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Unconventional uses for sanitary protection

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froot · 13/04/2004 18:16

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spacemonkey · 13/04/2004 18:17

no tale to tell but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ yours froot!!!!!!

coppertop · 13/04/2004 18:28

As a child, dh was very much interested in all things scientific. MIL was absolutely horrified one day when she returned home to find that dh's window sill (which faced on to the main road) had several tampons hanging from it. Apparently it looked a bit like one of those Australian hats with the corks dangling. Furious she asked the young dh what he thought he was doing. Innocently he explained that they were part of an experiment to ascertain how much dew had formed that morning. MIL did not appreciate dh's scientific leanings.....

btw she called tampons her "personal wound dressings"!
Bless her!

papillon · 13/04/2004 18:34

dh has used pads (sanitary towels) to bulk out his mountain bike helmet LOL
he says to say that they are very cozy

goodkate · 13/04/2004 18:34

my mum had a slipped disc when we were kids. one day my brother found and played with one of her tampons. when my mother found him, he asked what it was for. she explained it was medicine for her back!

We all now call them our back treatment.

Zerub · 13/04/2004 18:40

scud missiles!

coppertop · 13/04/2004 18:43

PMSL!

papillon · 13/04/2004 18:44

I have used them when changing dd
I called them her p**ss pads

charliecat · 13/04/2004 19:11

My mums friend was ill in bed one day and asked his 9 year old dd to get him a cold flannel for his head as he had a temperature. My mum popped in to see him and found him in bed with a wet fanny pad stuck to his head!

efmach · 13/04/2004 19:21

I can't believe I'm writing this. About 15 years ago, my mum covered a sanitary towel with floral material, hooked the two loops, eitherside over the handles of her kitchen door and used it to prevent the door from slamming and it's there to this very day. Howzzzatt?

SEXGODDESS · 13/04/2004 19:42

My sis and I used to use sanitary towels as beds for our Barbies.

suedonim · 13/04/2004 20:08

A friend used a panty liner as a book mark. She then loaned the book to a neighbour and was mortified when he later gave it back with the comment 'I've looked after your book mark for you.'

lou33 · 13/04/2004 20:13

Ds1 sticks them around his bedroom.

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froot · 13/04/2004 20:38

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popsycal · 13/04/2004 20:50

when i was 9, i was given a tampon to stick up my nose at school when having an unstoppable nose bleed.

Ds (if he gets the chance) likes to throw them in the bath and watch them expand

Soulfly · 13/04/2004 20:57

my ds2 kept sticking the ones with wings to the window,thought they were aeroplanes, lol.

Lisa78 · 13/04/2004 21:05

GROSS one here....

I have to put used ones into the dustbin or keep the bathroom bin out of the dogs way cos she shreds them up given half a chance! Ugh, not something you want to come home to

OldieMum · 13/04/2004 22:01

My mother used to be a school teacher. Years ago, she taught in a very strait-laced girls' grammar school. One day, one of her pupils told her she had a headache, so my mother sent her off to the school nurse. She came back a few minutes later with a sanitary towel across her forehead, held on by a loop over each ear. Apparently, when she told the nurse she had a headache, the nurse thought she was being shy about having a period. The girl didn't know what the ST was used for, so assumed it was some kind of dressing.

Lisa78 · 13/04/2004 22:10

PMSL oldie mum

OldieMum · 13/04/2004 22:14

One of my friends summons up this image whenever she feels in need of a laugh.

twiglett · 13/04/2004 22:41

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bloss · 14/04/2004 05:09

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hmb · 14/04/2004 07:52

Oh, you are too young bloss!

Back in the oldern days sanitary towels didn't have a sticky strip, they had a loop at either end and had to be worn with a belt! They did look a bit like hamocks for Barbies! And they were thicky and bulky and seemed to made out of netting! Just what you wanted to feel good about yourself during your period!

I hasten to add I was too younge to have used these types of towels, but they were still around when my periods started!

prettycandles · 14/04/2004 14:24

OMG - I must be old! When I started, mum gave me a packet of Dr White's (whatever happened to them?) and one of those delightful belts. Thank goodness the sticky ones came out soon after.

I always keep a few in the changing bag, and once when I asked my dad to fetch me a nappy for ds...well, you can guess what he came back with!

Bron · 14/04/2004 14:29

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Tippytoes · 14/04/2004 14:37

My mate, who gets rather sweaty armpits, was going out for a drink with this bloke one night who she was trying to impress. They were just mates at the time and were going out for a drink. She didn't like the idea of sweaty armpits and so stuck sanitary towels with wings inside her shirt under her armpits.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, by the time she got home, they were nowhere to be seen. Needless to say she never saw this bloke again!!