Strange Middle Eastern Products

1. AshleyZ
   August 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

   There are a million breast-enlarging creams in the west, and they don't work either.

   Virginity soap is an astringent that basically irritates the mucous membranes of the vagina and makes the tissues swell up so that it feels tighter. On account of the pain, increased risk of STD transmission, and increased risk of vaginal injury, it is *highly* unrecommended.

   Another stupid thing to do to your vag is "dry sex", as practiced in Africa:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_sex

2. ted
   August 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

   Wow, whose medicine cabinet IS that?

3. TP
   August 14th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

   One virginity soap please...

4. Nicholas Dollak
   August 15th, 2008 at 8:24 am

   I did not know about the breast-enlarging creams (although I'm not surprised, given the obsession in the USA) --- but I don't get out much.

   The buttock-enlarging cream plays on the same sort of obsession, of course. If one reads an unexpurgated copy of Arabian Nights stories, there are lengthy descriptions of the enormous & well-rounded bum-cakes of attractive characters, both female and male.

   As for the cheesesteak... I'm vegetarian for medical reasons, so I wouldn't really know good from bad. But one commentator (on the site, not on Neatorama) correctly pointed out that the best name for the cheesesteak pictured would be "haram." Translated as "forbidden," it's basically the same as "trayf" or "not kosher," and for the same reason: it combines meat & dairy in the same meal. (Of course, the commentator may also have been remarking on its unappetizing appearance. I'm not sure.) In my college days, I assisted a LOT of Somalian students with their English, and quite a few of them "discovered" the Philly cheesesteak experience and loved it! I guess they weren't very observant of the "halal" (kosher) laws, or simply hadn't been told. They all drew the line at eating pork, though.

5. the prophet
   August 15th, 2008 at 11:29 am

   butt enlarging cream. Hilarious.

6. thembi
   August 15th, 2008 at 11:47 am

   The commentator on the cheeseteak is a Muslim and a Philadelphian so she meant haram in both senses!

   You may also like to know that this store also sold herbs and spices that had the same goals as these products, but they just didnt make for much of a photo...

7. AnnaNoon
   August 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm

   Actually, in Islam there is no rule stating that you cannot combine meat and dairy. It is true there are similarities between "kosher" and "halal", but they are not the same thing. Each has different rules, with some overlap or similarities, obviously for instance forbidding pork and observing certain rules when slaughtering animals.

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