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[beowabbit]

It is very rare that I actually laugh out loud whilst reading (as opposed to typing “OMG!!! LOL LOL LOL!!! :D”, which I don’t do either). It is even rarer that I laugh out loud more than once. But I laughed solidly for a couple of paragraphs as I approached the end of this wonderful rant on the current state of “feminine hygiene” products to which ladytabitha pointed her justifiably loyal readers. There’s something there to offend almost everyone, most likely – truly marvellous!

As an added bonus, I have now learned a little bit about the brutal Confederate guerilla, Captain William “Bloody Bill” Anderson.

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[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Earlier this year, I happened to walk through the "feminine hygiene" section of a drugstore for the first time in quite a while, since I've been using The Keeper for years (and keep Lunapads on hand should I ever not want to use that for some reason). I marveled at all the products and packaging, and was very glad to know that I will never have to buy any again.

I don't really get people who have such strong (highly negative) opinions about a product and yet continue to use it despite many options. (Unless it's just for writing fodder? :)

[ayse.livejournal.com]

Maybe they keep using it because they have a stronger negative opinion about the alternatives.

[ash130.livejournal.com]

:) That was funny! Hey when do you want to do the Star Wars Trilogy? Oh we're going to ManRay on Friday if you want to meet us there!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

And of course, the funniest thing ever that I've seen on the subject was a review some woman wrote after trying Instead. A bit of Google searching did not turn it up, unfortunately. :(

thank you

[mizarchivist]

I nearly died laughing. :)

[ayse.livejournal.com]

It may have been my "frisbee full of blood" posting. I wrote a review of Instead for a glossy magazine, but in addition I wrote a review for my friends, wih the amusing-in-retrospect moment in which the little bugger became airborne. I think I posted it on USENET in 1998 or so, and it got forwarded around a bit, and I saw it slightly modified (names of cats changed) a year or so later with somebody else's name on it. Don't think it's on the web, though.

But of course, I'd not be surprised if somebody else had a similar experience. God, what an unpleasant personal care device.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

IIRC, this one contained a line that was something like, "Jesus H. menstruating Christ on a pogo stick with tampons stuck in the stigmata." Although I may be confusing it with something else... :)

[ayse.livejournal.com]

That'd be me. I should see if that's still hanging around in all that data I archived the last time I moved computers.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Ah, wonderful! See, THAT was funny. :)