Tuesday, March 16, 2010

FLOWERS? As the old story goes, a tourist was once walking around in a small town in the Czech Republic and noticed a little store with a bunch of watches and clocks hanging in the window. The tourist walked in and asked, "Can you please fix my watch?"

The man behind the counter quickly responded "Sorry, but I don't repair watches." The tourist was confused. "You don't repair watches? But I saw all the watches and clocks in the window. What is this store?"

"I'm a mohel," the store owner quickly responded, puzzling the tourist even further. "If you are a mohel," he asked, "then why do you have watches hanging in the store front?"

"Well," he explained, "What do you want me to put in the window?"

And that's the story which came to mind when seeing today's Philadelphia Daily News article on "vaginal rejuvenation" surgery and its accompanying illustration.

added, relatedish: Our old friend Alex ("T-Muffle") Balk, on some newfangled tampon ad. (via @anamariecox)