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peteglider
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Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 2110
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 8:51 pm: | 
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So my 10 year old son, watching the history channel, after seeing Levitra commercials -- "Daddy, whats ED?"
I tried to be concise and clinical. Let's hope thats the end of it ....
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Michael K. McKell
Citizen
Username: Mckellconst
Post Number: 57
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 8:58 pm: |
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Boing!
No pun intended.... |
John James Leuchs Jr
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Username: Clairvoyant
Post Number: 114
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:00 pm: |
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Your son has a sense of humor and a good vocabulary. Are you sure he wasn't having fun making you squirm? |
peteglider
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Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 2111
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:33 pm: |
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wouldn't be the first time!
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Virtual It Girl
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 4868
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:39 pm: |
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Erectile disfunction?
That shouldn't be "too hard" to explain to a 10 year old boy!
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LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2155
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:10 pm: |
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Oh VIG - |
Nohero
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Username: Nohero
Post Number: 5666
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:24 pm: |
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See, that's the problem with the FCC.
I would be much more comfortable explaining Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction", than explaining "ED" to a 10 year old.
But which one gets a fine from the FCC? That's why the world is screwed up. |
Virtual It Girl
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Username: Shh
Post Number: 4870
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:13 pm: |
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LilB, I'm still laughing at that one!
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John James Leuchs Jr
Citizen
Username: Clairvoyant
Post Number: 115
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:20 pm: |
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Pete, my brother's name is Ed and when my nephew was in his teens I used to make him laugh by calling my brother E-D. I only found out later that my brother was using Viagra because of his antidepressant medication but he has a sense of humor and never complained. The next time my brother gets on my nerves, which he often does, I need to remember some of the pranks and jokes I've played on him. |
Valley_girl
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Username: Valley_girl
Post Number: 126
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:51 pm: |
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I read an article recently on the history of the BJ.
The writer said how embarrassed he was watching the news with his 10-y.o. daughter, during the Clinton-Lewinsky hearings. One report said they had oral sex in the vestibule of the Oval Office. His daughter turned to him and said, "Daddy...what's a vestibule?" |
Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 6052
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 1:13 am: |
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I always thought they were saying "reptile dysfunction"...
by the way valley girl, where was this article? |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8768
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 7:55 am: |
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Vanity Fair - July issue. |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 5782
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 8:47 am: |
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Peter-
Those are the times you just make pretend you didn't hear him! Or ask him some off the wall question to distract him. Or ask if he wants ice-cream that's what I do with my nephews!
But you do have a very smart ten (going on thirty year old son there!)
Ooops, just noticed the time! Gotta go! |
John James Leuchs Jr
Citizen
Username: Clairvoyant
Post Number: 116
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 10:06 am: |
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Yes, not many ten year olds watch the History Channel. |
dano
Citizen
Username: Dano
Post Number: 239
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 10:07 am: |
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Peter,
Just be glad he didn't ask "What can really happen if your erection last for more than 4 hours?" ;) |
brusin2
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Username: Brusin2
Post Number: 47
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 10:29 am: |
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My husband thinks the Viagra company missed the boat when they didn't claim Boniva as the name for the ED drug. He titters like a 10 year old when that Sallye Field osteoporosis/Boniva commercial comes on. |
campbell29
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Username: Campbell29
Post Number: 529
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 12:26 pm: |
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Everybody knows that Levitra is for people who are having trouble throwing their football through the inner tube - Duh..
We did ask my brother, who is a urologist, what happens if you have an erection lasting over 4 hours, and he said - first we give you lots of sudafed, and if that doesn't work, extreme measures must be taken.
Did anyone ever notice that the Cialis logo looks exactly like a big ole penis and •••••••?
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LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 2167
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:46 pm: |
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Everybody knows that Levitra is for people who are having trouble throwing their football through the inner tube - Duh..
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Soparents
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Username: Soparents
Post Number: 2461
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:52 pm: |
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I know it's no laughing matter but what is worse? Not able to rise to the oocasion, or once there, then there you stay, and stay, and stay.....
Not exactly something you can hide is it? And those stupid adverts where a couple come home obviously wishing to continue their evening, and lo and behold, FRIENDS! and the man looks pleased! I would have thought he'd have told them all to get lost...blow the fact that it's locked and loaded and will stay that way for a while, tell them to get lost, no-one invited them!
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Peter G. Magic
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Username: Pmagic
Post Number: 181
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
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Ah, the days when I was a young un. Did not need Viagra to have lasting staying power. We used to practice having sex and holding erections for way more than four hours = You know, crazy college kids practicing oriental sex techniques that have been used for centuries. But our erections were natural, not medically induced. I suppose it is possible that a chemically induced erection could cause a problem if it continued too long. I am not a urologist, fortunately, and I don't have to deal with such issues. But all of you have me daydreaming back to the good old days and I am so glad my wife doesn't read MOL - It is beneath her dignity,  |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 15160
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 6:11 pm: |
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Seriously, peteglider, let's hope that's not the end of his questions, even if your answer was concise but adequately comprehensive.
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ess
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Username: Ess
Post Number: 2850
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 6:50 pm: |
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Pete - FWIW, I think you handled your son's question appropriately. In my experience, I've found it best to address the question head on (as it were) and not pretend I didn't hear, change the subject, or otherwise insult their intelligence.
It sounds as if your son is a bright, inquisitive child, and answering his questions concisely and appropriately is one of the best ways to encourage him. |
argon_smythe
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Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 877
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 9:05 am: |
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Be thankful he's comfortable asking you directly about things.
Be prepared for more questions.
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ML
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Username: Ml1
Post Number: 3084
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
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Just tell him this is ED:
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Robert O'Connor
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Username: Local24
Post Number: 53
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 1:43 pm: |
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Oh, Wilber! |
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