WTF Wednesday ~ It’s Ba-aaack
Granted, it’s like two minutes until Thursday but WTF Thursday just doesn’t have that same alliterative ring to it so it’s Wednesday until I say it isn’t, dammit!
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It’s not like Walmart doesn’t have enough to answer for already but now someone needs to explain why they’re selling this really f*cked up shirt.
As someone who has experienced the unique displeasure of being stalked, I think it’s rather tasteless, particularly the red blood-like lettering.
Ruth Sheehan of The Charlotte Observer writes:
What’s next?
“Some say it’s rape, I call it hot sex”?
Or “Some call it domestic violence, I say I’m just teaching her a lesson”?
WTF, Walmart???
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On a lighter note…
I know the ladies will agree that having to squat and pee when there’s no bathroom can be sometimes be a challenge.
First of all, you have to find a place that’s kind of private because squatting down with your arse out there for all the world to see? So not suave.
Second, you have to find a spot where there’s no tall grass or brush because hello? Your hoo-ha is inches from the ground and unless you like that sort of thing, it’s just icky to commune with nature in that way when all you really want to do is take a pee.
Third, if you’re not positioned just so, you WILL pee on your pants. This is a fact. Trust me. And returning to the car, campsite, whatever with pee-soaked pants? Uncomfortable, embarrassing and SO SO SO not suave.
But fear not, my fair ladies. I have THE solution. I give you…THE SHENIS! Yes, someone has actually invented this a very large 12″ golden penis device that will allow you to stand up and pee like a man.
click to enlarge…heh
Additionally, is it supposed to do double duty as a public urination device AND a sex toy? The inventor, says no but I’m betting someone somewhere will attempt some off-label usage. Ewwwww.
To be fair, judging by the photos on the Shenis website, it does appear to work but I don’t know…gold just really isn’t my color.
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Have you checked out Moms Speak Up? Here’s my most recent post. It’s a video all mothers of girls should see.
Ewww, a bit dildo like… Despite the throwaway issues, I’d rather use these
O.M.G!!!
Those two just brought me gaffawing out of my afternoon funk (funk I said. I am feeling low…. funk, see?)
I am shocked by the tshirt. That is just plain stupid. But the Shenis? Oh I so want to stuff one in each and every one of my girlfriends Christmas stockings! Imagine the fun on New Years Eve peeing off the balcony just like the boys!
Thanks for the link to the SHENIS web site; you know, I just had to look.
The video link was very intriguing. Thanks for sharing. I hope I’ve spoken to my daughter well about this issue, but as a middle-schooler, it’s never too much to have this talk again.
Wow. That shirt is really bad news.
Also - the Shenis - does it fold up? How are you supposed to carry that around? Does it have a special case?
Love the post at speak up!
The Shenis thing is a really good idea but hopefully someone will invent one that doens’t look like that - can’t quite see handing that to my daughters to use on the boat. Looks like she’s sacrificing marketshare for the humor factor.
Oh Mah Gawd. I love it. Yea, a little toooooo true to form. Snirk. But, from a Mom who has actually HAD poison ivy on the ass from brushing up against some during a soccer game where there were no porta-potties. I’ll take it.
Now over to Moms Speak Up.
A huge WTF to both of those items, but especially the t-shirt. When did taste, decency and common sense go right out the window? Gah?
And really, with everything in the blogosphere this week (stolen illustrations by for-profit companies! stolen photos by pervs!) I feel like I’ve been typing variations of that comment a lot.
I have to take comfort in the fact that no real stalker would dare wear that shirt…would they?
I saw one yesterday that made me snort: “I’m not with stupid anymore.”
The shenis? A little too lifelike for my taste. They coulda just made it like a funnel and it woulda worked just fine. I’m just sayin.
the shenis disturbs me. to no end.
Ok. so someone out there will use that thing after she peed in it. Uh, can you say yeast infection?
Gah.
The shirt is pretty sickening. Nothing against politically incorrect humour but that’s just not funny.
As for the shenis, can I get a diamond-encrusted one to match the rest of my bling?
Your post at Mum’s Speak up made me switch on my iTunes and play Natalie Merchant’s song Tell Yourself from the album Motherland. That captures the sadness the video made me feel perfectly.
Boy, that shirt is really awful. Especially the blood-like type. Yet another reason to stay away from Walmart, and given a recent article in the WSJ about their ’slump’, they should be watching their backs.
Maybe we should create a shirt that says, “Some Call It a Boycott. I call it ‘Payback’.
Ok now that is creepy! I love the new slogans that Ruth Sheehan came up with!!
As for the Sheenis….interesting Izzy. Good idea but logistics wise I’m with Oh, The Joys…how would you carry that thing?
Yeah…the stalking I experienced in college was definitely not love. Love doesn’t make you fear for your life.
Also, shenis. Has a nice ring to it….but do you have to rinse it out after use? Could you imagine cleaning THAT at the public sink next to an old lady?
That shirt is disgusting. Bad humor can be good, but this isn’t funny at all.
And the Shenis? Hilarious!
I was thinking if that dildo thing had a spike in the bottom you could stab it into the ground and use it to hold on to so you could lean back and avoid the peeing on pants thing. That would probably be more helpful. My luck…I wouldn’t get a tight enough seal or whatever and the pee would come bubbling back out of the wrong end.
it. is. huge.
Jeez. Stalking, is, I can say with authority, bloody unpleasant. That shirt should be banned.
I can’t figure out which is worse - the T-shirt or the “shenis.” Do they sell the shenis at Wal-Mart too?
lmao about the shenis. now i know what i’m getting the ladies on my christmas list…he he
this post is a blatant attempt to have people searching for “golden shower dildo” land on your site. how saucy!
haha.
I lean up against a tree, and squat. lol
I am disturbed that people also seem to be drinking from the shenis.
There is a cardboard device out there called the P-mate and it’s disposable. It also folds flat. Seems like a better option to me. Although, I rarely anticipate having to pee outdoors and would likely not have it with me or would be too drunk to remember I brought it if I did.
The shirt. Just stupid. Obviously Walmart’s attempt to snatch some of the snarky t-shirt market share has failed. But, it is kind of a stalker haven, since they do sell weaponry. Maybe that’s where they were going with it.
OMG!!! It is way too early to be reading (and seeing) something like that. LOL
I think I’d rather wear a Depends camping than use the Shenis!
The Shenis is genius. Or wait, maybe your explication is genius.
Yes, that shirt is awful.
Yesterday, in with the Halloween decor at the local RiteAid was a lightup skeleton sitting in an electric chair. That appalled me.
Wow. I used to work at The Spring (DV shelter) and I am sure those ladies would not be agreeing with that stupid shirt.
The Shenis? Uhm. Very interesting? Hubby works with Bubba the Love Sponge. I wonder if he has seen one those around. I can totally picture the show having something like that…
I’ve always wanted to pee standing up. It just seems so much simpler, but I can’t see how it would work… you’d still have to have your pants all the way down, right?
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Anything I pee on/in/through must be disposable. The Shenis ain’t gonna cut it for me.
Great post. Love WTF Wednesday. I’ll make sure not to miss it.
I’m dying over the shenis. But seriously, how might one get that thing through airport security?
Oooh! Oooh! I want one … the shirt, not the Shenis. Finally — the perfect gift for my stalker!!! And the Shenis? Hey, many a road trip has taught me the necessity of the empty Big Gulp …
I don’t know what is going on but it is taking FOREVER to load your site lately! So, sorry for the lack of comments. Sometimes I only have a sec and your site makes me wait like five minutes! AHH!
Anyway, the shirt is so NOT cool. I think I’m writing walmart a letter. Tacky and just wrong.
Regarding the Shenis, um, yeah, how are you supposed to explain that when it’s tucked in your purse and you have to go through one of those bag inspection lines at an: airport, amusement park, etc. etc. I’m thinking I’ll stick with the cross your legs really tight until you find the next bathroom technique until further notice.
I’ll add that shirt to my list of reasons why I hate Walmart. Let’s see, that’s reason 1,345,567,543,301. Shenis? Yeah, I’ll risk peeing on my pants!
it look like a sex toy to me.. anyway.. nice blog
That t-shirt is just wrong. Ruth Sheehan made a very good point.
And the shenis… why make it look like that? The shewee has been around for a while and looks much more appealing as a wee-aid.
YUCK to both tee-shirt & Shenis! If you MUST pee standing up how about http://www.shewee.com.
Well, Walmart has so many things wrong with it I’m not surprised on bit.
The shenis, huh? Great Idea, i just can’t seriously picture myself holding that thing. Besides, it would give the hubby a complex. It makes me think of Austin Powers: Goldmember.
I agree. WTF Wal Mart?
Oh god, the Shenis is killing me. I’m thinking there are many ways that could have looked that did not involve looking like somebody castrated King Midas and brought back the trophy. Ew.
Ewwwww- creepy on that shirt. Seriously.