# WTF Tampon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055 "2010-02-07T19:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/21 "2010-02-08T03:27:28Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > SRSLY! She must be following the Extreme Kegel program. Bet ya didn’t know until just now what the P stood for in P90X! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/22 "2010-02-08T05:07:58Z")
Are ya sure ya took it out of tha plastic? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/23 "2010-02-08T14:59:42Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > God, I can’t do the OB thing. I don’t know why, but I simply cannot use a tampon without an applicator. I clam up. Must… not… make… joke. > [@Maiira](#): > > I think it’s because that’s the kind of tampon that I FIRST tried to use when I was around 13 or so. Which…did not end well. So now my body automatically thinks “OH GOD IT’S THAT THING AGAIN” and bars the gates. Apparently, and they never tell you this, it helps to think sexy thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/24 "2010-02-08T16:37:17Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the possibility that she has two reproductive systems. I’ve heard of a few cases of this and the women commented that they often had trouble containing their periods. The OP might want to have someone take a look around down there for another opening. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/25 "2010-02-08T17:21:11Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m surprised no one has mentioned the possibility that she has two reproductive systems. I’ve heard of a few cases of this and the women commented that they often had trouble containing their periods. The OP might want to have someone take a look around down there for another opening. While this may be possible, there is a more ordinary explanation available in that she says that sex did not happen with any great regularity, so there may be a partially preforated hymen- while tampon is being inserted into one hole in the hymen, there may be a second, smaller, hole allowing egress of fluids. But I second the call to maybe have someone do a tune-up. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/26 "2010-02-08T17:34:26Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > giant flappy vag Band name!!! \*\*Giant Flappy Vag’s[COLOR=“Black”] Tonight at the Vic! \*\*[/COLOR] All ages show! ---
**Author:** ![Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian_s_Wall)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/27 "2010-02-08T18:00:41Z")
I love this thread, still TMI, but only when you consider the tomato soup I was going to eat, until… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Linsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Jenny\_Linsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Linsky)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/28 "2010-02-09T02:53:15Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > It’s entirely possible that it didn’t turn around inside me. I had to wake up around 5am all week and I’ve been sick so it’s very likely that I was half awake or feeling ill (or both) when I put it in. > > I can’t picture me opening the wrapper, flaring the end, turning it around, then putting it in. But, anything is possible. I did that with a diva cup once. I’m not sure where my mind was. Noticed right away, though. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/29 "2010-02-09T03:09:52Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > But I second the call to maybe have someone do a tune-up. Call Click and Clack (the tap it!) brothers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/30 "2010-02-09T21:56:50Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > I feel your pain. My only advice is to try a different brand. Each one seems to fit differently for me. I have the best luck with OB which are stubbier and fatter. I think Tampax regulars are too narrow, but then I’ve had two kids, so maybe I do have a flappy vag. I dunno. Probably TMI. > > Incidently, Flappy Vag: band name! For retro all-girl punk band, of course! OB doesn’t work that well either :mad:. I’ve had to go the “belt and suspenders” route at all times. Grrrrr. And this has been the case even since before kids (only one of whom even used that exit). ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/31 "2010-02-10T01:32:12Z")
Is it possible that the bleeding is coming from somewhere other than your vag? I mean, do you have a cut from … er… removing the carpet? Maybe an ingrown hair that is infected? A sore of some sort bleeding? Whenever my car is leaking, I get a professional to take a look at it… same with this. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/32 "2010-02-10T06:30:49Z")
Perhaps you are bleeding out your arse? Or perhaps you are putting the tampon up your arse? Highly unlikely I know. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/33 "2010-02-10T07:02:56Z")
Every reply to this thread is making me laugh. Floaty-two flappy vags, perforated hymen, sneaky peaky vag size, black hole vag, non-removy applicator, rippy bleedy pubs, tampon up the ass-Gimpy. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/34 "2010-02-10T08:09:29Z")
TWO? :eek: I mean, there’s your problem right there. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/35 "2010-02-10T08:14:59Z")
No, [these](http://www.tamponcrafts.com/) are WTF tampons. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/36 "2010-02-10T13:07:24Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Every reply to this thread is making me laugh. > > Floaty-two flappy vags, perforated hymen, sneaky peaky vag size, black hole vag, non-removy applicator, rippy bleedy pubs, tampon up the ass-Gimpy. I guess that’s a pretty accurate–and hilarious–synopsis of the thread so far (except that it’s pubes, not pubs… I don’t think I’d want to have a drink at a bleedy pub.) > [@Marlitharn](#): > > No, [these](http://www.tamponcrafts.com/) are WTF tampons. You aren’t kidding. That is so nasty. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/37 "2010-02-10T15:19:12Z")
I do kinda like the idea of the tampon blowgun, **Serenata67**. Though I’d skip the dipping the ammo in paint before shooting. Ewwwww. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/38 "2010-02-10T15:26:52Z")
I am not brand-loyal to tampons and have tried many brands. Some store brands aren’t bad. Absorbency-wise, I’ve had good luck recently with Kotex tampons (which sounds like an oxymoron). Those earrings? God in heaven. What are some people thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/39 "2010-02-10T15:33:32Z")
> [@Hanna](#): > > I second the Diva Cup. That would happen to me all the time and it hurts! Pulling a half dry tampon out is painful. I’ve heard people say this, but I pull out a half dry one all the time (OK, not ALL the time…mostly it’s saturated), but when I do, it’s not a really big deal. Maybe this bodes well for me re: childbirth. In general, I have a really low pain threshold, too, but pulling tampon, no matter how dry, never really feels painful. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/40 "2010-02-11T01:33:43Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > No, [these](http://www.tamponcrafts.com/) are WTF tampons. Good god, that whole site’s like something you’d see on Regretsy. ETA: for the uninitiated… [http://www.regretsy](http://www.regretsy) .com/ (Broke link because there’s unicorn wang under the fold.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055.md?page=3)