I knew I should have taken that off after 25 mintues.

July 25, 2011 1:47 PM

SheBop, a "female friendly sex toy boutique," in Portland, Ore., has a great blog where they post comprehensive guides, among other things, on less-often addressed sex and sex-toy issues like the sex toy cleaning guide, Lube 101, how to use a cock ring, and the lowdown on Kegel exercises. Probably NSFW.
posted by Lutoslawski (28 comments total)

The cock ring link offers some neat new tips, thanks for posting this.
posted by clavdivs at 2:05 PM on July 25, 2011 [12 favorites]

The cock ring link offers some neat new tips, thanks for posting this.
posted by clavdivs at 2:05 PM on July 25 [+] [!]

Nominated for Best Comment Ever.
posted by helmutdog at 2:17 PM on July 25, 2011

Metafilter: The cock ring link offers some neat new tips
posted by thewalrus at 2:36 PM on July 25, 2011 [4 favorites]

You must not be a daily user.
posted by hal_c_on at 2:32 PM on July 25 [+] [!]

No, you are right. Cock rings are a kinda special occasion thing for me. Call me an old fashioned romantic.
posted by helmutdog at 2:41 PM on July 25, 2011 [13 favorites]

Meatfiller: the cock ring link offers some swell tips
posted by MuffinMan at 2:41 PM on July 25, 2011 [22 favorites]

I haven't read the links, but my Uncle Revis tells me you can't have a good cock fight without a proper cock ring.
posted by found missing at 2:43 PM on July 25, 2011 [4 favorites]

We have the largest selection of new and used cock rings in the tri-state area.
posted by "Elbows" O'Donoghue at 2:57 PM on July 25, 2011 [4 favorites]

See also Early to Bed, Babeland, Good Vibrations, etc.
posted by kmz at 3:01 PM on July 25, 2011

"Most solid cock rings are measured by their interior diameters, so you’ll need to take your circumference and divide it by 3.14 to find the right diameter for you. For example, a circumference of 5.5″ will call for a cock ring with an interior diameter of 1.75″


I love pi.
posted by clavdivs at 3:01 PM on July 25, 2011 [4 favorites]

Agreed. This is where Tau is useless!
posted by found missing at 3:04 PM on July 25, 2011 [3 favorites]

Solid? Ha! Everyone knows the good ones are made of a Bose-Einstein Condensate.
posted by griphus at 3:06 PM on July 25, 2011

I saw a place just outside on Western, a place that sells 'used erotica'. Think about it... do they clean it? Who cleans it? Are they licensed? All these questions came to my head... how used is it? Who used it? You follow me...

posted by edgeways at 3:07 PM on July 25, 2011

Solid? Ha! Everyone knows the good ones are made of a Bose-Einstein Condensate.

That sounds... chilly.

Now I know how I'm going to cope with this heat wave.
posted by Kutsuwamushi at 3:27 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

because nothing is more important than dildo hygiene
posted by liza at 3:36 PM on July 25, 2011

When not using them, I like to keep my dildos in a beaker of Barbicide.
posted by tumid dahlia at 4:27 PM on July 25, 2011 [3 favorites]

These Tongs Are Actually an FDA-Approved Vibrator for Men (NSFW)
posted by homunculus at 4:51 PM on July 25, 2011

uh, I'm as keen on women-positive sex shops as the next fella, but this post seems to be not much more than promoting a storefront.

PepsiBlue(balls)?
posted by bumpkin at 4:53 PM on July 25, 2011 [2 favorites]

These Tongs Are Actually an FDA-Approved Vibrator for Men (NSFW)

SaladTosser™
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 6:06 PM on July 25, 2011

bumpkin: the first dozen posts more than make up for it. Tough beans.
posted by Dark Messiah at 7:00 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

I think this is a good resource. I consider myself fairly well informed, but I totally could have used the info that glycerin is evil a long time ago.

Thanks!
posted by Space Kitty at 8:23 PM on July 25, 2011

I'd imagine you could find similar local places by google up the individual products listed here, presumably all the little upscale places find their wares through the same channels. I've seen the exact same products in a little place on Calle de la Palma near Tribunal in Madrid

You know, there are all those empty Borders stores going for cheap now. Doesn't that present a unique opportunity to launch another big box chain dedicated to sex toys? You'll require a special caliber of stop-loss employees of course.
posted by jeffburdges at 9:02 PM on July 25, 2011

She Bop is an absolutely terrific establishment with perfectly nuanced salesfolk, but I still say that "Now carrying locally-made porcelain dildos" sounds like a Portlandia bit.
posted by redsparkler at 9:29 PM on July 25, 2011 [5 favorites]

I work at a shop like this and the cleaning page needs to be a followed up with a mandatory multiple choice test. My god, the things people tell me they clean their toys with! I think the winner was the guy who was hitting his latex toys with nappy solution and wondering why a) his lady-friends didn't want to play no more; and b) they disintegrated after a handful of uses.
posted by Jilder at 10:02 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

"You'll require a special caliber of stop-loss employees"

Are you suggesting cavity search specialists, or avoiding them entirely by hiring based on the diameter of item the candidate can, uh, chamber?
posted by Sallyfur at 2:08 AM on July 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

But does it have boku no sexual harrassment cornbrator?

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 5:48 AM on July 26, 2011 [4 favorites]

When not using them, I like to keep my dildos in a beaker of Barbicide.

Don't leave Skipper without her big sister! Barbicide is not the answer!
posted by xedrik at 3:41 PM on July 26, 2011

how to use a cock ring,

The only cock ring I ever owned I owned I got from a vending machine in a diner men's room. I never used it, but having it on the mantlepiece was a good conversation starter. At nude beaches, I've seen dudes who wore big silver rings around the whole cok-and-balls rig, but that's not quite the same.
posted by jonmc at 5:07 PM on July 26, 2011

I think with cock rings you can only go one of two ways: Either you get one designed by a Swiss dude with a bulging forehead and a double PHD in in semiotics and obscure materials science that has been hand cast from pieces of the Tuguska meteor by blind Tibetan soul ninjas or you get it out of a vending machine in the bathroom of a diner, either way you've encircled your dong in something special. Well played, Jon lad, well played.
posted by Divine_Wino at 9:22 PM on July 26, 2011