Sanitary Pads (Not Safe For Utopian)

[Sambellina]

I really don’t understand why pads have wings – pads stick to your undies and your legs hold them there (unless you’re one of those freak skinny girls with no gap between the top of your thighs), so why have an extra bit that folds over your undies which really doesn’t do much?

The second, and even worse, thing about pads with wings is the invisible” wings. Who the fuck came up with the stupid idea to make them "invisible"? For a start, they’re not invisible, they are made out of see-through plastic. And that see-through material makes it even more noticeable then what white plastic wings look like.

Now I’m not saying I go around spreading my legs enough for everyone to see my wings but really – WHY?

[Snowball]

I will have to check it out next time.

[Cassa]

That's why tampons were invented.

I have to say personally though I found the wings a great innovation when I was younger, it really does help them stay in place more.

[Misao]

it has to do with side leakage i think
i used to find that the other ones would scrunch up, and you would leak all over your knickers :(
and blood is so hard to get out too!
then again, my fave option is the tampon, not as much to worry about!

[and3w]

Originally posted by Sambellina

Now I’m not saying I go around spreading my legs enough for everyone to see my wings but really – WHY?

It's a bloke thing...snigger....
(run's like fuk for the nearest bomb shelter)

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Cassa
That's why tampons were invented.

Of course! But they can't be used *all the time*.

[Misao]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Of course! But they can't be used *all the time*.
yes you can

[geggle]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Of course! But they can't be used *all the time*. Dumb male question.... why not?!?

[Whiskers]

Sanitary pads are the work of the devil. Menstruation is the work of god. I am an athiest.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by geggle
Dumb male question.... why not?!?

You can't wear tampons eight weeks after a miscarriage because of risk of infection.

You can't use tampons after you have a baby but I don't know who long it's for or the reaons. I'm sure one of our mothers will know.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Whiskers
Sanitary pads are the work of the devil. Menstruation is the work of god. I am an athiest.


So you don't use Tampons or pads?

[scathing]

Originally posted by Sambellina
I really don’t understand why pads have wings

I don't think they do either.

I remember the ads, where the woman's saying "You see, they've got these wings............" and then she trails off, and that's it. There's no justification at all.

Maybe its like skateboards or yachts' keels that have wings.

[Cassa]

Sam: Tampons can't be used after giving birth because the os of the cervix is a lot wider afterwards (about 3cm as opposed to 5mm)

[Whiskers]

Originally posted by Snowball
So you don't use Tampons or pads?

I use Depo Provera.

[geggle]

Originally posted by Cassa
Sam: Tampons can't be used after giving birth because the os of the cervix is a lot wider afterwards (about 3cm as opposed to 5mm) Umm, so why does that mean no tampons? Is it because of.... like... "fit" or something?!?

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Cassa
Sam: Tampons can't be used after giving birth because the os of the cervix is a lot wider afterwards (about 3cm as opposed to 5mm)

Yeah that would be right - same for the a miscarriage from what I remember.

I think the time frame is about 3 months - you would hope all your bits would be back in place by then :eek:

[Sambellina]

For more information on tampon use after birth click for gross bits (http://www.babycentre.co.uk/expert/553495.html)

[ThreeChordMe]

Originally posted by Cassa
I have to say personally though I found the wings a great innovation when I was younger, it really does help them stay in place more.

Agreed. Aside from the depo provera, I'd say tampons are the best menstrual solution, though.

[Buffy]

wings are good, someone said it already...pads scrunch up for me if i don't have wings on them, which is annoying and kinda eeww. I can't use tampons myself, for some reason my body reacts badly during my time of the month, im usually violently ill with vomitting and cramps and using tampons actually sent me to hospital twice because they wouldn't let the blod clots pass, meaning my blood pressure was all over the place and i would pass out... sumtimes i hate being a chick! :p

[sagit]

Originally posted by Cassa
... because the os of the cervix ...

a cervix has an os? i hope its not windows CE... :p

/me prepares for Cassa-slappage...

[Bostonmess]

Why is this thread not safe for Utop? I mean he is a bleedin' c**t isn't he? :D

[Cassa]

Originally posted by sagit
a cervix has an os? i hope its not windows CE... :p

/me prepares for Cassa-slappage...

Well I wasn't going to say 'donut hole', I figured it was a little too unclassy.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Bostonmess
Why is this thread not safe for Utop? I mean he is a bleedin' c**t isn't he? :D

Because of his comments in the confession thread regarding seeing an open box of tampons on a Sydney train.

A few of us flamed him and I thought he deserved another dig :D

[Misao]

Originally posted by ThreeChordMe
Agreed. Aside from the depo provera, I'd say tampons are the best menstrual solution, though.
http://www.abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/

hmm, maybe i'll stick with tampons

[utopian]

Originally posted by sagit
a cervix has an os? i hope its not windows CE... :p
Error reading foetus
Abort, Retry, Fail?

;)

I don't have issues with female sanitary products, but the last time I checked, tampons only go in one crack, and that's not the gap between train seats ;)

In all seriousness, Wings and whatnot are there to stop scrunching and rotation (from what I gather at least). Tampons are a pretty cool invention, as they don't show in skintight clothing like pads do.

I guess there would be the disadvantages that pregnancy brings and doesn't allow the use of tampons. I think tampons are the better solution (I don't like the idea of DP).

[Chrissy]

Originally posted by utopian
I think tampons are the better solution (I don't like the idea of DP). [/B]

Urmmmm, you will never have to worry about the effect it'll have on your body!

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by utopian
Error reading foetus
Abort, Retry, Fail?

;)

In all seriousness, Wings and whatnot are there to stop scrunching and rotation ......

Joke, not, funny.

How the fuck is a pad going to rotate Utop? lol

[sagit]

the only problem i have with "female sanitary products" is when they are flushed down the dunny in the block of villas in which i live.

my unit has the "shared inspection pipe" for the sewerage. when the sewerage gets blocked up, all the toilet stuff (poo, wee, toilet paper, etc.) goes up the inspection pipe and into my back yard. It stinks out my place and the next door villa, and looks like sydney harbour in my backyard.


grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chrissy]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Joke, not, funny.

How the fuck is a pad going to rotate Utop? lol

Do you not ever sit on the floor and just spin around when wearing one then Sambellina? I do, especially when I am 'on' I feel so happy and jolly around about that time....don't you!;)

[flounder]

Ahh Utop, he kills me.*dies* but sometimes he can be a stuck up c**t
f

[utopian]

Originally posted by Sambellina
How the fuck is a pad going to rotate Utop? lol
Would've been good if you had've quote the rest of the sentence. OK, so maybe it's not going to rotate as much as 90 degrees, but there will be some sort of moment to oppose rotation at least.

Anyways, draw a line from the tip of your head through your body and to your crotch. That's your axis of rotation. If you're walking, who knows, it might move around a little. I can't say I've ever worn one, or am likely to do the research involved. Like I said it was "from what I gather". So rather than going "lol your a guy sif u'd no", why not try and educate me as to the workings of the pad.

[Chrissy]

There's nothing to stop you going to buy a box and trying it out yourself Utopian, nothing at all;)

[utopian]

Won't really fit, I've got a few extra bits.

[Chrissy]

Yeah! I am well aware of that, but, the concept is still the same! You stick em in your knickers with the sticky strip on the underneath, and that's where they stay!

They don't tend to 'rotate' unless you are doing some kind of seriously spinny excersise!

Oh, and you'd have to have some huge exra bits for them not to fit! (that's not innuendo, just pure fact)

[flounder]

Cut em' off, relate to the program.
(The extra bits)

[utopian]

Originally posted by Chrissy
Yeah! I am well aware of that, but, the concept is still the same! You stick em in your knickers with the sticky strip on the underneath, and that's where they stay!

I was not aware of this "sticky strip". That clears a lot up, thanks for answering my question.

[angel_b]

I've used pads for years, as I'm totally paranoid about Toxic Shock Syndrome.

Slightly OT, I've often wondered whether women can handle the sight of blood because, well, we see it once a month?

[Chrissy]

That's ok Utopian,

Did you also know that you are advised not to use tampons if you have the coil fitted?

Just another bit of useless knowledge for you...

Angel b...you may well have a point!

[utopian]

What's the coil?

[Chrissy]

you are joking?

[utopian]

Originally posted by Chrissy
you are joking?
Does it look like I know about female sanitary products from what you've seen in this thread?

[Chrissy]

Ok! sorry mate!

The coil is not a sanitary product, but a method of contraception.

It's a little length of pastic and metal (copper, I think) which they insert in the womb.

It makes the womb an inhospitable place for a fertilized egg to implant itself.

It's not 100% safe, it's about 95% safe I think and it doesn't stop you from getting STD's

If you get pregnant while the coil is still implanted, you have to leave it there and generally your body produces another placenta around it, and it's 'born' with the baby!

It's great being a girl!

[geggle]

Originally posted by utopian
What's the coil? I'd suggest looking under Intra Uterine Device in your friendly search engine. (Coil is another term for it, I think because the very original ones resembled a spiral of copper wire).

[utopian]

Makes using a condom seem so simple. :)

[flounder]

Originally posted by utopian
Makes using a condom seem so simple. :)
Oh! and it is.... but you know that already:)

[Nandragon]

Here's a bit of history on the "sanitary napkin"

It's called such because it was a "napkin" in the olden days.

Women would take old bits of cloth, about napkin size and coat them in flour for "that time of the month", "when you friend visity" and so on...
Women didn't wear the underware we today wear, they were kinda like baggy nickers. So the garter belt was born. Not just for stockings huh!?

Old fashioned tampons were the same. Bits of rolled cloth soaked and coated with flour and then dried.

Lots of women can't use tampons. For various reasons, some as Buffy stated. They make her cramp and her periods are clotty. I couldn't when I was younger. I think it has something to do with the tilt of your uterous and cervics. As I got older I used the slimmer tampons and didn't have any trouble.

The reason you can't use tampons after giving birth, miscarriage or abortion is One, infections and Two, your cervics are the "bottom" that you and your partner feel during sex. The cervix opens up during pregnacy, thus use of a tampon, it would get "lost". And BELIEVE me when I say that you Do Not want to have to go to the doctor to get it fished out!

I'm sure I have left something out, I hereby reserve the right to state such at a later date;)

[flounder]

Originally posted by Nandragon
[B
I'm sure I have left something out, I hereby reserve the right to state such at a later date;) [/B]
I am sure you have. Not my date though:)

[locust]

Wow, pads have sticky bits.

<puts on clueless guy hat>

[and3w]

Originally posted by utopian
[
I guess there would be the disadvantages that pregnancy brings and doesn't allow the use of tampons. I think tampons are the better solution (I don't like the idea of DP). [/B]


Why the bloody hell would a pregnant woman NEED a tampon???
Well, for it's designed use, anyway.....:confused: :confused:

[utopian]

After the pregancy, sheesh. Even I know how to read the rest of the thread before posting.

[and3w]

Originally posted by utopian
After the pregancy, sheesh. Even I know how to read the rest of the thread before posting.
Apologies..I thought ( and actually you're post is not at all gramatically clear on this) that you meant during.
Wendy has just explained the fact's of life to me regarding after (and she also had periods up to her 7th month) so I guess I'll shut my gob on things i know fuk all about, eh:(

[Diva]

Originally posted by Sambellina
You can't wear tampons eight weeks after a miscarriage because of risk of infection.

You can't use tampons after you have a baby but I don't know who long it's for or the reaons. I'm sure one of our mothers will know.

You also can't use tampons for minimum 4 weeks after gynae surgury.

I also have a problem from endometriosis, it is called 'breakthrough bleeding', which is chocolate coloured old blood. It is very dry and sticky, and you can't use tampons when you have that kind of bleeding, it fucking hurts.

I can't use tampons when I have the stabbing abdominal pain from internal bleeding that leaves me incapable of walking either.

I keep a supply of both pads & tampons at home and at work. I don't like wings tho.

Chrissy - I had an IUD implanted in December, to try to control my endo. It is a 'new generation' one which is progesterone implanted, and I was told using tampons is ok after the first month. But I had 12 weeks of rejection before it settled down, so I didn't use any during that time.

Depo Provera is no good if you get migraines. I use to spend 3 - 4 days with one after each injection.

[Holster]

Originally posted by Misao
http://www.abcinternetmarketing.com/depo-provera/

hmm, maybe i'll stick with tampons

slightly off topic.....

Depo Provera is like any other birth control drug, it suits some and not others.

It is clearly stated in the leaflet that you get with depo provera and on many websites what the side affects of depo are:

increased appetite and weight gain
headache
sore breasts
nausea
nervousness
dizziness
depression
rashes or spotty darkening of skin
hair loss
increased facial or body hair
increased or decreased sex drive.

Personally I suffered from none of these.

I cant understand why this woman stayed on it for a year when she was obviously concerned about the affects early on (asking her doctors all the time if depo was causing the problems). sounds like her problems were caused by bad judgement, bad doctors, and possibly a reaction to DMPA (in which case she should have never had the second, third and fourth shot).

I started taking depo three and a half years ago due to very heavy and irregular periods (the doctor suggested this over the pill). Now I use Implanon, I have never had a problem with this either.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by Diva
You also can't use tampons for minimum 4 weeks after gynae surgury.

I also have a problem from endometriosis, it is called 'breakthrough bleeding', which is chocolate coloured old blood. It is very dry and sticky, and you can't use tampons when you have that kind of bleeding, it fucking hurts.

I can't use tampons when I have the stabbing abdominal pain from internal bleeding that leaves me incapable of walking either.

I keep a supply of both pads & tampons at home and at work. I don't like wings tho.

Yes, I am aware of these other instances when you can't wear a tampon. It's at these times I become frustrated with wearing pads.

[Sambellina]

Weatherman, that is the Best Post Evar!

lmao

[utopian]

If I could vote for that post, I'd give it 5 stars.

[Holster]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Weatherman, that is the Best Post Evar!

lmao

werd :D

[flounder]

A top post, worthy of "Top Aussie"status.
A "Makita pad" mmm so then you would have a power tool!
yes!!!!
edit.
Sorry, take some of it back I thought it was yours.

[Nandragon]

Shouldn't have told us you stole it:D

Great post!

If I was a black whore with braces, I'd be a Black-n-decker pecker wrecker!:p

[utopian]

No, you'd be 100% unfuckable.

[DumHed]

YOU ARE!

[Nandragon]

*batts eyelashes*

Who Me?

[geggle]

*sigh* this thread was actually being quite informative, until the last few posts... :(

Here's another question for the ladies.... I thought tampons were more-or-less like compressed cotton-wool like stuff.... so.... I can understand using "applicators" to put it in (how do you know when it's in the right spot?) but I've always wondered about removal - doesn't it kinda get a bit tough to remove (yes I know they have strings!)???

I mean, you've got blood there, and cotton wool is like really annoying to remove from wounds because it sticks to everything.

[ersatz]

After reading this thread, I thank the fucking lord that I was born with a pair of testicles.

Do you not ever sit on the floor and just spin around when wearing one then Sambellina? I do, especially when I am 'on' I feel so happy and jolly around about that time....don't you!

I dunno, those chicks in the ads always seem to be having such a great time, body-boarding & surfing etc.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by geggle
*sigh* this thread was actually being quite informative, until the last few posts... :(

Here's another question for the ladies.... I thought tampons were more-or-less like compressed cotton-wool like stuff.... so.... I can understand using "applicators" to put it in (how do you know when it's in the right spot?) but I've always wondered about removal - doesn't it kinda get a bit tough to remove (yes I know they have strings!)???

I mean, you've got blood there, and cotton wool is like really annoying to remove from wounds because it sticks to everything.

Geggle haven't you heard that they're covered with a teflon-like substance that makes 'em slide right out?!

Seriously they do have a "silky" cover which makes them slide out. Sometimes on lighter days (usually the last couple of days) it can be harder to remove but the best way to test is to give the string a tug and if it does slide out it's baked, if not leave it in until next time.

Geggle if you're really curious why don't you get hold of one and take it out of the wrapper? Even soak it in a glass of water to see what happens to it (btw I have *never* seen a tampon soaked so it's as thick as when you put it in water). That would be the only way you're really going to know how they're made up.

[flounder]

Yuk! Too much information!
It is lucky that it only happens periodically.:)

[Chrissy]

Originally posted by geggle


Here's another question for the ladies.... I thought tampons were more-or-less like compressed cotton-wool like stuff.... so.... I can understand using "applicators" to put it in (how do you know when it's in the right spot?) but I've always wondered about removal - doesn't it kinda get a bit tough to remove (yes I know they have strings!)???

I mean, you've got blood there, and cotton wool is like really annoying to remove from wounds because it sticks to everything.

Back on topic then!

you're right! they are like compressed cotton wool, and I have never had a problem getting them in the right place...i don't know why! When they are in the right spot, you can't feel it's there which is why you have to be really careful to remember to remove the old one, before putting a new one in! (yes, I have had friends who have told me that on occasion they have managed to get two there at once!)

Nope, they are not tough to remove, as by he time you need a new one, the old one is pretty 'moist':eek: They also have a kind of glossy coating which helps.

Oh, and Diva, thanks for the clarification earlier...I knew this, but I still have a problems with tampons and the coil, as I keep thinking the tip of the tampon will get caught on the nylon strings when I remove it, and that I will end up yanking the coil out of my womb....which is the kind of pain I really, really don't need!

I have a non-hormone implanted coil, as the reason I had to come off the pill was that the hormones in the pill made me seriously depressed, a fact that the doctors DON'T tell you...

[Buffy]

Originally posted by geggle

I mean, you've got blood there, and cotton wool is like really annoying to remove from wounds because it sticks to everything.

its compressed cotton, but smooth, so there are not wispy bits clinging anywhere or making it difficult, the tampon justs swells up to capacity then you pull the string to slide it out and remove it.
i sumtimes wish for testicles myself, but then you have that whole weird habit of scratching/fiddling with them all the time :p

edit:: d'oh I took so long to reply i was beaten!

[Chrissy]

Originally posted by ersatz



I dunno, those chicks in the ads always seem to be having such a great time, body-boarding & surfing etc.

They are all liars! I can safely say, I have never been either body-boarding, surfing, ice skating, rollerblading or anything while dressed in white at that time of the month....ever!

I usually just lay in a darkened room shouting random insults at passing small children and puppies...

[Buffy]

Originally posted by Chrissy

I usually just lay in a darkened room shouting random insults at passing small children and puppies...

LMAO!! :p

[geggle]

Hmm, how do you not notice that one is already in there?!? It has a string doesn't it which should be obvious - or do you have to go, err, fishing for it?

[ersatz]

maybe it's because they don't bleed, they just leak that blue shit instead. Maybe that's what you need :D

[Whiskers]

Originally posted by geggle
Hmm, how do you not notice that one is already in there?!? It has a string doesn't it which should be obvious - or do you have to go, err, fishing for it?

Yes, the string likes to conveniently hide itself in the gaps.

[Chrissy]

Originally posted by ersatz
maybe it's because they don't bleed, they just leak that blue shit instead. Maybe that's what you need :D

Yeah! coz then I could colour co-ordinate with my bathroom too!:D

[Bostonmess]

It's not a wound. The cotton wool doesn't contact anything bleeding, it just soaks the blood up. That'll be why it doesn't stick so much.

[flounder]

I think this thread has been bled to death:(

[Buffy]

This is a question for the women more than the men on these forums... do you let another woman know if her string is showing?? I've been at sports matches before and noticed someone with a short sports skirt on and her string was showing... i didn't know her and felt too embarrassed to say, but i would mention it if she was a mate of mine... what about you?

[flounder]

You would only mention it if she was a mate of yours?. I thought the sisterhood was more caring and inclusive than that.
I suppose there are always strings attached

:(

[Buffy]

I dunno, wouldn't you feel weird to walk up to a person you didn't know to tell them something private was hanging out of their underpants?? Maybe its just me...

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by flounder
Yuk! Too much information!
It is lucky that it only happens periodically.:)

oh FFS grow up!! Don't like the topic, click off.

As for an answer for Geggle's question about "how do you know if you've already got one in there?". You just do! We aren't stupid, it's not like you're going to put a foreign object in your body and think "hhhmmmm is that in there or not". Common sense!

[flounder]

I am thinking of the male equivalent,(or similar) if a bloke walks around with his dick hanging out people of both sexes would advise him of this. Germaine Greer has a point when she says that women don't like using the word C**t, (I'm a male)we love it!
I can't see a big deal here, if it itches Ma'am, scratch it!

[geggle]

Originally posted by Sambellina
..."how do you know if you've already got one in there?". You just do! We aren't stupid... I was asking in reference to the statement (made by someone earlier in the thread) that some of her friends had put two in by mistake. Therefore, I was wondering how you tell it's there - are you saying that you can't and the only way is to remember that you've inserted one?

[Whiskers]

Originally posted by Buffy
I dunno, wouldn't you feel weird to walk up to a person you didn't know to tell them something private was hanging out of their underpants?? Maybe its just me...

Unless it is a woman I knew I wouldn't bother. I was in a similar situation standing in a queue behind a gal whose g-string was half way up her back. Not just your general bum floss overflow, it was quite extreme. So I whispered very quietly 2her that her underwear was hanging out. She didn't appreciate it at all.She turned around and said 'Um, yeah, I fucking know!'. I guess she felt uncomfortable because I was a total stranger. If it were one of my girlfriends I wouldn't hesistate.
I was only trying to help. :confused:

[flounder]

Originally posted by Sambellina
oh FFS grow up!! Don't like the topic, click off.


I offered my opinion based on previous posts. It is not a question of liking the topic or not. I have as much right as you to post in this thread. Clicking off as you put it means a preferred ignorance.It just reminded me of old people talking about their fucking operations and hysterectomies because they have nothing else to talk about.
Or is this a girl only thread?

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by flounder
I offered my opinion based on previous posts. It is not a question of liking the topic or not. I have as much right as you to post in this thread. Clicking off as you put it means a preferred ignorance.It just reminded me of old people talking about their fucking operations and hysterectomies because they have nothing else to talk about.
Or is this a girl only thread?

Saying things like "too much information" now *that* is ignorant. If you have an opinon to offer then good - offer it up.

[flounder]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Saying things like "too much information" now *that* is ignorant. If you have an opinon to offer then good - offer it up.
In your opinion it is ignorant. I will post soon in graphic detail my next bowel movement. Following that I will describe every piece of snot that I have ever picked from mine,(and others) noses.
If you are so far up yourself you should be able to satisfy yourself.
message ends.

[utopian]

OK, flounder is on my "not to kill" list. He's making this place a bit more fun :)

The tampons on the train thing wasn't the first time though. I guess it also turned me off swimming a bit when I was 11 and saw a tampon floating in the pool at a friend's place.

[flounder]

Want a kiss Utop?.
you are a sweetheart.:D

[Nandragon]

First off since hysterics-ectomy was mentioned, let me say that it is the best thing since white rice! No periods, constantly horney, draw back, I get crabby real easy. But NOT like PMS. (PMS=puttin up with Mens Shit)

Now to answer Geggle's question, the tampon is hard to remove if you flow is not comparable to it's absorbency. Absorbencies rates/levels are listed on the box. For instance a Super holds about (i think) 3 tblspoons. So if you are having a "lite" day, spotting, a panty liner is the best to use. If you are bleeding like a stuck pig then it's the super-d-dooper tampon in combination with one of those thick Kotex suckers your mamma used to wear!

As for knowing whether you got one in or not, you'd know if you had a dick up your arse wouldn't you?

You know apon insertion whether or not it's going where it's supposed to. The vagina is an amazing thing it stretches and shrinks. Now when you are sloppy arse drunk and can't feel your nose, you damn sure couldn't feel ur pussy now could you?!
I used to quit flowing when drunk. When I was younger I never HAD to use a tampon, because a bandaid would have sufficed.
However after the birth of my daughter, well Niagra clotting falls.:D

Also, I used to wear tampons and go swimming (on good days) and I wore white

[flounder]

Originally posted by Nandragon

Also, I used to wear tampons and go swimming (on good days) and I wore white
Come and swim in South Australia Nan. We have a pet that swims in my local waters that would be glad to meet you.It will be around 18 feet long and weighs a couple of tons.
He won't spit you out.
you can't argue either :(

[Nandragon]

even at 18 feet he'd have a hard time swallowing me whole:p


Wouldn't YOU rather be my pet?

[flounder]

I thought I was, up to a point......like Mr. Spocks ears:)
I aint barking, purring or doin' pet stuff though.

[flounder]

Originally posted by Nandragon
even at 18 feet he'd have a hard time swallowing me whole:p



In 1985 Shirley Anne Durdin was snorkelling in 9 feet of water at Wisemans beach.She was a large lady who weighed 18.5 stone.Witnesses saw a white pointer shark estimated to be 18 feet long bite her in half swim around in a semi-circle and eat what was left.All they found was a flipper from her foot. Her coffin was weighted with sand coz there was nothing to bury. This location is north of Pt. Lincoln. Swim with care anywhere around there.
Even you Nan.
the Devil is not always going down to Georgia.:(

[Diva]

Originally posted by flounder
In your opinion it is ignorant. I will post soon in graphic detail my next bowel movement. Following that I will describe every piece of snot that I have ever picked from mine,(and others) noses.


However, you will be doing it in another thread, with an appropriate subject header, and you will stop going offtopic in this one.

If you don't like the subject matter in this thread, don't read it.

If you don't have anything to add ON TOPIC then post elsewhere.

Please note that these are general zgeek rules (see Pirate if you have a problem with it). We have junk threads for non- or off-topic posts. Even in B&R you are supposed to stay on topic.

As Sambellina said, if you think it is 'too much information' here, then don't fucking read it. The subject is quite clear from the header, so get over it.

[utopian]

I think the subject should be changed to "not safe for flounder" ;)

[Sambellina]

There is a new-ish product on the market - tampons wrapped in fluro packaging.

WHY????

They are meant to be discretely tucked away in your handbag, not wrapped up in fluro plastic and worn as earrings!!

[Chocoholic]

Do you not have a black hand bag? I know it is impossible to find anything in my bag 80% of the time. Bright colours stand out against the black.

Plus they are in your bag, if some one looks in your bag and gets offended sucked in. And if some one other than me is in my hand bag with my permission than I think they know me well enough to know that I get my period.

[Sambellina]

I can see the "lost in the handbag" point.

I don't care if someone sees it. Sure, everyone knows I get a period but I just don't want to announce to it to the world.

Du Jour tampons are discret, they come in a grey zip-lock bag.

I just think tampon packaging is the last thing you would want in fluro colours.

[Chocoholic]

Put it down to yet another brilliant marketing decision.

They would of done some market research and found that women were bitching about not being about to find tampons in their bag. They also want to make using their product fun. Then they would of spent some more money asking people if they would like fluro colours and some 17 year old on ecstasy who did the market research for the cash would of said yeah that is a great idea. Now they have them in stores to see if people will buy them.

I think you have a valid point. But it’s a dealing with women deal. Sure these are really practical and do solve the finding them in your bag problem. But will women buy them?

[imp]

Next they'll have beacons and flashing LEDs :D

[DrDivad]

what if they played a tune?

[Ins0mniac]

Originally posted by DrDivad
what if they played a tune?

I think the actual tampons need a guage to check flow.

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by DrDivad
what if they played a tune?

Theme from Jaws?

[Poisonivy]

You can't use tampons after you have a baby but I don't know who long it's for or the reaons. I'm sure one of our mothers will know.

Two main reasons:

1. Tampons are simply not absorbent enough for afterbirth flow, this flow lasts for weeks and tampons simply aren't effective.

2. Vaginal damage after birth leaves the virgina far too sore and senstive for tampons to be inserted without a great amount of pain, especially if you have stiches after tearing.

Although I had a C-section and was fortunate to escape vaginal damage I can definately relate to part 1.

~ Poisonivy ~

[Jen]

Originally posted by Poisonivy
Two main reasons:

1. Tampons are simply not absorbent enough for afterbirth flow, this flow lasts for weeks and tampons simply aren't effective.

2. Vaginal damage after birth leaves the virgina far too sore and senstive for tampons to be inserted without a great amount of pain, especially if you have stiches after tearing.

Although I had a C-section and was fortunate to escape vaginal damage I can definately relate to part 1.

~ Poisonivy ~

Lets not forget the huge fucking blood clots. :barf:

[Aphrodite]

Originally posted by Poisonivy
Vaginal damage after birth leaves the virgina far too sore
for a week after natural childbirth it feels like u have a football inserted up there...
there ain't no way a tampon (or anything else for that matter) is going up there as well...

[angel_b]

Hey! Where did all the blokes go? :D

[sagit]

Originally posted by angel_b
Hey! Where did all the blokes go? :D

Sorry. I was reading other threads...and farting :D

[angel_b]

Originally posted by sagit
Sorry. I was reading other threads...and farting :D

No doubt as a prelude to nut-scratching, tackle-readjusting and remote-control-hogging. :p

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by angel_b
No doubt as a prelude to nut-scratching, tackle-readjusting and remote-control-hogging. :p

You forgot the beer. :D

[angel_b]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
You forgot the beer. :D
Sorry, I'll fetch it for you right now ... don't hit me. :p

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by angel_b
Sorry, I'll fetch it for you right now ... don't hit me. :p

And it better damn well be open when you hand it to me! :p

[Al]

Did someone say beer?

[angel_b]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
And it better damn well be open when you hand it to me! :p
Oh, it'll be open alright ... and empty! :p

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by angel_b
Oh, it'll be open alright ... and empty! :p

No smart mouthing, or you'll get five on the side. :p

[Sambellina]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
No smart mouthing, or you'll get five on the side. :p

Enough of the tough talk boy! Or you'll be getting 5 on the side of ya arse when I see you tonight!!

Now Blueboy, do you have anything to contribute about your knowledge of sanitary products?

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by Sambellina
Enough of the tough talk boy! Or you'll be getting 5 on the side of ya arse when I see you tonight!!

Now Blueboy, do you have anything to contribute about your knowledge of sanitary products?

They're good at soaking up beer spills. :p

[MisterBishi]

bump

[BlueBoy]

UPDATE: I'm still waiting for my fucking beer.

[sperm]

bump
visible panty bump ? :ha:

[kiki]

To teach my daughter and friend's child about absorbtion of tampons on day we got a bucket of water and a few different brands of tampons and started dunking them...we squished them into shapes and dried them on the Hills Hoist...

Since it was so close to Christmas we decided to spray paint them silver and used them on the tree...some were dipped in glitter and others had faces painted on them...

Informative...Demystifying...Practical and FUN for all the family :)

[imp]

Tampon decorations for the tree?! My Goodness! :D

[RaYdeX]

That was well worth bumping.

/Guy, and handled it all... Am I sick ?

[Glompbot]

Sometimes I'm am amazed at how ignorant people are.

[MisterBishi]

I'll put anthrax on a Tampax and slap you till you can't stand

[Snapple]

Don't vampires use tampons as tea bags.

[Hairyman]

Don't vampires use tampons as tea bags.

You tell me daaarrlingk...

[excalibur]

A few points.

Tampons as christmas tree decorations - that's messed up right there.

Sapia - Alot of guys are ignorant to it because it's something we don't particularly want to know about. It's not something we get, so we choose not to know about it, it's not the most plesant topic to think about or deal with. When it doesn't happen to you, it's easy to brush aside. All a guy generally wants to know is when things are happening, so we know that sex is off for about the next week. To illustrate my point, do you want to know the ins and outs of a "noctournal emission" or what we use to catch the baby gravy after fapping?

[Glompbot]

I'm talking about the girls.

[kiki]

I'm talking about the girls.

me?

[Glompbot]

Not anyone in particular... and mostly the older posts.

[kiki]

Not anyone in particular... and mostly the older posts.

Im always happier when people ask questions...even dumb ones

Ive heard some amazing stories about women who knew nothing about their own bodily functions due to ethnicity and embarassment

I found out about periods when I got them...on my way to my grandmother's funneral...at age 11...I was very sheltered...I was determined my kids would never be like that

I met an old Italian woman the other day 76yrs old...she thought babies came out of your knees!....she only found out they didnt when she had her first child...

I think if people at least have the guts to ask...let them...it has to be better than ignorance

[Glompbot]

Maybe ignorance was the wrong word.

The whole reason and use for the wings was stated (i'm one of those people that needs wings, after a few minutes of wearing a pad it usually ends up twisted to one side and or hanging out of my undies a bit... mostly i use tampons - woo for du jour applicators), and people just kept on going "rararar you must have a retarded body or you must twist around"
Thats willful ignorance.

[Something Fast]

Being male takes so much less effort.

[Colonel Kurtz]

bump
*THUMP bishi's head* for stupid thread necromancy

[RaYdeX]

I agree, Its much easier being male... !

But I do respect what the girls have to go through, no point in being ignorant about it. Sure its gross, But your better of knowing, then, you can be sympathetic, and in reality, not quite as grossed out as you may build it up in your head to be !

And just because she has her period, doesn't nessecarily mean no sex ! Its up the woman of course ! But its quite natural.. Alot of woman actually feel hornier and more sensitive during that time... Some don't...

[Kanderson]

Whoever came up with the injection, and ended all my period problems...thank you.

[Glompbot]

Whoever came up with the injection, and ended all my period problems...thank you.
You mean depovera which is linked to osteoporosis and bone density problems?

Personally, i'd rather get my period.



At the moment I just skip it using the pill...

[kiki]

Maybe ignorance was the wrong word.

The whole reason and use for the wings was stated (i'm one of those people that needs wings, after a few minutes of wearing a pad it usually ends up twisted to one side and or hanging out of my undies a bit... mostly i use tampons - woo for du jour applicators), and people just kept on going "rararar you must have a retarded body or you must twist around"
Thats willful ignorance.

I totally agree...wings rock...Ive had problems with tampons too...I swell internally very badly so my doctor suggested I dont use them...and without wings they DO move...and with wings they DO stick to your knickers; legs whatever..there is no perfect solution Ive found...and when I used tampons I also used applicators...even then...they cut me...I have a friend that imports tampons that are safer...even those caused swelling...so I stick and stick with wings

[Kanderson]

You mean depovera which is linked to osteoporosis and bone density problems?

Personally, i'd rather get my period.

At the moment I just skip it using the pill...

I can't go on the Pill, it's incompatible with my meds. I like the injection, it's no fuss, and I haven't had any problems with it over the past two years.

[Miss Scarlett]

I love the wings. The other ones used to flip over during the night and the adhesive strip would stick to my pubes meaning I required a bath to soak it off the nest morning.

Icky.

[imp]

I can't go on the Pill, it's incompatible with my meds. I like the injection, it's no fuss, and I haven't had any problems with it over the past two years.
Good for you. :)
Not everyone will suffer the side effects so good job on finding something that works for you. It's a very personal choice. :)

[Cassa]

I'm thinking of getting Mirena. I hated taking the pill.

I'd get my tubes tied but I doubt there'll be a doctor out there who'd do it on a 24 year old nulliparous woman