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Australian Family Association in Desperate Need of Vibrators

Colleen Kane — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:43:00 GMT

A group in Australia is so concerned about the welfare of others that they want family-friendly stores to please think of the children and to cease carrying discreetly packaged Durex vibrators. These same pharmacies sell other sex products like condoms and Viagra, but here's why vibrators are shameful.

AFA spokesman John Morrissey said, "There's only one use for them and that's not a habit we want to encourage in teenage girls."

"If these products belong anywhere it's in an adult sex shop that people don't want to be seen entering."

This can only mean one thing.

John Morrissey and company clearly need to be educated about how vibrators don't kill girls or impregnate them and can enrich lives.

Why not tell the AFA gang about your favorite kinds? Morrissey and the organization's president can both be emailed via this page on their website. For some other talking points, the organization is also anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia. So many dangers are threatening the family unit! But especially the idea of a teenage girl wielding a vibrator.

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Emily Farris — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:33:00 GMT

I made this for you. Well, I made it for me, but you can make it for yourself by using my recipe. It's a Green Eggs & Ham Easter casserole and it has biscuits (and cheese!) on top. [Slashfood]

Billy Bob Thornton was booed onstage while performing with his band Boxmasters in Canada. But not necessarily because they were bad, but because prior to that he'd gotten into it with a local DJ who then introduced him at the show. [MTV]

Aren't women supposed to go around bragging about affairs with rockstars? You know, like that one we had with Jim James*? [People]

When we went to the New School we, for the most part, stayed clear of the protests. Good thing, because it seems they end with pepper spray. [DailyIntel]

Freddy Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar are expecting a baby vampire slayer. [People]

Guess who has a book deal? Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John and Cookie Monster Cindy has apparently signed a deal with Hyperion to pen a book about politics. [Yahoo!]

We were never the best at anything as kids. So we totally would have taken being the best Ping Pong player. Too bad this six-year-old would have taken that away from us, too. [Neatorama]

Critics are slamming Miley Cyrus' big-screen Hannah Montana. Um, yeah. [Us]

Remember that funny Some E Card? Well, turns out Christ is on Twitter. Well, sort-of. Trinity Church in New York has decided to Tweet the Passion of the Christ. Will you follow Jesus? [Twitter]

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*In our dreams. Every night.

Rachel Maddow Talks Teabagging (Video)

Colleen Kane — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:00 GMT

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My Kind of Protest: Soccer Players Dropping Drawers

Colleen Kane — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:02:00 GMT

Although I hate sports, I got into the European football matches during their championship matches last summer while traveling abroad. It didn't hurt that a lot of the players were easy on the eyes and constantly showing a little well-toned leg.

In the case of the Spanish soccer team El Galactico Pegoso, they're not afraid to show a little more leg and Speedo-size underwear, either. As you'll see in this local news coverage of the incident, the team dropped trou as a protest* for not getting paid.

This lineup isn't quite as fetching as some from last summer, but you get the idea.

*This protest style would not have looked quite as good if it were used for last winter's writer's strike.

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