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Heidi N. Moore
@moorehn
Are they going to put those little anti-pigeon spikes on every flat surface too
New York Post
@nypost
Athletes to sleep on 'anti-sex' cardboard beds at Olympic Games amid COVID https://trib.al/I2wOUQO
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12:23 PM · Jul 18, 2021
https://nypost.com/2021/07/18/athletes-to-sleep-on-anti-sex-cardboard-beds-at-olympic-games/
Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)... most competing won't be thinking about sex. However, nobody will have a problem figuring out how to have sex if they want - on or off the bed.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)However, these are healthy, young, fit, athletic people. At every Olympic venue, athletes have engaged in sex with each other. This Olympics will be no different, cardboard beds or not.
Silliness.
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)MineralMan
(146,254 posts)handing them out. Just not as many as at most Olympics. I'm sure everyone will figure it all out very quickly.
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)MineralMan
(146,254 posts)or do without. People have been known to do that, too.
AZSkiffyGeek
(10,972 posts)Whether this will stop that, I agree with you, but they give out condoms like candy because of how much casual sex goes on in the Village.
Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)The Olympics has a deeply fascist history, but, long story short, the entire point of the Olympic Village is to breed them.
obamanut2012
(26,046 posts)wut
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)Or, just the floor with a blanket.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)Athletes are inventive people who will figure out alternatives, no doubt.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)getagrip_already
(14,618 posts)Nevilledog
(51,006 posts)Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)ret5hd
(20,482 posts)Hekate
(90,556 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)These are world class athletes dealing with a 12# mattress. And, by definition, there would be at least 2 people.
Picking up the mattress & putting it on the floor doesn't seem like a big obstacle.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)All that space and no spectators.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)MineralMan
(146,254 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)With a pandemic ravaging the world.
Wait until covid gets under control,really under control so people will be safe . Than go to Tokyo than.
This cardboard bed thing is silly. They need to admit there can be no Olympics this time and get over it. To get people from every country to live in dorms,no sex no socializing is just crazy.
RKP5637
(67,086 posts)demmiblue
(36,823 posts)which is the whole point of the beds (not so they can't have sex). Dumb title by the NYP, natch.
WarGamer
(12,354 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Some of the stuff that is posted here
Raine
(30,540 posts)Celerity
(43,102 posts)drinks made from Irish moss, oats, tiger bone wine, etc etc.)
https://www.jamaican-recipes.com/frontendlifter.html
Front End Lifter
Now the idea of a drink with the name Front End Lifter conjures up many thoughts that must be left to the imagination. But imagination rightly plays into this drink as you will see. Notably, many men claim that without this drink, their "horizontal endeavours" would be an exercise in futility. Imagine that
Huh? Well dont be alarmed that few would let you in on the secret of Front End Lifters contribution to any such personal private matter, if you will. Because "lifting," or the lack thereof, is not a talked-about subject
you know what I mean. And men would only assure you that a massive intake of Front End Lifter daily or weekly is nothing but "bedroom insurance." Well
well
well. Anyway, as it were, this name is a general term used for any of the several drinks that have more than an ample amount of ground cashews or peanuts, oatmeal, tiger bone wine, and Irish moss. The taste and texture of this drink will vary from person to person and city to city. But the truth is there is no one drink thats called Front End Lifter...believe it. I have had many Jamaican drinks that were supposedly the real thing, but I cant agree. Ill tell you why. A few years ago I was in Brooklyn, New York, and met some of my old friends from back home in a "juice shop" that was the talk of the town. We met at about 3:30 p.m. that Saturday evening.
Crowded with men from the Caribbean playing dominoes and "juicing up" for the night, this little haunt carried its weight with local entertainment and the like. As such, the only female in the store was a buxom young woman in her twenties whose clothes were one size too small for her and revealed some noticeable contours
it goes with the territory - she works there. Of course I stuck out like a sore thumb because I am not a regular. My friend, Peter, told me to order from the hand written menu board hanging on the west wall. I read the menu and tried to decide which one of these "juice" to have. There were striking titles like, The Hammer, Tear Drawers, Tan Pon it Long, Rod of Correction, Easy Rider, and more names too high testosterone to mention. I could not decide, so Peter said to the brown-eyed man over the counter with the peculiar stare, "Give him the special." And the "juice engineer" responded, " mek im tan up trong."
I was in my mid-twenties then, how much stronger am I going to get, I thought to myself. You see, any of these drinks could have ended up with the name Front End Lifter, if you get my drift. However, the drink he made for me was very good though. Unfortunately, I never did ask him for the recipe
that would have been forward. Quite recently I went into a "natural juice" Jamaican shop and bought a "Lifter,"because thats what the label says. The taste is different from the blend I am used to. Not bad just different. But then again, there was no "Front End" on this drink. In the old days no one ever heard of Front End Lifter. The only "tonic" that was mentioned was roots or Irish moss. So if you're up for a little adventure and choose to go off the beaten path in your drink quest, you can make your own Front End Lifter following this recipe:
Front End Lifter
Ingredients:
1 cup Oatmeal
1 cup Cashews
2 Cups Irish moss (juice)
2 tbsp. Tiger Bone Wine
1 tbsp. Molasses
¼ Cup Wheat germ
1 tsp Vanilla Flavoring
1 tsp Nut Meg
1 cup Soy Milk
¼ tsp. Almond Flavoring (optional)
½ cup Sugar
Method:
Put the oatmeal into the electric blender and turn switch to puree. This will make the oatmeal into a powder. Remove the oatmeal powder and add it to the soymilk. Mix oatmeal and soymilk together and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, add Irish moss and cashews to electric blender and puree mixture until cashews are finely chopped and smooth. Next add the oatmeal and soymilk mix to the blender then add the sugar, molasses, and wheat germ. Blend until smooth then add other ingredients. Add some crushed ice and blend for another minute.
Serve in 8 oz. Cups.
peppertree
(21,600 posts)One pill, and you'll be breakin' down de bed mon.
sarisataka
(18,483 posts)Will not be any less effective than any other anti-sex program that has been tried
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)They wouldn't have a use for the beds after the athletes leave.
They must give something more substantial to the weightlifters, shot putters, etc.
WarGamer
(12,354 posts)I think it's just renewable "furniture" that can be recycled after the event instead of buying 50,000 sets of IKEA crap.
ananda
(28,834 posts)They can just do it on the floor.
jpak
(41,756 posts)lapfog_1
(29,191 posts)jalan48
(13,841 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Kaleva
(36,248 posts)Those days are long gone.
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)Chainfire
(17,467 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,207 posts)parallel bars.
Please.