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    The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated

    Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls

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    Image of daisy14755 daisy14755
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Thank you, Gawker, for doing more than most other media outlets to bring home the hideous financial reality that "everything is FUBAR" (a World War 2 Army slang term for "fu@ked up beyond all recognition," and how cool is it to know that our dorky parents and grandparents employed wicked, Gawkeresque humor during their own dark days?).

    Yeah, I know this sounds suck-uppy, but, other than Gawker, HuffPo and MichaelMoore.com, everyone else in the media is afraid to spill the real beans that this is a depression. And if you think it's awful here in NYC, my friends who live out there beyond the bridges, out there in America, wish to assure us that the recession is equally scary there too.

    We in the media just have the added fillip of seeing our careers crumble because of structural as well as cyclical declines.

    So, is anyone going to The Showdown in Chicago to get tear gassed and have their ears split by LRAD sonic crowd control bombs by government storm troopers outside the bankers' convention next Monday? Like they did to the protesters at the G20 in Pittsburgh last month? Sounds like it's going to quite the scene. #recessionomics
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    Image of the_marquee_de_lafayette the_marquee_de_lafayette
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Note also that the Spring Lounge's sale (aka Happy Hour) continues unabated. No word on whether business might actually be up.

    It's just a shame that Delicatessen appears to be in no trouble at all. #recessionomics
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    Bluegrass Brunch at Nolita House, 47 East Houston, is still booming every Sunday. #recessionomics
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    Image of Bryan Keller Bryan Keller
    10/22/09

    @Mediahohoho: That's a great brunch. Good to bring visitors to, as well. #recessionomics
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    10/22/09

    @Bryan Keller: I agree! #recessionomics
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    10/22/09

    In reply to The Recession Map of NoLIta: Updated
    So, Cafe Colonial is having a sale? #recessionomics
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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    Young man's angst. Can you imagine being a 50 year old guy, recently divorced and learning you need to shave your balls to attract a woman (under 30)? Almost as amusing as the hair color ad for men where the young daughters beg their Dad to get back in the game and color his damn hair already.


    Welcome to the world of hideous head to to insecurity, men. Comfy, isn't it?


    And ingrown hairs? You'll love 'em! And you'll only look like a porn star for the first two hours of the day - then you'll start to look like a cactus. Pret-ty.

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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @TroisFilles: OMG, yes. A few years ago there was a guy at my office who was pressing mightily for an affair. One of the more hideous comments he made -- ostensibly to get me fired up and interested -- was that he had shaved his groin, including testicles. He was 47. He has since been downsized, I'm guessing in more ways than one.
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    I recently saw a Philips ad about the same thing, though it was slightly more euphemistic. Serious question: has this always been a thing, or is it only now coming up because some impressionable youths in 1997 that took Dr. Evil's described encounter with the Zoroastrian Vilma too seriously are now in positions to make it socially real?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    What about a partial shave? Like a fade, using my Lotto numbers?
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    I'm not down with the Brozilian.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    ...and ladies are getting the recession-friendly advice to switch from expensive full-crotch waxing to the bikini-line-only look.


    So we're going to have ALL the pubic hair!

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    05/27/09

    @City_Dater: And ALL the power! Mwahahahaha!
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    I just clicked on the tag for THE GROIN AREA. Disappointed that this was the only thing there.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    One could argue that some hair provides a bit of separation between the jewel bag and the adjacent skin and undergarments, allowing much needed airflow and preventing stank build up.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    Can't I hire people to do this sort of thing for me?
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @son of spam: Is that you, Jeffrey Epstein?
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    Guys, please do not fall for this! I know I'm just one woman, but please -- please! -- just stay the way God made you, hair and all. There is nothing -- nothing! -- like a man au natural, hairy, smelling all manly and good. It is sooooo good!
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    Image of sample032 sample032
    05/27/09

    @Mama Penguino: See this guy? [en.wikipedia.org]


    Last I checked, he's single: [stallman.org]

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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @sample032: I'm not talking about unkempt or unbathed! I'll bet this guy doesn't shave: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @Mama Penguino: And I'll bet this stud doesn't shave, either: [en.wikipedia.org]


    And yes, I'd do either of them post-haste.

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    Image of NoWireHangers NoWireHangers
    05/27/09

    @Mama Penguino: It's all good fun until you've got a pube stuck in your throat.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/27/09

    @NoWireHangers: My word, you kids and your fear of pubic hairs.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    05/27/09

    @CaptainFantastic: Seriously. It's like they're being dared to stick their tongue to the flagpole on the coldest day in January.
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    Image of ginger rant ginger rant
    05/27/09

    @Mama Penguino: Just making sure: you're also a champion of the fully haired female crotch (of which I am of proud owner), and you're not advocating a double standard, right? (Er, right?)
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @ginger rant: Yes, indeed. It is the one time where I am a big fan of the bush.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/28/09

    @valet_of_the_dolls: Some of these youngins will never know the beauty of a sopping wet female bush. Ah, mission accomplished.
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    Image of TheMac TheMac
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    You might say when there's no underbrush, the tree looks taller.


    Oh, yes, we ladies do enjoy a tall sturdy tree.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    05/27/09

    @✪TheMac: And we do not enjoy eating pine needles, leaves and dirt. Good for the goose, good for the gander, fellas!
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @✪TheMac: @BookishLookish: You ladies are missing the fun of wandering through the forest! Besides which, even smaller trees can provide adequate shade. WTF am I doing with this metaphor???
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    05/27/09

    @Mama Penguino: I am not about to engage in a "shave that thing" smackdown with you, my fur- (feather-?) loving friend. But if a gentleman wants something, say, on the exotic side, it is just good manners to do a bit of field clearing.
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/27/09

    @BookishLookish: This is not fair! This is like a Rhodes Scholar taking on a special needs child!
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    05/27/09

    @✪TheMac: It seems as if I should be able to make some sort of joke based on a pussy stuck in a tree but it's been a long day.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    05/27/09

    In reply to Procter & Gamble Instructs You How to Shave Your Balls
    I am hesitant.


    I might have to practice my shaving stroke using two bowling bowls with a duraflame log wedged between them.


    You know, just to make it life-like.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/27/09

    @resipsaloquacious: We olds have to practice with a couple of tennis balls at the end of a long pair of panty hose.
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