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The Sunday Observer (UK) ^
| April 23, 2006
| by Julian Dibbell
Posted on 04/23/2006 8:58:49 AM PDT by aculeus
Billed as libido in an atomiser, PT-141 will finally offer women the chance to turn on their sexual desire as and when they need it. Or so the science says. But there are concerns. Will sex in a spray usher in an age of 'McNookie' - quick easy couplings low on emotional nutrition? Julian Dibbell reports
Horn of rhinoceros. Penis of tiger. Root of sea holly. Husk of the emerald-green blister beetle known as the Spanish fly. So colourful and exotic is the list of substances that have been claimed to heighten sexual appetite that it is hard not to feel a twinge of disappointment on first beholding the latest entry - a small, white plastic nasal inhaler containing an odourless, colourless synthetic chemical called PT-141. Plain as it is, however, there is one thing that distinguishes PT-141 from the 4,000 years' worth of recorded medicinal aphrodisiacs that precede it: this one actually works.
And it could reach the market in as little as three years. The full range of possible risks and side effects has yet to be determined, but already this much is known: a dose of PT-141 results, in most cases, in a stirring in the loins in as little as 15 minutes. Women, according to one set of results, feel 'genital warmth, tingling and throbbing', not to mention 'a strong desire to have sex'.
Among men who have been tested with the drug more extensively, the data set is richer: 'With PT-141, you feel good,' reported anonymous patient 007: 'not only sexually aroused, you feel younger and more energetic.' According to another patient, 'It helped the libido. So you have the urge and the desire...'
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To: sweetliberty
FWIW, I darn near posted this article yesterday, but I didn't want to enhance ruin my reputation...
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:07:45 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: null and void
"It's a talent..." Apparently.
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:08:32 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: sweetliberty; aculeus; null and void; TheLion; Borax Queen; Darksheare
whatever happened to chocolate? : )
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:15:50 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: null and void; sweetliberty
And some of us are pinged to them, "just because..."
;o]
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:17:46 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)
To: nicmarlo
Hey, Nic! How've you been?
Without chocolate, the spray loses some of it's potency.
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:19:15 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)
To: Monkey Face; nicmarlo; sweetliberty
Is this a bad time to mention I have a 10 lb block of Ghirardelli sitting on my table?
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:28:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: Monkey Face
Hi Face....I'm doing good. Hope all's well with you and your computer (it's been awhile, I know).
Nothing works very good without chocolate. : )
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:39:05 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: null and void; Monkey Face; sweetliberty
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:41:19 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: nicmarlo
OK, then I won't say anything...
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:42:05 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: null and void
Depends on whether it's milk chocolate or really dark, semi-sweet chocolate...If it's the former, it doesn't matter. The latter, and you might do well to clear a path to the table from the front door. ;o]
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:42:20 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)
To: nicmarlo
Nothing works very good without chocolate. : ) Boy! You nailed that one down. I gotta have chocolate-raspberry cocoa in the morning to get me going.
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:44:32 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)
To: null and void
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:45:28 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: Monkey Face
Semi-sweet.
One caveat, it was a gift from my ex. I thought it might be poisoned, which is why only about 9 lbs remain...
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:45:34 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: nicmarlo
Uhhhh, very close to 10 lbs...
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:46:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: null and void
I thought it might be poisoned, which is why only about 9 lbs remain... You had it tested?
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:46:36 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Ditch the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I want my own space bar and grill (pink bow))
To: Monkey Face
And chocolate biscottis. mmmm.
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:46:54 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: null and void
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:47:23 PM PDT
by
nicmarlo
(Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
To: null and void
OK, then...will you take care of me if I OD on dark chocolate?
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:48:43 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(Annoy a liberal: Work hard, spend money and fly the flag.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
119
posted on
04/23/2006 4:48:52 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
To: nicmarlo
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posted on
04/23/2006 4:49:23 PM PDT
by
null and void
(America: It's too late to work within the system, but it's too early to start shooting the bastards.)
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