I'm not one for body piercing, especially in .... umm.... sensitive areas. The idea of metal poking through my private bits, makes me cringe. I mean, what the hell do you do when you want to be intimate? And then there are those special moments.... for example, security screenings....
Texas woman Mandy Hamlin had already passed through a large metal detector, but on a spot check, a female officer's hand-held scanner beeped as it passed over her chest.
Ms. Hamlin said she explained to the woman she had nipple piercings and offered to show them to her in private. However, male officers insisted she remove the jewelry before boarding her flight. WHY? Did they think if she turned too quickly, her swinging breasts might damage someone?
She was apparently taken behind a curtain and after a bit of a tussle, managed to remove one but had trouble with the second nipple ring.
She claimed she couldn't remove it without pliers, so what happened? The kind officer found her a pair. Apparently after nipple rings are inserted, the skin can heal around the piercing, and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove.
What the hell is the world coming to. Will we have to remove our wedding rings next? What IS the difference - a ring is a ring. Surely a quick investigation by a trusted individual would have sufficed!!! LOOK, I'm a tolerant and trustworthy fellow, don't often break the law, mostly tell the truth. May I offer my services?
Wednesday 16 April 2008
Tuesday 15 April 2008
Frigid Finnish Fling?
Rightly or wrongly, the Fins have the unenviable reputation of being frigid - poor buggars (unlike their other Scandinavian neighbours - lucky buggars).
Yet, according to the newspaper, Hymy, Illka Kanerva, frigid Finland's foreign minister, sent 200 steamy text messages from his mobile phone to Johanna Tukiainen, 29, an erotic dancer. Apparently, he suggested she might perform at his 60th birthday party. Perform …. What does he mean?
He now faces calls for his resignation - what the hell is going on, are they MAD? This is their chance for reprieve! In one fell swoop, Illka Kanerva has redeemed their emotionless image. They should erect (pardon the pun) statues, elevate him to the status of public hero, not knock him.
Take a leaf from the French, I say!
Frigid Finland should be applauding, not sacking him; he’s done their dowdy image a power of good. 60th birthday .… 29 years old? Good on you sport / human after all! Go for it – give her one. Who the hell wants a reputation like that?
Yet, according to the newspaper, Hymy, Illka Kanerva, frigid Finland's foreign minister, sent 200 steamy text messages from his mobile phone to Johanna Tukiainen, 29, an erotic dancer. Apparently, he suggested she might perform at his 60th birthday party. Perform …. What does he mean?
He now faces calls for his resignation - what the hell is going on, are they MAD? This is their chance for reprieve! In one fell swoop, Illka Kanerva has redeemed their emotionless image. They should erect (pardon the pun) statues, elevate him to the status of public hero, not knock him.
Take a leaf from the French, I say!
Frigid Finland should be applauding, not sacking him; he’s done their dowdy image a power of good. 60th birthday .… 29 years old? Good on you sport / human after all! Go for it – give her one. Who the hell wants a reputation like that?
Monday 14 April 2008
Get 'em Tagged!
So there I was, browsing the garden centre, plants here, there, everywhere. Some I fancied, some not - yet everytime I found one I fanced it had NO price tag. The stuff I wasn't interested in had price tags falling out all over the place - so what's the score?
It gets on my nerves , I'm naffed off with it. I don't actually scream and shout, to be honest I don't even tell the owners, but I do get annoyed.
Why don't they put prices on EVERYTHING? What's the criteria for shoving a tag on? Do they think we'll go chasing after them for the things we want? Will they then bump up the price if we're interested? WRONG! I walk away. I vote with my feet. Will they learn from it? No! I just make a point.
It's probably my own fault, I suppose I should face the owners and tell them, or at least ask them why they do it.... yet why should I? It's their problem if buyers go to the garden centre down the road.... and it isn't confined to garden centres either, there seems to be a growing trend of keeping customers in the dark.... mushroom treatment perhaps....
Come shop owners, get your act in shape. You don't know how many people are like me and simply walk away if you don't display the price of your goods. Get 'em taggged!
It gets on my nerves , I'm naffed off with it. I don't actually scream and shout, to be honest I don't even tell the owners, but I do get annoyed.
Why don't they put prices on EVERYTHING? What's the criteria for shoving a tag on? Do they think we'll go chasing after them for the things we want? Will they then bump up the price if we're interested? WRONG! I walk away. I vote with my feet. Will they learn from it? No! I just make a point.
It's probably my own fault, I suppose I should face the owners and tell them, or at least ask them why they do it.... yet why should I? It's their problem if buyers go to the garden centre down the road.... and it isn't confined to garden centres either, there seems to be a growing trend of keeping customers in the dark.... mushroom treatment perhaps....
Come shop owners, get your act in shape. You don't know how many people are like me and simply walk away if you don't display the price of your goods. Get 'em taggged!
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