Ebay just gets weirder and weirder
December 11, 2001 3:00 AM Subscribe
Ebay just gets weirder and weirder Going cheap, at only a fiver! Bargain, eh?
Miguel - you apparently have a very limited imagination. These things are very big in the B&D scene.
The weirdest part is how cheap it is. He is selling it for less than half the retail cost.
Makes you wonder...
posted by Irontom at 4:21 AM on December 11, 2001
The weirdest part is how cheap it is. He is selling it for less than half the retail cost.
Makes you wonder...
posted by Irontom at 4:21 AM on December 11, 2001
Stockroom has specula selling for $19.00. Looking at past auctions on Ebay shows them selling at five pounds and up, depending on type, size, condition, etc. Some were quite expensive.
I learned long ago that there is very little in a medical catalog or even in a Sears catalog that somebody, somewhere can't think up a sexual use for.
posted by faceonmars at 4:42 AM on December 11, 2001
I learned long ago that there is very little in a medical catalog or even in a Sears catalog that somebody, somewhere can't think up a sexual use for.
posted by faceonmars at 4:42 AM on December 11, 2001
You can get one of those goose statuettes for the garden, knock it's block off and strap the speculum on it. That's the reason I got my speculum, anyway.
You can also chase girls around, clapping it at them. They really hate that.
posted by Su at 4:49 AM on December 11, 2001
You can also chase girls around, clapping it at them. They really hate that.
posted by Su at 4:49 AM on December 11, 2001
call me naive but what's B&D?
and personally, i wouldn't buy one if not properly packaged.
yuckies
posted by sadie01221975 at 4:49 AM on December 11, 2001
and personally, i wouldn't buy one if not properly packaged.
yuckies
posted by sadie01221975 at 4:49 AM on December 11, 2001
Vaginal Speculum
Great name for a band.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:57 AM on December 11, 2001
Great name for a band.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:57 AM on December 11, 2001
Bondage and Discipline ... closely related to SadoMasochism (S&M or SM)
posted by Irontom at 4:57 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by Irontom at 4:57 AM on December 11, 2001
You can also chase girls around, clapping it at them. They really hate that
Class.
posted by Frasermoo at 5:00 AM on December 11, 2001
Class.
posted by Frasermoo at 5:00 AM on December 11, 2001
wouldn't one use such a device for the act of 'speculating' ?
posted by sawks at 5:03 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by sawks at 5:03 AM on December 11, 2001
Having endured periodic medical encounters with vaginal specula, I am boggled that anyone would regard these instruments as "genital toys."
posted by Carol Anne at 5:03 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by Carol Anne at 5:03 AM on December 11, 2001
Looking at this seller's other current auctions, we see he's got a couple more vaginal speculums (specula?), a dental mouth gage ("Item will be steam sterilized berfore dispatch"), and a pack of surgical scissors. Now, I know that speculums are used in the B&D scene...but something called a "Disecting Mosquito Scissor" seems far far far from kinky. But maybe that's just me.
posted by tpl1212 at 5:06 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by tpl1212 at 5:06 AM on December 11, 2001
ty everyone, imho i'm thoroughly yucked out
posted by sadie01221975 at 5:23 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by sadie01221975 at 5:23 AM on December 11, 2001
Hey, let's not forget the grand old feminist tradition of using a speculum and a mirror to understand your vaginal innards a little better. It wasn't that long ago that mothers didn't so much as whisper to their daughters anything having to do with "down there" and the speculum became a vehicle for sexual self-awareness.
As far as BDSM goes, medical scenes are pretty popular among some folks and by their standards a speculum is considered pretty tame.
posted by debrahyde at 6:45 AM on December 11, 2001
As far as BDSM goes, medical scenes are pretty popular among some folks and by their standards a speculum is considered pretty tame.
posted by debrahyde at 6:45 AM on December 11, 2001
um. I'll go out on a limb here and ask, "why if this a FPP?"
posted by mcsweetie at 6:49 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by mcsweetie at 6:49 AM on December 11, 2001
Selling, or purchasing a speculum isn't really strange, or out of the ordinary for that matter. I've known a number of women who had them for their personal use. You can buy plastic ones at toys in babeland, i believe. I would double check, but I am at work right now.
Some people embrace their anatomy rather than get yucked out by it.
posted by disaster at 8:02 AM on December 11, 2001
Some people embrace their anatomy rather than get yucked out by it.
posted by disaster at 8:02 AM on December 11, 2001
The seller is having much more success now that he's stopped titling it "Vaginal Speculum (Old, Used)."
posted by Skot at 8:11 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by Skot at 8:11 AM on December 11, 2001
Man! That is hot and sexy!
It'll go great with my catheter. Don't think I'll be leaving the house this weekend!
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:40 AM on December 11, 2001
It'll go great with my catheter. Don't think I'll be leaving the house this weekend!
posted by Kafkaesque at 8:40 AM on December 11, 2001
I'm with sadie - unfortunate choice of name for this thread, bound to attract our resident sickos - and guess this is just for some "adult" version of playing doctors, with extra peering or something. Like Carol Anne and, oh, about 99,9% of the population, I'd say the world contains enough things to play with without having to bring in specula.
I was reminded of those baroque, evil-looking instruments H.R.Giger or someone invented for Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers". Now, those were nasty...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:54 AM on December 11, 2001
I was reminded of those baroque, evil-looking instruments H.R.Giger or someone invented for Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers". Now, those were nasty...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:54 AM on December 11, 2001
What would anyone want one for?
I have one. They gave me one at the clinic when I went in for an annual exam. They are [or were] illegal to own for personal use in the state of Washington because you can use it as one part of a do-it-yourself abortion kit. My doctor gave me one with a wink and said "use it in good health, comrade" I just keep it in the bathroom to inspire conversation.
posted by jessamyn at 11:06 AM on December 11, 2001 [1 favorite]
I have one. They gave me one at the clinic when I went in for an annual exam. They are [or were] illegal to own for personal use in the state of Washington because you can use it as one part of a do-it-yourself abortion kit. My doctor gave me one with a wink and said "use it in good health, comrade" I just keep it in the bathroom to inspire conversation.
posted by jessamyn at 11:06 AM on December 11, 2001 [1 favorite]
clapping a speculum at someone is one of the funniest things I've ever read. also not the thing i want to explain to my coworkers what i'm laughing about.
posted by jyoung at 11:45 AM on December 11, 2001
posted by jyoung at 11:45 AM on December 11, 2001
All this "clapping a speculum" talk reminds me of this episode of Friends where Ross picks up a speculum and makes quacking noises with it to his ex-wife. (scroll about 3/4 way down to see the actual reference)
posted by melissa at 12:45 PM on December 11, 2001
posted by melissa at 12:45 PM on December 11, 2001
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHHHHH
deep breath
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHH.
ok, i feel better now.
posted by sugarfish at 1:03 PM on December 11, 2001
deep breath
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHH.
ok, i feel better now.
posted by sugarfish at 1:03 PM on December 11, 2001
Vaginal Speculum
Great name for a band.
-Stavros
I can go better. There's a noise(surprise) group called Speculum Frenzy.
posted by Su at 2:49 PM on December 11, 2001
Great name for a band.
-Stavros
I can go better. There's a noise(surprise) group called Speculum Frenzy.
posted by Su at 2:49 PM on December 11, 2001
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One more from my collection of new Vaginal Specula? Yet another new Vaginal Speculum from me? One of yet more best-selling Vaginal Specula? What is wrong with this guy?
Also, how can he prove it's new? Where's the shrink-wrapped, still in original box bit? What would anyone want one for? Opening figs? Picking out lobster tail meat? The mind boggles.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:28 AM on December 11, 2001