Famously used in commercials demonstrating the absorbancy of tampons and sanitary napkins.
As a surrogate for other colors of dye that might skeeve out viewers.
Ah, OK. It’s the same stuff that TV baby poop is made out of.
Heh, yeah. Red…no, yellow…no, green…BAD infection, black…ugh, is she dying?
Never occurred to me that people might think blue liquid came out, lol.
And those Summer’s Eve commercials, “Mom, have you ever had that ‘Not so fresh’ feeling?” That made me think women were douching themselves all the time. Not so for most women.
I was sort of under that impression when I was a kid. I was probably 8 or 9 when I first asked about the commercials that made it look like grown-up women sometimes need some kind of diaper (because diaper commercial used the same blue liquid to show absorbancy). Unfortunately, asked a babysitter about the commercial, and she explained that maxi pads were for women who need them “because they didn’t have babies”.
So up until I was about 11 or 12, I thought all women were incontinent until they had their first child.
ETA: and that the incontinence maybe started sometime in your teens, but definitely at 21.
When I first knew him, my husband thought that women had to have a pad or tampon in place for days or even weeks, just in case the period came. He was 29 at the time.
I had a high school BF who thought you used one tampon per period. “Dude, they come in boxes of, like, thirty! What do you think that is, a lifetime supply???”
Guys would try to use just one. 
Why do you think we wear underwear until there’s only a hand full of molecules left?
You know, until recently I was a little unsure about that myself. I don’t think I thought it was one per period, but I wouldn’t think that one per day is unreasonable. Now I know better.
I knew guys in high school who were sure that babies were born from the anus. They were adamant about it, to point of wanting to fight with other guys who disagreed. :eek:
The folklore, including one or two crude rhymes, implied that “the cherry” was something deep inside that popped when a girl was screwed deeply enough. :rolleyes: There was not even any giggling when the Zo class moved to the lacewings, Hymenoptera.
I was in the Class of '67, and the only shreds of sex ed we got were in an overview of mammalian reproduction in Zoology class. Mr. Sanders replied to a question about birth control by saying it was illegal for him to discuss it in class. I knew all about it, because I’d looked it up.
Well, one tampon can go in for eight hours. And there are some people who leave theirs in for a lot longer. And I know that on lighter days if I’m wearing a pad, sometimes I don’t change it for way more than that…
Holy crap! I mean, overnight sure. But a lot longer than 8 hours? That’s just an infection waiting to happen… At least it is for me!
Another thing: the internal walls of the vagina itself do not have a great supply of nerve endings, thus are not very sensitive to touch. So, you can’t feel that tampon when it’s in. That is, if it’s in correctly.
Really? My GF will go through a bunch in a single day.
Huh? I don’t get it.
I had a boyfriend with the same misconception.
I also had to explain that no, tampons were not at all “fun” to use, even if they’re placed in a fun location. If they were, women really *would *have happy periods.
If a fellow is wearing boxer shorts, his hangy-downs will hang down one side or the other. A tailor asks which side, because he’ll allow a bit more room in that trouser leg.
I really don’t know what I’d answer. It varies.
I’ve been fitted for suits, and whenever my tailor has asked me this, it’s been when he’s taking the measurements. I’d always assumed it was because he didn’t want to inadvertantly touch me when he’s measuring my inseam, legs, etc.
Yeah, it’s a bad idea. I read a story by a girl on Nerve.com who said that she was going through some serious problems (drugs 'n eating disorders galore) and that apparently she started menstruating and didn’t know it and had a tampon go septic on her up there. It had to be taken out piecemeal with forceps.
tdn, on my first day I go through them quickly. But after that, it’s more like two or three a day. Sometimes four.
This reminds me of that “Friends” when Chandler goes to Joey’s tailor to get a suit fitted and the tailor ends up fondling Chandler’s balls, quite advertently. When Chandler tells Joey, Joey’s all, “No, that’s just how they do it,” until he realizes that his tailor’s been molesting him for years.
In prison!