It would be interesting to show him this thread, then ask him what he really was using it for. I think the statute of limitation has been reached on this issue.
NO!
He went through some addiction issues in his early twenties and, as I said, life bitch slapped him a bit. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made a success of himself. I am not going to bring up whatever stupid shit he was doing as a teenager.
What did we used to call “thread of the week”? (We’d send nominations to TubaDiva, may her memory be a blessing.)
Anyway, this revival would surely be one.
Threadspotting. (Or Thread Spotting, but I think it was the former.) That was along with Weird Earl’s, which was a weekly link to a webpage that was dedicated to some bizzare or unusual topic. That’s how I discovered PostSecret ca. 2005 – before the first book came out, anyway.
Right, right, thanks. Good times.
Wow…that’s wild! I was just researching the weird combo of items around my kid’s bed and this thread popped up. I didn’t pay any attention to the date and just assumed it was recent. 
Yeah, the board software will not use the full year in each post, so it’s really easy to see “Oct '01” and not realize it’s from 2001.
I didn’t realize it was such an old zombie until something one of those old posters (who I’d assumed was a newbie) said made me check their join date and I was like “wow!”
I miss seeing join dates right there at the top of every post.
Always remember…somewhere back in time someone licked the back of a frog to discover it was a hallucinogenic.
Welcome to the Straight Dope, @afields! The ritual zombie jokes having been observed, I’ll skip them.
I kinda doubt your son is using Icy Hot to delay an orgasm. I mean, it would, in the same way a baseball bat to the testicles would. (Or so I assume. I cringed at the mere thought when I read your post.) And if he’s using it to masturbate, as you imply, why would he want to delay his orgasm? Maybe he just has sore muscles?
Christ on a raft. It was Arizona. I was high. I was thirsty. It was just the once.
I feel like that’s going to follow me around forever!
Probably due to the tough love from his father who nipped his impending lifelong dependence on oral anesthetics in the bud. 