serious and educational, while at the same time positive and entertaining.
"Our 65 consultants have long waiting lists, with women of all ages who want to shop for sex toys in their living rooms," Warner said.
Since the service started in August this year turnover has increased by a factor of ten, and Warner expects to have 200 consultants ready to visit homes across the country in 2003.
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Posted
on 05-Dec-02 01:15 PM
Jealous Wife Smashes 18 Cars With Hammer
The Associated Press
Thursday, December 5, 2002; 8:37 AM
SINGAPORE –– A used-car salesman's wife, who suspected her husband of having an affair, smashed 18 cars with a hammer during a five-minute rampage at their Singapore dealership, police said Thursday.
A 34-year-old woman, identified only as Mrs. Tu, bashed in the windscreens of Mercedes, BMWs and Volvos on Tuesday, and also destroyed a computer and telephone, media reported. The damage was estimated at $56,500, Channel NewsAsia reported.
The car dealership is owned by Robin Tu, 37, and his wife, the Straits Times newspaper reported.
Tu believed her husband was cheating on her, but hadn't confronted him. "I hit first, then ask later," she told the newspaper.
Friends told her that her husband had a mistress after he started coming home later than usual last month.
"At first I thought it was just a mistake," Tu said. "But a few days ago, he didn't come home till dawn. When he did it again on Tuesday morning – I snapped."
Police were investigating to determine whether any criminal offense had been committed, spokesman Ang Poon Seng said.
Mrs. Tu said she will file for a divorce and that she felt better after venting her anger. "I slept much better than I had in days," she said. "It is my shop, my cars – I can do what I like to them."
Vandalism normally draws strict punishments in Singapore. American teenager Michael Fay was flogged for spray-painting cars in 1994.
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Posted
on 05-Dec-02 01:18 PM
Girls you're a fib in bed
By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
A MASSIVE 98 per cent of women tell fibs — with one of their favourite porkies being “you’re fab in bed”.
In a startling survey of 5,000 women — average age 36 — researchers discovered that although most lie, a third tell porkies EVERY day, and 78 per cent tell BIG ones.
But the regional differences in the poll produced the most fascinating results.
AROUND 34 per cent of Welsh women would sleep with their boss, even if they did not fancy him, if it meant promotion.
A GIANT 86 per cent of women in Yorkshire plan to get drunk at their office Christmas party.
FORTY five per cent of women in the Midlands would “kiss and tell” if they slept with a famous person.
THE favourite lie of women in Northern Ireland is: “These shoes only cost £10.” Two-thirds admit to using it.
IN East Anglia 29 per cent are most likely to be lying when they say: “I love you”.
A SHOCKING 52 per cent of women in the South would not hand in a £2,000 ring if they found one in the street.
The Scruples and Lies survey by That’s Life! magazine also showed 70 per cent of women would forgive their man if he went off sex and 32 per cent would console him if he was a cross-dresser.
But 29 per cent have had an affair and 62 per cent of them do not regret it.
Sue Quilliam, of That’s Life!, said: “This survey shows that women will lie to get what they want.”
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Posted
on 05-Dec-02 01:22 PM
As the following classified classics will demonstrate, there are often
more laughs on the advertising and classified pages than you can find
in the cartoons and comic strips:
Lost: small apricot poodle. Reward. Neutered. Like one of the family.
A superb and inexpensive restaurant. Fine food expertly served by
waitresses in appetizing forms.
Dinner Special -- Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children $2.00.
For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and
large drawers.
For sale: a quilted high chair that can be made into a table, pottie
chair, rocking horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8 and fur collar.
Four-poster bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover.
Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to
take home, too.
Wanted: 50 girls for stripping machine operators in factory.
Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.
We do not tear your clothing with machinery. We do it carefully by hand.
No matter what your topcoat is made of, this miracle spray will make it
really repellent.
For Sale. Three canaries of undermined sex.
For Sale -- Eight puppies from a German Shepperd and an Alaskan Hussy.
Creative daily specials, including select offerings of beef, foul, fresh
vagetables, salads, quiche.
7 ounces of choice sirloin steak, boiled to your likeness and smothered
with golden fried onion rings.
Great Dames for sale.
Have several very old dresses from grandmother in beautiful condition.
Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.
20 dozen bottles of excellent Old Tawny Port, sold to pay for charges,
the owner having lost sight of, and bottled by us last year.
Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children.
Vacation Special: have your home exterminated.
If you think you've seen everything in Paris, visit the Pere Lachasis
Cemetery. It boasts such immortals as Moliere, Jean de la Fontain, and
Chopin.
Mt. Kilimanjaro, the breathtaking backdrop for the Serena Lodge. Swim
in the lovely pool while you drink it all in.
The hotel has bowling alleys, tennis courts, comfortable beds, and other
athletic facilities.
Get rid of aunts: Zap does the job in 24 hours.
Toaster: A gift that every member of the family appreciates.
Automatically burns toast.
Sheer stockings. Designed for fancy dress, but so serviceable that lots
of women wear nothing else.
Stock up and save. Limit: one.
Save regularly in our bank. You'll never reget it.
We build bodies that last a lifetime.
Offer expires December 31 or while supplies last .
This is the model home for your future. It was panned by Better Homes
and Gardens
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