Now how much do they pay for kidnapping people?
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Good on her. Fuck the cops. Too bad the police spend must of their budgets on lawsuits instead of, ya'know, vetting and training.
I think it's hilarious that this comment section is full of support for the woman AND laughter over her sex toys. Think about it.
I love that this had any sort of consequence. I do not thinkthis would have been an option in Germany.
Good. Seriously, I hope such actions will be met with complaints and lawsuits everywhere.
Sexual life is a very sensitive and intimate subject, and it's bad enough that she even had policemen invade it by opening the box (though this in particular is obviously a necessary part of police operations), let alone make a laughing matter out of it.
In general, though, I hope we will be able to eventually get more open about such things, so that it would be seen as a regular set of household items, even if it's hidden from plain sight.
I bet she's gonna buy so many sex toys with that money. I hope she does. (In a positive, not-creepy way.)
Would you rather cum from a bunch of toys for $3K total or one $3K sex toy that should in theory be mind blowing?
Easy answer there, the women have already spoken (pictured: sybian inventor Dave Lampert).
Never looked into the inventor of these things. Was not expecting English Mr Rogers.
*typing*
$1500!?
I've seen these things in action. They're worth it.
I mean, sure, a little pricey, but some chairs cost as much and they're not specifically designed to make baby squirt like a startled octopus.
How could there be 10,000 different kicks
Cue montage of Bubba from Forest Gump listing all 10,000 types of kicks.
Roundhouse kick, side kick, chop kick, kick stew...
10 angles @ 10 speeds @ 10 heights @ 10 follow-ups
10,000 kicks
That's the fun part. They aren't all necessarilly effective.
The 3k one but only if it comes with replaceable parts. I wouldn't want to keep using it after it gets too crusty.
Yes.
from BBC
What?
Big Black....
Campfire?
…
Campfire.
Ah...
...in the form of sex shop gift card
FFS do they really have to write headlines that imply the exact opposite of what happened? At first read, I thought the woman had been made to pay £3k, not that she had gotten paid £3k.
I know "headlinese" is a thing and all, but is adding the word "got" really that inconvenient?
I understood it just fine. "Got paid" sounds very informal. "Is paid" or "was paid" would be slightly clearer.
The opposite would be "fined" or "pays".
I would have went with awarded.
Edit: This is partly a joke because of the context.
The past tense "paid" doesn't go with "laughs." Are you complaining about a misunderstanding you had for the time it took you to read 3 more words? Or do you not understand tense?
In case you didn't figure it out, the headline is ambiguous between her giving or receiving the money. Reading "three more words" doesn't change that.