I'd expect people to have seen many of these:
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Just testing, but the penalty for chatting on your mobile phone at the opera after the start of act two should be instant (but silent) death, shouldn't it?
Especially if it's just behind me.
Well, it is work-related for me but it may not be for you!
We got a pr0n catalogue at work today, so I looked up some of the offerings on the censor's website. Text only, but…
Fascinating to see that while women who have outnumber those who haven't by 2:1 or so, for men, it's 50:50 here or 40:60 in livejournal_uk.
Gosh, do you think some women test without telling their partner? 🙂
Update: no, I am not in the least bit surprised that they do.
In lots of 25, the 'dip this paper' one costs 50p each, inc VAT. The 'works with stored urine' one is £1.
If you've ever bought one over the counter at the chemist, you probably remember them costing Rather More Than That, albeit in a different form ('hold this pen-like stick in the flow of urine' is the type I've seen, avoiding the need to pee in something).
I'm tempted to order a pile for sale, at cost, at somewhere like BiCon. They claim a shelf-life of about two years.
I'll post this somewhere else later, so any "you've missed out my situation" responses would be good.
My window at work overlooks the back of the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre.
(Ideally placed for those "My Ideal Home Has No Daily Mail" signs and for heckling the talentless arriving for The Brits etc.)
It's been quite busy this week, with crowds of young people arriving throughout the day.
Turns out it's a graduate recruitment fair.
The naughty me is so tempted to have a sign that says "Media studies degree? You'll probably need our services soon…"
..have bought a pregnancy test at some point.
Because we get through a lot of condoms at work, one of the condom companies send us various free samples of things.
Yesterday, it was two different sorts of pregnancy test. There's a 'dip this special paper in fresh urine' one, and a slightly fancier one that also works with urine that's been kept cool for up to 48 hours.
How much do you think they cost, if you get them in lots of 25?
You're not supposed to sell R18 videos (porn, basically) in any other way apart from a licensed sex shop. A web browse or a look through the pages of various magazines, including the free gay press, will reveal that that's a condition that's not been listened to much.
So last year, when two firms were convicted of breaches of the Video Recordings Act 1984 for selling by post, they appealed. It's taken a while for the judgement to be published – the appeal hearing was three months ago, but the judgement only came through yesterday.
But the verdict is clear: for UK suppliers, even sending a catalogue of R18 videos is enough to get you fined – the act of offering to supply is just as naughty as actually doing so.
Similarly, loaning a copy of your R18 video to someone else is covered: "'Supply' means supply in any manner, whether or not for reward, and, therefore, includes supply by way of sale, letting on hire, exchange or loan…"
One of the arguments is that this will mean the business goes to suppliers in the Netherlands and elsewhere, and unless HM Customs and Revenue change their policies, this will undoubtedly happen. I'm tempted to try ringing our local sex shop (a branch of CloneZone) and seeing if they'll post me something.
And there are two firms who no doubt wish they'd checked the address they were being asked to send videos to against a list of trading standards offices…