Butt plugs please, we're British

Our friends at Sam Roddick's sex deli, Coco de Mer, reveal some most interesting news.

"British women are the most naughty in Europe." Well, well, well - who'd have thought. Store manager Sarah-Louise tells Style: "I get lots of different nationalities coming into the store [in Covent Garden, in London]. The Americans are the most prudish. French women are quite too. British women, though, are really into spanky anal sex toys." And Coco de Mer's best-seller? This glass butt plug. The small one is £59, the big one £69 (no sniggering). And why is it selling so well? Well... for her: it pushes against the back wall of her "ladylair"; for him: it tightens said lair and he can also feel its hardness through the wall. No sniggering, I said. Praise hallelujah for internet shopping.

Comments

[Bob Smedley]

When I stuffed this in my girlfriends ring she screamed and slapped me in the face. I haven't seen her since. Mind you it was the first date.

[A Concerned Proctologist]

Glass is an inappropriate material for sex toys. Please be advised.

[john stiles]

i,d say you,ve struck a raw nerve,[no pun intended] judging by the response

[divorcedfromabrit]

Having been married to a Brit for 12 years,I learned first hand (pun intended)that Brits are the least sensual, sexy or erotically minded people.The centuries of sexual repression and "english-rose" nonsense - if we're comparing to the French- has resulted in a society where swingers clubs are the norm,and the Times writes articles about butt plugs. Write what you will, but "naughty" will never translate into sensual, erotic or sexy. Sorry Ladies. ?nd sticking things up your arse is nothing new folks, but trying to repackage this as something exclusively naughty and therefore British, proves my point.I'd much rather be perceived as a prude in public, than an openly crass brit slapper, who's a sure ****. Ask any male with a modicum of taste what he prefers. Are you with me boys?

[divorcedfromabrit]

Having been married to a Brit for 12 years,I learned first hand (pun intended)that Brits are the least sensual, sexy or erotically minded people.The centuries of sexual repression and "english-rose" nonsense - if we're comparing to the French- has resulted in a society where swingers clubs are the norm,and the Times writes articles about butt plugs. Write what you will, but "naughty" will never translate into sensual, erotic or sexy. Sorry Ladies. ?nd sticking things up your arse is nothing new folks, but trying to repackage this as something exclusively naughty and therefore British, proves my point.I'd much rather be perceived as a prude in public, than an openly crass brit slapper, who's a sure ****. Ask any male with a modicum of taste what he prefers. Are you with me boys?

[Rickster]

I've been to many places in Europe and North America. Bedding British girls is no fun. They are far too easy.

Rickster, N. Yorks

[al stuart]

Facinating article..any photos?

[FBB]

So...by "Naughty", do we mean slappers? Because that, having lived abroad for some time and now returning I could certainly concur with. Sorry!!! did I say slappers? I meant fat slappers....

[DSpair]

My whiskey decanter stopper has been missing for days now ...Guess some asshole nicked it!

[Dectora]

MD: post an image of your own chin! Men who complain about women's appearances are usually themselves losers in the good looks stakes.
And Chris the Canuk, get back to Alberta, home of the purest and loveliest women on the planet.

[Adam Neilson]

Quite revolting.

[Laurence Budd]

Well Well! As an American male who hangs out in Britain, I keep telling our american women how much more adventurous and direct the british women are-They don't belive me- but heres the proof! Three cheers for Jolly old randy England!

[johnson]

In the days of Empire any self respecting pervert would trip of to a country that was in need of conquering or English enlightenment, whereupon he/she could indulge in their particular perversion, usually with the wholehearted help of the local populance, or end up dead but with legend and or enlarged Empire to show for it.
Alas in this new century there is bloody little chance of new worlds to conquer or natives to abuse due to everybody having rights and so perversion comes home to roost at last.

[Alex]

Now that leading politicians are routinely asked whether or not they have consumed illegal drugs in the past, should we not also be told, as we weigh our voting intentions, which of them have enjoyed the delights of a butt plug?

Peter - only sensible comment, thanks.

[Brijit]

This article is clearly not intended to be "high-brow". In my experience as an English student living in Paris, Anglophone (not just British) girls are more likely to try new things and less likely to be ashamed about them. This is something that seems more acceptable in our culture.

Similarly, Francophone men have often hassled me in the street (and I attempt to dress conservatively to avoid this), something that would not happen in the UK.

This just goes to show that though the world has become small, each nation still very much has its own identity when it comes to sexuality and gender... Exactly the point this article is trying to make!

So stop being such snobs: to read this article, I suspect you were the ones who clicked on the title!

[MD]

Must be a quiet day for news.

Most young UK women would be better off spending that money on a gym membership so they lose a couple of chins before their 30th birthday.

[Ted]

Port bottles, girls called Crystal, Sluts and Osama. My the commentators are on form today!

[Keith Bentham]

If what you say is true about the French it seems like evidence of natural selection occurring in a human population.
The French had a terrible reputation for syphillis and whoring in the 18th and 19th centuries. Anybody with a biological propensity for purity would have the evolutionary edge when it came to reproduction. They would pass on their genes more successfully along with a moral culture.
The middle east also was the scene for the evolution of moral purity in the transition from Babylonian to Islamic civilisations.
The presence of highly fertile muslims in Britain will also mean the dissappearance of decadent British behaviour in the course of this century.

[Clement R Knorr]

Osamma and his cohorts might have a point. If this one-time distinguished newpaper now considers "butt plugs" something worthy of public discussion, maybe it is time we should be bombed into oblivion so that a more worthy society can take our place. FOR SHAME!

[Stan Berry]

Did Paul belcher ever get the photos of his son with John Terry? We need to be told!!

[ja]

I don't believe all these people predicting the Decline and Fall.

So should we be back in Victorian times, with workhouses for children born out of wedlock, rampant STDs and a seamy underbelly to society?

Or be thankful that we have come all the way to having sexual gratification as a valid consumer issue without any stigma?

[Antoine]

Very interesting ,both article and comments

[Svetlana]

There's nothing wrong with knowing what feels good and getting at it. Nor is there anything wrong with exploring what might feel good. It's just the anus, for crying out loud. live a little, people!

[Paul Watson]

change the paper top to red...what a sad piece of journalism and a sad day for The Times

[J Mueller]

Wow. So many prudes. Lighten up. It's a blog.

[Avril]

Just shows how low our society and 'The Times' is becoming!

[UNAMUSED, MINEHEAD]

I find it terrible that we are sinking to such depths with such an offensive article.

[Tom S]

You can't buy sex appeal. And as Tad Safran points out, British women still don't look that good, butt plugged or unplugged...

[bendis]

i read this article twice and i said to myself-Oh God ,are u getting older dear?who needs that kind of toy-or it was a missunderstanding here

[doktornacht]

u.s. emergency room physicians love to trade stories of the various and sundry articles they have been called on to remove from patient's rectums. an entire glass coke bottle (remember those?) comes to my mind as one of the more unusual items.

the coke bottle has the advantage of being an enormously less expensive thrill, but likely much more painful to extract than the tiffany butt plug.

do we need to hear more to be convinced that the apocalypse surely is upon us?

bottoms up !!

[metanosis]

Never thought it time to see,
in the pages of this sheet;
a reflection of a people,
seed of noble civilization, replete;
across the centuries,
with soaring word and deed;
a great fall and crash,
tho' whispered from these pages;
as oft the case may be,
with a turning of the ages;
as from light to darkness,
hidden in our deepest soul;
where real meaning lies,
and life resides, now spent, unwhole;
the flesh wins out,
the sifting grate grows finer;
the sand is swirling, whirlpooling,
the glass hour's almost up;
what,what, to stop the flow?,
to stave dear time's end, where's
divine occlusion?;
to far, to far, the hole is dug,
here try this...it's a butt plug.

[Paul]

This article is base

[Sam]

my word, all the people who read the print version of the Daily Mail seem to read the Times online.

[Anamika]

Glad that the OTHER times article has a counterpoint, unintentional though it is.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/beauty/article3056296.ece?Submitted=true
Thanks for making my day! :-)

[fabio]

I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures with John Terry. I guarantee he's no stranger to the back wall of a ladylair.

[Anna Ghislaine]

So the takings for one sex shop are representative of all of Britain? How scientifically accurate.

Hi I'm trying to get a reprint of my son with John Terry. I've emailed photosales@timesonline.co.uk
twice but I've had no response, maybe my mail is being blocked because my message is fom a hotmail account please forward it to the times photo people
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hi I've had no reply thus far, will you give me the relevant info this week?

Regards,

Paul Belcher

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From: able24hourplumbing@hotmail.co.uk
To: photosales@timesonline.co.uk
Subject: Reprints
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:36:30 +0000

Hi I would like 2 colour copies 8 by 10. Please let me know how much and how I pay - many thanks

From The Times
December 5, 2007

Captain John Terry does his homework on way to take England forward
Smarting over failure to reach Euro 2008, the defender is ready to make sacrifices to put the national team back on track

[Beth]

Heaven forbid women should express their sexuality freely without fear of being called slags or worse. Oh, wait, I forgot how many narrow-minded prudes there are still out there. Phew, that was a close one!

[Peter Wray]

If by naughty you mean low class slags then you are absolutely right.

[nobby]

You'd think by reading some of these comments that the Taleban were in charge.

[Mark B]

Who ever paid for this badly written article? Who ever let it get published? Junk...

However, speaking as a male who has more than his fair share of Brit, Euro and further flung female conquests - all in the past, obviously - I'd agree. Want a good fun time? Go for the English girl everytime.

[DKA]

Why doesn't Fleur Britten become a prostitue for a week so she inform us how interesting that is ?

[DKA]

Why doesn't Fleur Britten become a prostitue for a week so she inform us how interesting that is ?

[BJD]

"British women are the most naughty in Europe." Well, well, well - who'd have thought. Store manager Sarah-Louise tells Style: "I get lots of different nationalities coming into the store [in Covent Garden, in London]. The Americans are the most prudish. French women are quite too."

No wonder she works in a sex shop with English like this. What an awful 'article'. This site goes from bad to worse as it tries to accomodate ever more Oxbridge friends and relatives.

[w00t]

You learn something useful everyday...but made of glass? GLASS?

[Ajer]

I must be leading a very sheltered life because I have never heard of these things and I work mainly with British women who are quite open in their conversations with me, me thinks newspaper reporters make up 'non-news' like this or have a warped minds that cause them to play out their twisted fantasies in public.

[Hodcarrier]

On further reflection, with the balkanisation of these islands, perhaps its time to identify which particular tiny pseudo-nation breeds the most sluttish consumers?

[Hodcarrier]

This is the kind of filth they discuss on that CitizenX site - is The Times now a repositary for any kind of lowbrow filth? You may as well go to webcams and the like as run pieces like this.

[jane]

For god's sake Fleur- are they paying you to write this rubbish?

[warwick hunt]

As advertising goes this is the biggest butt plug of all!

I will now resume my search for a fruity femme fatale called Crystal who has a cut glass home counties' accent. As for 'Ladylair', how very Chaucerian.

[Brian Haworth]

So, let me get this straight: keep the decanter and stuff the stopper?

Not, as Her Indoors - and now in hospital - had believed, `keep the stopper and stuff the decanter'?

[Homer Simpson]

In your face Milwaukee

[Max]

what if the bloody thing broke in half?

[Max]

If the French were to wash more oftern, they would have more fun. ... hence the term 'smells like a Frnch whore house'..... or the local fishing pier. Yuk~!

[Kevin]

So the achievement of 40 years of feminism is to allow women to publicly indulge crass behaviour? Well done girls, I knew I could rely on you to use your new found freedom wisely.

[Sir Herbert Gussett]

And I've been using it for the port bottle!

[Little Waster]

"That's one in the eye for the traditionalists"

I think I must have been doing it wrong.....

[W.H., Langeman]

I agree with the article. British woman as a rule, are among the sluttiest on the planet. The Chinese are right up there with them, as they take a utilitarian view of sex but the Brits, in a different way are quite loose if a little flabby of physique.

[Chris the Canuck]

At one time "Great Britain" took pride in an empire on which the sun never set.

Now it makes the news because its women stuff more glass items where the sun never shines.

I'm sure Victoria would not be amused.

[Peter]

Absolute rot.

For some reason, we seem to be confusing sexual liberation with ostentatious crowing. The fact that we are told we have to talk about sex constantly, that we must be willing to experiment with threesomes/foursomes/moresomes, that sex toys should be the norm and not just an exotic variation, does not mean we are more naughty - it actually has the opposite effect and leaves us looking quite dull and hollow.

The French are not prudish; they just understand that some things are best kept behind closed doors - and having our sexual secrets makes them all the more naughty and fun.

[QCD]

Who said the Times was a tabloid?

[Benzo]

That's one in the eye for the traditionalists ...