What a way to start a new yrs conversation......
I remember when the first advertisements of "tubular objects" and "masculine
protection items" were first being advertised on the telly. I believe all
the women in the world were probably as shocked as myself, my sister and my
very old fashioned mom were that people would even talk about this......Our
dad used to pick up these items as they were needed for all of us. We were
too embarassed to walk through the store carrying these items. The best
story my Mother ever told was concerning my sis, when she was around 4 or 5.
It occured during a dinner party and the highpoint of this particular party
occured when all retired to the living area for that after dinner chat. All
were greeted by the site of my sister sitting in the floor arranging her
"barbie doll beds". They had the new designer padded model mattress.....My
mother about fainted from embarrassment.
Jennifer Cribbs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Larrieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mask Of Zorro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: RE: Welcome to a new year
> The other side of this one, of course, is the buying and selling of a
> particular tubular product who purpose is "protection", and the most
famous
> of which was named for a civilization whose destruction was celebrated in
> The Iliad.
>
> Things may be different today. It has been 20 years since I worked in a
> drugstore, with a mostly young lady staff. A portion of our evening
traffic
> involved the sale of these products. It was not uncommon to see bright red
> faces both on clerk and customer as the transaction took place, and was
> concluded with the clerk telling the customer to "have a good night"
>
> Come to think of it, the same used to happen during the sale of particular
> magazines as well........
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
Mask
> Of Zorro
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 10:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Welcome to a new year
>
> Never had the trouble with the Feminine Hygeine Products (FHP's). When
> picking up a small box of 'em for my sister at a local 7-eleven store, the
> clerk ringing me up asked "Do you need a bag?" to which I replied, "No
> thanks, I'll eat them here!"
>
> The face he made was priceless...
>
> Z
>
>
> >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Welcome to a new year
> >Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:07:00 -0500
> >
> >Natasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> attacked the fundamentals of modern manhood
> >with,
> >
> > >Actually a late Fridays funnies.
> > >
> > >
> > > (I'd like to dedicate this to my boyfriend, who is living proof that
> > >uncontrollable compulsive
> > > switching of TV channels with a remote control is a testosterone
> > >influenced condition.)
> > >
> >
> > >And never, under any circumstances, expect me to pick up
> > > anything for which "feminine hygiene product" is a euphemism.
> >
> >I was cured of this. Many years ago, I had surgery for a pilonoidal
> >cyst. Without getting into gory details, suffice it to say is that
> >the normal recovery from this involves lots of bleeding, and the
> >standard dressing is to tape ...ummm....feminine hygiene
> >products...to the patient's posterior.
> >
> >About 3 weeks postoperatively, I hobbled to the local drugstore,
> >supported by my first wife, to get more supplies. The clerk seemed a
> >little surprised at the number of boxes, at which point my wife
> >cheerfully chimed, in a trained singer's voice that carried
> >throughout the establishment, "oh...those are for my husband."
> >
> >To this day, I tend to refer to "masculine napkins" while in her
> >presence. I don't complain too much, because I may need her
> >expertise on object oriented design.
> >
> >A couple of years later, I was implementing a WAN for the US
> >Department of Labor, using state of the art 9600 BPS modems from
> >Codex (now Motorola). We negotiated what I thought was a rather good
> >price, but got a called from an irritated purchasing officer.
> >
> >"How can you possibly spend $30,000 on these? You'd fill up boxcars!
> >What do you need with them in the network, anyway?"
> >
> >My colleagues, Gary Desler and Ed Peters (who went on to start
> >Network Solutions), and I gazed at one another in utter puzzlement.
> >Ten Codex model whatever modems. Then the light dawned.
> >
> >With a few clarifications, we established the purchasing department
> >thought we were ordering $30,000 worth of Kotex Modesses.
> > >---------
> > > Because I'm a man,
> > >
> > > I think what you're wearing is fine. I thought what you were
> > > wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is
fine.
> > > With the belt or without it looks fine. Your hair is fine. You look
> > > fine.
> >
> >The probability of a correct answer to such questions, much less "do
> >I look fat" is approximately that of a single answer to the best way
> >to solve any networking problem.
> >
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