Let us spray

The Sunday Observer (UK) ^ | April 23, 2006 | by Julian Dibbell

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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...'

[null and void]

Of course!

[Monkey Face]

...One caveat, it was a gift from my ex. I thought it might be poisoned, which is why only about 9 lbs remain...

Was she your ex- when she gave it to you? And why doesn't she like chocolate?

[null and void]

Yes, and she does like chocolate. That's why I suspected poison...

[Monkey Face]

Cool! I'll be right over. Oh. Wait. You got any of that PT-141 spray? If not, we may have to take a rein-check on the chocolate.

[Monkey Face]

Maybe she was trying to rekindle something...

[null and void]

Uhh ummmmm, I could say I have some, if that would help?

[nicmarlo]

It must be stale....that's why it's still on your table, isn't it?

[null and void]

I rather hope not! doubt it.

[null and void]

Chocolate goes stale????

[Monkey Face]

Well, tell me. If not, I'll have to find my own supply. Chocolate is good, but...

[nicmarlo]

Yeah. Haven't you ever bought chocolate chips, forget you had them, and then when you went to bake with them, they had turned white-powdery?

[sweetliberty]

"Is this a bad time to mention I have a 10 lb block of Ghirardelli sitting on my table?"

Dark????

Eeeevil Nully!

[Monkey Face]

Chocolate goes stale if it's stored improperly. You can even freeze it without any damage other than the way it looks. It's still gonna taste like chocolate!

[nicmarlo]

'xactly my thoughts, libby.

totally evil

[Lurker]

in a stirring in the loins in as little as 15 minutes.

Big deal. I can do that in five minutes.

Oh....they meant someone elses loins.

Never mind.

L

[Monkey Face]

That's because they were too cold. Cold will make them get whitish spots. But they are still edible.

[sweetliberty]

"The latter, and you might do well to clear a path to the table from the front door."

I'll second that.

[null and void]

OK, I have some *blush*

Damm, I'm not very good at this lying thing...

[nicmarlo]

Chocolate goes stale if it's stored improperly.

Phew....I'd say storing that 10 pound block on his table was far from proper!

[null and void]

Yeah. Haven't you ever bought chocolate chips, forget you had them

Forget? In 10 minutes???