GREAT story!

Hmm.

The toilet exploded that same afternoon, the plumber he said "Never flush a tampoon..."

I am remembering that for the next time I get robbed.

No wait.

What a remarkable site. Thanks for posting it, Occhiblu.

I have a question about it tho. Could it not be possible that it wasn't that janet shouted that she had a bag full of tampons that stopped the men, but that she'd stumped them by being very vocal, strong and seemingly didn't give a shit about them?

When I talked with our mutual SF friend, she told me that the guys working in the kitchen where she works respected a very strong female attitude due to the very strong matriarchal bonds within their culture, which meant that she could, intentionally or unintentionally, play that card when they were getting ragged on her ass and they would quieten down.

Janet wrote that they backed off and stared at their feet after she shouted. To me this is more indicative of a mother's scolding, that her tone of voice gave it that meaning, rather than the mention of the tampons which, given the site itself, seems more devisive. After her shouting the men behaved like gentlemen or like a small boy would to his mother.

Heck, I could be reading too much into it. A great story nonetheless and, in any road, all turned out well.

hey, it's uws! hi!

I admit I would be exaggerating if I claimed to have a song for every occasion, but here's a live recording from 1999 of a tune I call The Tampon Song.

Great story. So how many men here will buy "feminine hygiene" products for their wives/girlfriends? Count Mr. V as a big NO.

I've done it a few times. I felt a little strange at first but then I was like "It's not like the cashier thinks you're getting them for yourself, and if anyone snickers just say 'least I got a wife to buy them for!'"

uws, if you scroll through the comments, there's one by a woman who has a story that backs up what you're saying, in which she thought the guys who shoved her were her son and his friends. When she acted like a "Momma," as she says, they backed off, and only then did she realize it wasn't her son.

Yeah, the "Momma" tone works well with my Bronx high school students, especially when they learn I'm at least as old (or older... yikes) as their mothers. The humor and surprise of her response may have gained their respect, too, though.

Awesome story...

To me, that story seems likely to be apocryphal, or at least exaggerated. Am I the only one?

I figured it was slightly exaggerated, in the way that most stories are. Or at least most of my stories. :-)