My tampon wrapper says "You go girl!"

[LaraMN]

:crazy:

Go....what, exactly?
Is this an instruction for use or just a little nibble of inspiration?

I have the whole box out. I'm reading them:

"Go the extra mile"
"persistence pays off"
"keep your mind and body flexible"
"if at first you don't succeed, try again"
"you've got the moves!"
"challenge yourself"
"winning isn't everything"
"you're a take-charge kind of girl"

I think they ARE instructions, by god!
Whatever happened to a little diagram and a warning about toxic shock syndrome?

:crazy:

[skygazer]

1. Oh, boy, "feel-good" tampon wrappers

Just what the world needed. :eyes:

[LaraMN]

5. I thought it was bad when they were printing stupid crap on paper towels.

I don't want my menstrual supplies to provide emotional support- just absorbency, thank you.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

28. Word!

:crazy:

[NightWatcher]

2. the men of DU thank you...

Who says there is such a thing as 'too much information'.....


....I do.

[LaraMN]

7. It's just a wrapper.

:P

[skygazer]

8. They don't have messages like that on condom wrappers?

"You stud, you!"
"Go get her, Tiger!"
"Wow, you're manly!"
"Think it'll fit?"

:rofl:

[NightWatcher]

16. proposed truckstop condom wrapper messages

"You better hope I dont break on you"
"Is that really a woman"
"You might want to use two condoms on this one"
"Have another drink, then try again"
"Sure you are a 'magnum'"

[MissMillie]

19. OMG

:spray:


too funny

[krispos42]

29. "Beauty is only a light switch away"

"With beer goggles she's Uma Thurman, but you might wake up next to Pee-Wee Herman"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. More:

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"
"Too late."

[Phillycat]

3. You might want to head on over to the hobby thead for some inspiration.

:D

[LaraMN]

13. No way!

This is a poignantly lucrative use of my time!
:bounce:

[LeftyMom]

4. I'd say the odds a man came up with that gimick are about 110%

[MissMillie]

6. I'm speechless....

well, not totally.

I suppose it isn't any worse than the inspirational words they're printing on the inside wrapper of the Dove bite-sized chocolates...

[fizzgig]

9. i'm sick of mine telling me to have a happy period

i don't need a friggin pep talk from something i use when i'm bloated, crampy, grumpy, hungry and tired

i'm just waiting for ads to appear on the wrappers...there's an untapped well of marketing power there

[MissMillie]

15. true enough

but it's better than some of the other stuff they've got out there for women. Special washes and deodorants... jeez... it's like they're trying to make you feel like you're DIRTY just because you menstruate.

[fizzgig]

18. one company has 'freshening wipes' packaged with their products now

that bothers the hell out of me

[NewWaveChick1981]

10. Just exactly what kind of company puts out inspirational tampons?

:shrug: :rofl: :P :hi:

[Schema Thing]

11. "go" to the bathroom to change this thing, girl!

:P

[deucemagnet]

12. You'd better listen!

It's written on a tampon wrapper, after all. It must be true!

[Book Lover]

14. Hey, I bought the same box!

I saw one that said "Period, shmeriod!" At least it made me laugh...

[DS1]

17. Or, as I was describing my brilliant tampon marketing plan to SOteric the other night

Have different sizes, like condoms, the largest being "The Count"

The Count, he puts the shunt in your


well, you know the rest

[ironflange]

21. Similar idea, what should condom wrappers say?

"Don't forget the foreplay"
"Call her in the morning"
"Slippery when wet"
"You da man!"
"For external use only"
"Now you can fake it, too"
"This chewing gum tastes like rubber"
"GO USC!" (only on Trojans)
"Be sure to yell the correct name"

[DS1]

25. I scream you scream we all *GAG* what the hell was that?

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. They've apparently outsourced packaging

Given the similarity in shapes, I have to wonder if this is mere coincidence.







:hide:

[grace0418]

22. "if at first you don't succeed, try again"

If the failure rate is that high, maybe they should spend less time coming up with editorial and more time making their products easier to use.

[Dr. Strange]

23. My cousin got in trouble at Circuit City...

because she wouldn't show her tampon wrapper on the way out.

[RubyDuby in GA]

24. It's like the idiots at Always putting "Have a Happy Period" on their wrappers

WTF?? Sure, I'll have a happy period - if whoever came up with this marketing strategy goes away and dies!!!!!!!!!!!

[Connonym]

26. I make a point of not buying the kind with the stupid sayings

condescending much? They really shouldn't be messing with us ladies going through the change

[oregonjen]

27. It undoubtedly was a man who came up with that slogan

:puke: :wtf: :spank:

[RubyDuby in GA]

33. That is precisely what I told my husband.

He didn't believe me that there was something that stupid printed on the damn wrapper. He had to see for himself. Then he agreed with me that it was some damn man that came up with it!

[Pierre.Suave]

31. as interesting as this is

I still could have made it through my day without thinking about this topic.

[AllegroRondo]

32. be glad they werent printed in China

using "engrish"

The translators could have a hell of a day with tampon messages.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. They should have fortunes

Like, "Save your white pants for next week."

[UncleSepp]

35. There goes the "...in bed" rule of reading fortunes

XD
You will travel far... (and discover that EVERYTHING can be counterfeited, to disastrous results)