You'll go blind!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Fri May 27, 2005 3:17 pm

Looks like sex really can make you go blind...

Viagra sparks 'blindness' fears
http://www.itv.com/news/britain_1832344.html

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Fri May 27, 2005 3:55 pm

I know Bob Dole certainly lost his vision for America. See?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri May 27, 2005 4:15 pm

Is Viagra blue? I heard somebody on the news talking about "the little blue pill" and I thought they meant Viagra (in context) but I wasn't sure.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri May 27, 2005 4:22 pm

It is blue.
For a while a "special" kind of water, formulated to give women that special feeling, was marketed as "Niagara" and sold in a little blue bottle. Viagra's manufacturer got after them and they changed the name, but I can't remember to what. The local coffee shop ladies who offer a variety of weird little geegaws in addition to lattes had it for a while.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:36 am

That headline cracked me up.. using Viagara for "self gratification" immediately sprung to mind.

jGilder · Post by **jGilder** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:55 am

I remember reading about how a product that cured baldness could make you impotent. Now why would someone be afraid of going bald? Beautiful women wouldn't be attracted to you of course.

But what good is being attractive to beautiful women if Mr. Happy becomes lethargic... or plays dead?

Then Viagra comes along to fix the problem -- but you might go blind. How will you know you're attracting beautiful women if you can't see them?

I suppose they'll come up with a pill that restores your eyesight but has a side effect that makes your hair fall out. Then you'll have come full circle right back to where you started.

Isn't the pharmaceutical industry wonderful?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat May 28, 2005 7:02 am

jGilder wrote: Beautiful women wouldn't be attracted to you of course.

Says who?

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Sat May 28, 2005 9:57 am

It is a crazy world.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat May 28, 2005 10:04 am

My favourite was a story of some kids who asked their grandfather if he would ever take Viagra. Grampa replied, "There's no use putting lead in your pencil if you've no-one to write to." Gramma gave him "the look".

As for the reports on Viagra and blindness, all the men affected already had diabetes or heart problems. Both conditions can cause blindness, as well as erectile difficulties, so it is open to debate whether the blindness was caused by Viagra or the pre-existing condition. Investigations are only beginning.

djm

jGilder · Post by **jGilder** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:31 pm

emmline wrote:
jGilder wrote: Beautiful women wouldn't be attracted to you of course.
Says who?

My little scenario was based on the irrational insecurities of the human male. My wife thinks I'm handsome and tells me I'd look funny with thick hair on top of my head. I don't understand this at all. I think I look funny either way. Besides that, I rarely even take aspirin for headaches, taking something like Viagra or Rogaine scares me.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:57 pm

jGilder wrote: Then Viagra comes along to fix the problem -- but you might go blind. How will you know you're attracting beautiful women if you can't see them?

It doesn't matter!

When you're blind, you won't be concerned with whether they're beautiful women or not. You can't see them, after all.

A whole new market will open up for you--all those wonderful women with nice personalities.

jGilder · Post by **jGilder** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:08 pm

Peggy wrote:
jGilder wrote: Then Viagra comes along to fix the problem -- but you might go blind. How will you know you're attracting beautiful women if you can't see them?
It doesn't matter!

When you're blind, you won't be concerned with whether they're beautiful women or not. You can't see them, after all.

A whole new market will open up for you--all those wonderful women with nice personalities.

You should work for their marketing department.

™Viagra: expanding your possibilities -- opening your horizons.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:57 pm

jGilder wrote: Besides that, I rarely even take aspirin for headaches, taking something like Viagra or Rogaine scares me.

Spoken like someone who doesn't need it. Yet.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:52 pm

emmline wrote:
jGilder wrote: Besides that, I rarely even take aspirin for headaches, taking something like Viagra or Rogaine scares me.
Spoken like someone who doesn't need it. Yet.

Nobody needs Rogaine.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:35 pm

Cranberry wrote:Nobody needs Rogaine.

Heh. My hair is in a race to see which it can do first: turn completely grey or fall out. I figure that's just the way it is. What you see (or, more to the point, don't see) is what you get. :roll: