"Toothing" latest hi-tech sex craze

[ringmastery]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&u=/nm/20040419/od_uk_nm/oukoe_britain_toothing&printer=1

LONDON (Reuters) - Commuters take note -- the respectable person sitting next to you on the train fumbling with their cell phone might be a "toother" looking for sex with a stranger.

"Toothing" is a new craze where strangers on trains, buses, in bars and even supermarkets hook up for illicit meetings using messages sent via the latest in phone technology. "Toothing is a form of anonymous sex with strangers -- usually on some form of transport or enclosed area such as a conference or training seminar," says the "Beginner's Guide To Toothing" on a Web site dedicated to the pursuit.

It is made possible by Bluetooth technology which allows users to send phone contacts, pictures and messages to other Bluetooth-enabled equipment over a range of about 10 metres (yards). Users discovered they could send anonymous messages to people they didn't know with Bluetooth equipment, spawning a craze dubbed "bluejacking".

Jon, aka "Toothy Toothing" and the guide's author, explained toothing was born after he was "bluejacked" by an unknown girl while commuting to work in London. After a few days of flirting, she suggested a brief encounter in a station lavatory. "The meeting wasn't a romantic thing -- it was purely sexual. Barely anything was said," he told Reuters via e-mail. He said potential toothers begin by sending out a random greeting -- usually "Toothing?".

[guitar man]

1. Damn

They've gone high-tech with it. Back in my day,You'd meet someone at a concert,it was too loud to talk,so with a few facial expressions,one might end up "under the bleachers" for a quick bang.

Ahhh,those were days.

[liarliartieonfire]

5. LOL, sounds familiar. Like heading to the bushes at a high school kegger

Making out in the popular guy's car, noon hour, high school parking lot.

Ya, we just called it making out I guess.

I guess we had our own generational ways of "toothing". We just didn't have the technology.
The intention remains the same, however. lol

[guitar man]

6. passing notes in class

at least we knew who we were passing the notes to,most of the time anyway.

[Van Helsing]

2. I need to get a cell phone.

;) :) :evilgrin:

[FDRrocks]

3. Play it safe, toothers

for the sake of our race, wrap it up.

[shanti]

4. sounds pretty dangerous to me

but what do i know...

[DaisyUCSB]

7. Toothing, Dogging, why is this stuff just going on in England?

Not that I don't get enough anyway, from someone I love, but I wouldn't mind seeing it, sounds entertaining.