Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 09:46 GMT
Haha, I'm sure we're going to see a welter of bad puns on this one.
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 09:46 GMT
"It doesn't have to be tying up your partner or placing clamps on their nipples, it could be something as simple as cooking a meal together or even doing the housework as a duo."
No, but it's a damn site more fun than cooking.
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 09:46 GMT
Maybe someone should suggest it to Jacqui Smith & hubby?
Might open her eyes, in more ways than one ;-)
[1] I was in college once. I did ... fings ... ::titter::[2]
[2] I've been avoiding that for days. Sue me.
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 09:46 GMT
That's the next few names of Ubuntu releases sorted then.
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 10:04 GMT
The Newsci hacks can in fact reveal that bears defecate in the woods and that the pontiff is catholic.
Its true because they read it in someone else's report on an internet forum that quoted someone's press release. Allegedly.
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 10:59 GMT
Tell me their founder is the Marquis de Sade, right?
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 11:30 GMT
Sorry folks, but....unless we have truly truly been double bluffed (and I spoke to the NS editorial team before going with this) it is genuine:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127014.300-spanking-brings-couples-together.html
and
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16875-extinct-possum-back-from-the-dead.html
Prof Wiseman has indeed written on Quirkology.
The good Italian prof looks in far better shape than someone of her years ought to (I speak from experience):
http://www.donatellamarazziti.com/
Whereas Prof Sagarin looks a tad scary:
http://www.niu.edu/psyc/faculty/sagarin.shtml
Oh. If there is a NS spoof for today, it might just be this one:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16877-scientist-spends-four-years-studying-navel-fluff.html
A Viennese scientist who has spent four years studying navel fluff. DO we believe this or don't we?
Paris, cause even she wouldn't fall for that
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 12:56 GMT
... simply because anyone who's been in the BDSM scene for any length of time will know that the vast majority of those who participate in this lifestyle have a much more relaxed attitude to the nature of relationships, based on the idea of mutual respect and consent. They are also used to *talking* about problems, whether it's something that happened in a play session or elsewhere in the relationship.
The rest of the world could learn a lot from this if they weren't so hung up on the idea of "Ugh! BDSM I don't do that perverted stuff!"
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 21:56 GMT
as they had it in the print edition (remember them?) last week, NS being published on Thursdays
Posted Wednesday 1st April 2009 21:56 GMT
> At time of writing, we have been unable to clarify the effects of combining sado-masochistic activity with housework.
The result is what you'd expect - you get ironed tea-towels and pillow-cases.
Posted Thursday 2nd April 2009 00:00 GMT
At first thought, it might seem strange or even contradictory that engaging in S&M activities would bring a couple closer together. However, the more you think about it, the more you realize it's the logical conclusion. Simply put, when you become submissive and effectively give yourself to someone to do with as they please, you're doing so because you trust them completely. I'm sure there are instances where that's not true, but I would guess that it is true in most cases. That trust, and the reinforcement of that trust through such activities, will inevitably bring a couple closer together.
Posted Thursday 2nd April 2009 10:58 GMT
You bastards! Have you no sense of decency? My wife could have seen that!
Posted Monday 13th April 2009 19:57 GMT
Couples who enjoy doing the same thing feel good when they do the same thing together. If what they enjoy doing together is, OH MY GOD - S&M - HA! HA! (titter) it sells more copies of the rag.
That sum it up?
Paris: I'd spank her anytime
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