Are tampon commercials really necessary?

[pip07]

I've never seen a women watch a tampon commercial and go "Oh, I really need some tampons right now!"

They just...know

[pip07]

That's because there are different types and the greedy corporate bastards want us all to buy their type.

Why does it bug you so much anyway?

The commercials are lame

I mean, is it really going to stop a leak in a boat?

[enree erzweglle]

The slogan on the side of the box that I keep at work says something like, "They work. Period."
Ha ha! Not funny.

[Nuzzolese]

You didn't think it was funny when the girl in white pants tied a bunch of BRAND X tampons together with a pad to lower the rope down the window and retrieve her one lost GOOD tampon? I think people were offended by that one because they showed the actual menstrual absorbing device and the reassuringly calm blue liquid wasn't there to wash away the sin. First comes the blood, then come the men. I can see your dirty pillows.

[pip07]

You didn't think it was funny when the girl in white pants tied a bunch of BRAND X tampons together with a pad to lower the rope down the window and retrieve her one lost GOOD tampon? I think people were offended by that one because they showed the actual menstrual absorbing device and the reassuringly calm blue liquid wasn't there to wash away the sin. First comes the blood, then come the men. I can see your dirty pillows.

Oh yeah, that one too

[wavin_goodbye]

You didn't think it was funny when the girl in white pants tied a bunch of BRAND X tampons together with a pad to lower the rope down the window and retrieve her one lost GOOD tampon? I think people were offended by that one because they showed the actual menstrual absorbing device and the reassuringly calm blue liquid wasn't there to wash away the sin. First comes the blood, then come the men. I can see your dirty pillows.


i always find it funny when they use the blue liquid....

[beastiegirrl101]

You didn't think it was funny when the girl in white pants tied a bunch of BRAND X tampons together with a pad to lower the rope down the window and retrieve her one lost GOOD tampon? I think people were offended by that one because they showed the actual menstrual absorbing device and the reassuringly calm blue liquid wasn't there to wash away the sin. First comes the blood, then come the men. I can see your dirty pillows.

Pearl Tampons...I actually bought them...they are quite nice.

[pip07]

i always find it funny when they use the blue liquid....

Red would probably upset the FCC

[Chicka B]

Yeah the commercials are pretty cheesy huh. But I agree, Pearl is the best.

[teenage dirtbag]

my cousin is forced to live a VERY sheltered life. can't even watch TV unless it's the church channels. so when she was over at my house and saw the commercials with the blue liquid, she was like "holy shit! something's wrong with her!!!"

[beastiegirrl101]

my cousin is forced to live a VERY sheltered life. can't even watch TV unless it's the church channels. so when she was over at my house and saw the commercials with the blue liquid, she was like "holy shit! something's wrong with her!!!"

are they Morman?

[Nuzzolese]

Whatever's cheapest. I think they're overpriced, it's cotton, and they can't be that hard to make. Maybe the cost is for keeping them sanitized. Do you ever worry about that? I mean, are we really garunteed that these things are sanitized? Do you ever worry about toxic shock syndrome? it's rare, but deadly.

[teenage dirtbag]

are they Morman?

haha. no, just have bitches for parents. no boys, no phone, no friends out of school. the go from san antonio to austin three times a week for church. that's like two and a half hours, almost. damn.

[beastiegirrl101]

Whatever's cheapest. I think they're overpriced, it's cotton, and they can't be that hard to make. Maybe the cost is for keeping them sanitized. Do you ever worry about that? I mean, are we really garunteed that these things are sanitized? Do you ever worry about toxic shock syndrome? it's rare, but deadly.

I went to a wedding last summer in Paw Paw Michigan...(middle of no where) anyway...I was um, PMSing at the time and it was either that they forgot to clean their tubes out for the draft beer or I had TSS because I passed out on the dance floor with horrible stomach pains screaming, " I have to take my tampon out!"

or maybe I was just drunk with food poinsing. Either way the fact that I was in Paw Paw has no relivance to this story at all....

[Trimm Trabb]

Tampon adverts are just made to make young boys aware of the fact that women have periods.
And to make them believe that we all wear tight,white clothes and we are all extremely happy. Oh how hard the shock must be when they find out about PMS. :)

Oh, and have you ever wondered why there are no tv adverts for condoms?
I have. The use of tampons is pretty obvious (Or you have to be a perv who likes to have big red stains on your pants), but a lot of kids don't seem to know that using a condom can be quite handy if you don't want to get pregnant or have an itchy muff.
It might help reduce teen pregnancies, who knows.
And it's good for the tampon business, because condoms=not pregnant=periods. yay!

[Nuzzolese]

Tampon adverts are just made to make young boys aware of the fact that women have periods.
And to make them believe that we all wear tight,white clothes and we are all extremely happy. Oh how hard the shock must be when they find out about PMS. :)

Oh, and have you ever wondered why there are no tv adverts for condoms?
I have. The use of tampons is pretty obvious (Or you have to be a perv who likes to have big red stains on your pants), but a lot of kids don't seem to know that using a condom can be quite handy if you don't want to get pregnant or have an itchy muff.
It might help reduce teen pregnancies, who knows.
And it's good for the tampon business, because condoms=not pregnant=periods. yay!

I was always under the impression that PMS stood for Pre-Menstrual syndrome, as in, before the menstruation. I've been wrong about this all this time? Wow. :o

And also, there are TV adverts for condoms here. They often involve a dopey couple or a giggling girl talking to her friends we are to assume the day after use of said condom, and sometimes you can't see their faces you just hear them talking like that obnoxious butter couple, and if it's Trojan you hear the Trojan Man talking off screen in a booming voice. Or they're more serious public service announcements with wide-eyed models and some dark hazy background.

[Qdrop]

And also, there are TV adverts for condoms here. They often involve a dopey couple or a giggling girl talking to her friends we are to assume the day after use of said condom, and sometimes you can't see their faces you just hear them talking like that obnoxious butter couple, and if it's Trojan you hear the Trojan Man talking off screen in a booming voice. Or they're more serious public service announcements with wide-eyed models and some dark hazy background.

yeah, they're pretty common around these parts....

Trojan Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[Mcmac]

fuck tampons...just die your undies red once a month and you'll be right (y)

[HEIRESS]

are tampons really necessary?

[Nuzzolese]

I dont like the pearl ones.
I like the sheap ass kotex ones. More comfortable to me. :o

Did you mean sheep ass or cheap ass, or sharp ass?

[Nuzzolese]

yeah, they're pretty common around these parts....

Trojan Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

You picked the wrong week to quit using amphetamines (also applicable in your home closing thread)

[monkey]

this is probably TMI. :o

[beastieangel01]

they are awful and I despise them.

[Nuzzolese]

they are awful and I despise them.

What, tamps or the ads?

I'd like to see a t-shirt that says
I BOUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND TAMPS AT KMART

Which guys here would wear it?

[Yeti]

I think the commercials serve a vital public service. For example, I was fishing the other day and my boat started leaking. I remembered a commercial and quickly asked my wife for a Kotex. I plugged the hole and caught a 5 pound large mouthed bass.

[beastieangel01]

What, tamps or the ads?


the Ads. I use tampons. I can't stand the feeling of a pad.

[miss soul fire]

The one time I tried to put a tampon was unsuccessful and I don't think I'll be able to feel confortable with a thread hanging out of my private hole. :eek:

I can bear with wearing diappers instead. I like to think it's a previous training for later elderly poo and pee disfunctions.

:p

[Nuzzolese]

I would be interested in the history of feminine protection. If there was a museum of menstruation, I'd go! Just imagine all the things people must have thought about it and what it meant and any superstitions and fears, and what people used for absorption, and the first widely marketed products.

[miss soul fire]

Hahaha, menstruation museum!:D

In my mom's time they didn't even have pads, she had to wear cloths and then wash them...eww, so nasty!:o

[Nuzzolese]

Hahaha, menstruation museum!:D

In my mom's time they didn't even have pads, she had to wear cloths and then wash them...eww, so nasty!:o

We should do that now because what we're doing is so wasteful. I used to babysit for a woman who used cloth diapers and also used her own natural sponge cloth thing feminine thingies, napkins, whatever. She washed all of that and reused it.

[miss soul fire]

We should do that now because what we're doing is so wasteful. I used to babysit for a woman who used cloth diapers and also used her own natural sponge cloth thing feminine thingies, napkins, whatever. She washed all of that and reused it.
In a world like ours where mostly everyone doesn't have enough time and things have become so practical would you think we could live again in the stone age? Maybe we could adjust our habits but that wouldn't be easy. Not to mention the menstruation smell. It's very, very strong and even washing all the cloths and everything you'd have to spread lavanda air all over the house or something. :p

[Nuzzolese]

In a world like ours where mostly everyone doesn't have enough time and things have become so practical would you think we could live again in the stone age? Maybe we could adjust our habits but that wouldn't be easy. Not to mention the menstruation smell. It's very, very strong and even washing all the cloths and everything you'd have to spread lavanda air all over the house or something. :p

The men would catch wind of us and know the women who are elligible for impregnation.

[miss soul fire]

The men would catch wind of us and know the women who are elligible for impregnation.
A way for possible rejections.:D

[Beth]

If there was a museum of menstruation, I'd go!
it'd only be open 4 days out of the month.

[miss soul fire]

it'd only be open 4 days out of the month.
Only 4? You're lucky. Mine would be open 7 long days! (n) :D

[Beth]

well, the first 2 days would have a lot of traffic in the museum.

sometimes it's open 5 days.

[Nuzzolese]

The gift shop would sell t-shirts that read

I BOUGHT TAMPS FOR MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE MENSES MUSEUM

[miss soul fire]

Would they have used tampon of celebrities?

:eek:

EEK!

[mickill]

The gift shop would sell t-shirts that read

I BOUGHT TAMPS FOR MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE MENSES MUSEUM
On the back:

AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS BLOODY T-SHIRT!

[Nuzzolese]

This cat (http://www.isfullofcrap.com/albums/KittyWater/edloe_water1.jpg) is like "I'm totally about to puke a tamp I ate earlier"