August 2010

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  • 08.19.10
    Younger brothers ruin your sex life! Or maybe not… bizarre, News, random surveys | Comments Off
    Eghad! Imagine my shock and horror when I saw the headline in the UK Metro which screamed: "Your sex life can be ruined by your little brother! Any girl knows that having a little brother can be annoying, but worse than that, they can wreck your sex life." I have a younger brother! Oh no! Would a little fratricide be necessary to ensure my sex life stayed happy? And although he is my little brother, he is physically bigger than me, so how the hell was I supposed to rid myself of this sex-destroying sibling? It was a good thing I ...
  • 08.12.10
    Sexvertising bizarre, evil trends | Comments Off
    Irish newspapers love a press call. This generally involves a young woman of attractive proportions in a bikini standing next to a grinning bald man and the product being advertised, which could be anything from drainage pipes to cars to hamburgers. In the "using sex to sell" stakes this qualifies as cheesy, but harmless. Compared to some international advertising campaigns, the press call or indeed the Hunky Dory's crisps ad that caused all the brouhaha, look a little quaint. Here's sexvertising at it's best... or worst. You decide. The tag line here reads: "Becoming a donor is probably your only chance ...