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Zephrine Sat 03-Mar-12 10:39:52

Susie Godwin has mentioned us in The Times this morning. She says we are racy! grin

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 14:00:44

"The bossy old git who created Iraq" Right. You've lost me now! grin

(I thought Iraq was just there (unless you mean God?!))

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 14:15:39

No some very dominant Englishwoman drew all yhe boundary lines round there. Haven't you noticed how relatively straight they are? I'm going on to google, the name Bell is niggling me!

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 14:17:45

Good old google! Yes I was right .gertrude Bell. Google her jingle, she was a fascinating woman!

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 14:21:39

Oh I've heard of her!

Will google.

absentgrana Sat 03-Mar-12 14:33:54

Did Gertrude Bell quiz people about their sex lives?

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 14:36:29

Wouldn't surprise me from what I've heard of her!

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 14:42:05

Where are the present day Gertrude Bells when we need them?! (just googled)

Anne58 Sat 03-Mar-12 17:31:56

SEX FURNITURE ??!!?? Dare I ask for clarification?

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 17:34:34

I was wondering but didn't like to appear hignorant!

Bez Sat 03-Mar-12 17:39:04

Google it and all will become clear!!!

Anne58 Sat 03-Mar-12 17:45:19

I don't think so! This is a work laptop that has to be taken to the office from time to time to have the anti virus updated, I do enough non-work stuff on it as it is, without being marked as some sort of aged pervert!

absentgrana Sat 03-Mar-12 17:46:42

The daft thing is that the "sex furniture" stuff was never required for the activities it facilitates when we were young because we were a) imaginative and b) supple. If we feel like carrying on being imaginative and supple, maybe some of us need a bit of physical support. However, I would bet a million pounds that they are not going to advertise their swings, belts and cushions with an image of a woman my age. grin

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 17:49:55

It'll be the strap on willies and suchlike. (that I never knew existed!)

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 17:51:25

shock You obviously looked at it much more closely than I did absent! hmm

One look at those dildo things and I was off!

Carol Sat 03-Mar-12 17:52:10

That's put me right off my tea! grin

absentgrana Sat 03-Mar-12 18:00:48

I didn't look closely enough to find "dildo things", which I would suggest don't constitute "furniture". Not my cup of tea, but presumably good for some. As I said, sex is odd and usually very funny.

wotsamashedupjingl Sat 03-Mar-12 18:08:51

I don't thing they were called dildos. I think that's something else. blush

See, I am totallyout of my depth here!!! hmm

Anne58 Sat 03-Mar-12 18:18:38

I haven't looked at all. (smiley somewhere between smug and with a halo on)

But if I am guessing right (which I'm probably not) trying to sell specialised "sex furniture" to people who have a "make do and mend" attitude, would not seem to be an ideal business model. Mind you, there's always those with more money than sense.

Can you imagine a special episode of Super Scrimpers?

"Why buy a specialist item of sex furniture, when you can just put the ironing board on a low height setting and prostrate yourself across it? Let Jillian show you how......"

Or " Just look at the price of these brand name dildos, why buy these when there are probably items in your cupboard that will do the job just as well, for a fraction of the cost, Mrs Moneypenny carries out an in-depth, pentrating interview........"

Don't bother, I'll get my coat.

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 18:34:15

MY mind is boggling and I thought I was broad minded! Ironing boards? Tins of sphagghetti? I've heard of a small bust of Queen Victoria, and ladies injuring themselves when using an upright vacuum cleaner! But ironing boards?blush

Anne58 Sat 03-Mar-12 18:43:58

Oh dear, ignore my ramblings re ironing boards, but tins of spaghetti, a bust of Queen Victoria ????????????? I am now completely confuddled.

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 18:46:59

Don't ask! You don't want to knowgrin

Zephrine Sat 03-Mar-12 18:55:47

I wonder if Susie Godson is reading this?

em Sat 03-Mar-12 19:04:44

What about Victoria Wood's suggestion.......' bend me over backward on the hostess trolley' ? Do those things have brakes?

Zephrine Sat 03-Mar-12 19:08:09

I don't think so and you do have to make sure they are switched off or things might get hotter than intended!

jeni Sat 03-Mar-12 19:42:18

Mine doesntJ,