despite being really annoyed by getting such rubbish in the mail - thanks to the scum at the gardening catalogue with their "we'll sell your identity to the highest bidder" attitude - i had to laugh when i got this bundle through the mail.
in a plastic wrapper came this bunch of about 20 colour-printed cards, about the size of index cards and on fairly good quality heavyweight paper. each card had a double-sided advert on it. big image, catchy taglines on one side and the fineprint/details on the back. these covered things like aids to help the elderly deal with daily life, like bathroom rails and heated slippers. there was tat for the house and garden. clothes catalogues for grandparents. everything was targetting the older generation demographic. even my mum - a grandparent and, it has to be said, now getting on a bit - would turn her nose up at 9/10ths of these. then, in the midst of all this depressing rubbish was an advert for fairly serious sex toys. i'm not talking your off-white unrealistic plug-in vibrator. or the "comfort massager" type pitch i've seen occasionally. oh no. state-of-the-art realistic look and feel stuff, with extras ;)
i know sextagenarians still have sex. that's not what i mean. but someone who buys a plastic all-in-one garden gnome birdbath and feeder, a beautifully decorated lace-effect non-slip teapot stand and a cheerful, authentic singing bluebird musical rotating decoration (pictured on a lace mat on top of the television, of course) is surely not going to be interested in a 12" black latex dildo. someone please tell me i'm right.
