Comments on: Monday at the sex shop

By: D

Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:37:41 +0000

I should really be reading this by the glow of a lavalamp to get the full sensorial experience of this post I feel…

By: steve of the north

steve of the north — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:13:07 +0000

Merry Christmas, Miguel

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:37:30 +0000

[Deleted speculation about the thingie].

Note: the below was posted at Language Hat, where it was also off-topic. Then I realized that I had an Austria expert available, even if I didn’t have his email anymore.

“Completely off-topic, but where did the name ‘Austria’ come from? Sounds like it should mean ‘southern’ from ‘Austr-‘, like Australia or the Argentinian currency ‘austral’. In fact the OED lists ‘southern’ as a rare meaning of ‘austrian’.

Austria IS south of Germany, but they call themselves Oesterreich (with an umlaut) = “Eastern nation”. Is this a fight over the Eastern heritage of Otto the Great — claimed by both Germany and Austria?

By: mig

mig — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:55:37 +0000

The up side #2: you were able to assemble it with just an allen wrench (included in package).

The down side #2: made of pine.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:56:19 +0000

Marketing Guy 1: Get a load of the high-tech ergonomic handle design on this baby!
Marketing Guy 2: Jesus.
Marketing Guy 1: What should we call it? We’ll call it The Ripcord!
Marketing Guy 2: [Faints] Thud.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:28:03 +0000

…you wanted to chisel it in marble.
That’s so nice.

Those things with the beads, unfortunately, are not as ideal as one might at first suspect. There’s the rigid kind, which: rigid. Then the other kind which should be frickin’ ideal but which, I hear, little beads jam together thus killing the motor. But like you said: lalala shopping is so subjective.

By: kim

kim — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:25:15 +0000

“hey baby, how would YOU like your stocking stuffed?”

probably get you slapped, but hey.