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This ad for Boost chocolate bars is one of the most bizarre sights I have beheld in some time.  Are these nubile gals and muscle bound guys worshipping some great chocolate phallus ?  The object in question might just as easily be interpreted as a giant turd.  The fawning, adoring looks on their faces as they stroke the firm brown shaft is so comical; I almost lost control of my car more than once while driving past a billboard bearing this image. You can keep diet pills and laxatives... Read Full Story

As the story unfolds in the hit drama Mad Men , we begin to notice that Don Draper has something of a kinky side, even if this is only hinted at.  In one episode in series 2, Don and Betty stay in a hotel and Betty dresses in sexy black lingerie prior to making out.  Betty Draper is completely vanilla; wearing black undies and suspenders is as kinky as she gets.  Despite Betty's attempt to please her husband and perhaps do something to save their ailing marriage, Don can't rise to the... Read Full Story

An armed robbery allegedly carried out by a man wearing a burka has sparked a row in Australia on whether the full-face Islamic veil should be banned. Several European countries have also debated banning the veil, notably France and more recently, Belgium . Source: BBC News As this debate escalates, I have to wonder if anyone has noticed that a Muslim woman wearing a veil is not so different in appearance to a nun habit? A full burka may hide a little more but apart from covering the face a... Read Full Story

While discussing internet trends, a work colleague said: “have you seen all these blogs; they can say just anything! It’s terrible!” I of course admitted that I too was a blogger, and that I too say just about anything. While there may be problems associated with a democratisation of media, the pros far outweigh the cons. As the established media struggles to deal with the transition to online publication, an ever expanding army of bloggers relentlessly pumps out material that was once the... Read Full Story

The Australian government is planning to introduce internet filtering at the ISP level. This will make the internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, and will accidentally block up to one in 12 legitimate sites, while missing the vast majority of inappropriate content. Anyone who has worked in a government department behind an overly aggressive firewall will know what this is like: incredibly frustrating, inefficient and largely unworkable. The government will allow users the opportunity to... Read Full Story

Miss Naked Beauty purports to promote the cause of ‘real women’. It’s contestants are supposedly vying for the opportunity of being ambassadors for ‘natural beauty’ and the idea that a woman doesn’t have to be young and thin to be beautiful; in the winner’s immortal words (in fact, I think all the girls said it) everyone is beautiful. We are invited to believe that the winners of this reality TV contest will form the grass roots of a movement in defiance of the odious fashion industry, which... Read Full Story

It is undeniable that to some men, size really does matter and the bigger the better. The inventor of soft porn, Russ Meyer was evidently obsessed with highly well endowed women such as Helen 'kitten' Natividad and Pandora Peaks. Meyer's trashy 60s movies like UltraVixens made an art form of the over sized booby, and these were all natural; no surgical enhancement here. Similarly, Howard Hughes also harboured a large breast fetish. He was so obsessed with Jane Russell's breasts he custom... Read Full Story

Caution: do not swallow chewing gum before an aerobics class... Read Full Story

"I Give You All My Money" by Scottish Artist Cathy Wilkes A naked mannequin draped in horsehoes sitting on a toilet is one of several art works nominated for Britain's Turner Prize this year. Scotland-based Cathy Wilkes, who has also positioned a mannequin with her head in a bird cage in the work, is one of four artists nominated for contemporary art's most prestigious prize at London's Tate Britain museum. Brisbane Times Photos: the nominees Also on display are old porridge bowls and a clip... Read Full Story

Several years ago a passing trend emerged in advertising; using sexualised images of men. In 2002, Voodoo produced an ad featuring a woman in a mini-skirt "walking" two naked men wearing collars - an image strangely prescient of the prison abuse images which have come out of Iraq. Is there such thing as reverse sexism? Who cares, as long as it creates a controversy that generates sales. Voodoo's "men-on-leash" ad generated about 60 complaints to the Advertising Standards Bureau. All were... Read Full Story