Now I know adult stores are not that big of a deal, especially in almost all westernized countries, but coming from India, I found the concept very intriguing from anthropological aspect of human cultures. I would not even have imagined some of the stuff found there, let alone try to figure out its practical use. So lets take a look at some of the more amusing stuff I spotted there:
Yes most of the store was your regular magazines, videos, lubes, sex potions; but then there were separate sections such as vibrators, costumes, butt section, vagina section, BDSM, edibles etc.; We looked at the blow up dolls first; there were the "regular" ones, and then there were grandma dolls (comes W/FAKE TEETH might I add), plumpy women dolls, Pregnant dolls!! the last one is just hilarious......moving on........Then we looked at the whips, straps, handcuffs, gag balls etc.;
The funniest thing I ever saw in the store was an Obama doll that jacks itself off if you push a button, and the catch phrases on the pack went like "he will stimulate his package" or "he beat the odds, now he beats his meat"!!! That is utterly hilarious that someone put the brains to come with these phrases for a toy doll that masturbates!
The coolest thing, if it works, I have to perversely admit had to be the "Deep Throat Numbing Spray": a solution of alcohol, glycerin, and BENZOCAINE (a local anesthetic)! Right next to it was the "Hole Tightener spray", but I couldn't reason with myself the physiology behind it though! There were fake but "real" feeling tube vaginas with different types of lips, and there was one that was a "tube asshole"!! There was a product called "Parachute Ball Weights"; apparently there are weights you could buy for your frank or your beans! There were electronic dildos that looked more like a toy gun, there were edible panties and penis pasta, there was a non electrical latex pussy that was pretty much a sphygmomanometer (blood pressure intrument) with the pump and all......
Adult Stores epitomize the perception of sex in western societies as something that is part of a normal life, whereas in most Asian cultures sexuality is usually repressed in all its forms; It really did change my perception of adult stores though, as I imagined a very narrow range of products, but you have to be amazed with the myriad possibilities of various shapes, forms, types, functions that could interest you ,or even something that can be more "normal" or less "weird" as one could imagine. Maybe ill take another look.....
