Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!lanl!crs From: crs@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Urination (one last time) (strange ad) Message-ID: <27891@lanl.ARPA> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 11:43:26 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl.27891 Posted: Wed Jul 3 11:43:26 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:49:09 EDT References: <758@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 45 > (Type sizes are approximate.) > > [QUOTATION ON] > ____________________________________________________________ > | | > 12-14pt? | D I S C O V E R | > | NEW TECHNIQUE FOR WOMEN TO USE TO | > 18pt? | | > reversed | A V O I D H E R P E S | > | | > | and other contagious diseases that are transmitted by | > regular | sitting on dirty toilets. Better than a towelette. You | > 9-10pt | do not have to touch the toilet, even with your hands. | > | | > 14pt bf | NEVER AGAIN HAVE TO SIT DOWN ON | > | ANOTHER FILTHY TOILET TO URINATE | > . > . > . > | Fits in Your Purse | > | | > | *Include $1 for shipping and handling, and 6% sales | > | tax if shipped to address in PA. Satisfaction | > | guaranteed or money back within 30 days. | > | | > 'STAND-NP' | tm | > xtra large | MAIL TO STAND-NP . Femiceutical Corp., | > | Drawer D Pittsburgh, PA 15273. | > continues ... ... > with |___________________________________________________________| > coupon > > [QUOTATION OFF] This is in the FYI category: I agree that the advertisement is likely serious. For quite some time now I have been seeing in backpacking and other outdoor magazines ads for a similar product purporting to make it more convenient for female backpackers to "go behind a bush" so to speak. Has anyone actually tried one? -- Charlie Sorsby ...!{cmcl2,ihnp4,...}!lanl!crs crs@lanl.arpa