The problem with this product, of course, is that it's an unholy alliance of three things: preying on women's insecurities about their bodies, remarketing a mundane product for media attention, and advocating that people do something that is extremely unhealthy.
My tin of Linger looked a lot like one of those tins of mints that are given away at trade shows. And guess what? That's what it is. A little digging revealed that Linger is made/distributed by a company called Admints, which just happens to make trade show mints. And the Linger samples just happen to have have the exact same shape, taste, and ingredients as Admint's sample mints. So how does Linger manage to pass off breath mints as vaginal Tic Tacs in $7.99 packs? Despite the salacious creation story and testimonials on its site ("It gets a little warm as it starts to dissolve which took just under an hour. Then, it is SO good!!"), the mint is labeled "for novelty use only."
Of course, the problem with these mints is that it is an exceptionally bad and unhealthy idea to use them in the first place. Unlike many mints made with artificial sweeteners, Admints contains sugar. Sugar in one's lady parts can lead to catastrophic yeast infections, which is why flavored products that are actually designed for lady-parts use find other sweeteners to use.
Femimint Hygiene: Vagina Mints [Mother Jones]
Linger [Official Site]
(Photo: liangjinjian)
]]>@JDAC: How about some nice Toad-in-the-Hole followed by Spotted Dick?
]]>@mazzic1083: Hmm I recall reading an article recently on Cassinghams 'This is True' about an alcofrolic who died after taking three bottles of sherry 'up there', he was a regular imbiber via the fundament, but three bottles was more than his system could handle.
]]>@SacraBos: Freak Bacon! oh sorry wrong website
]]>@crackblind: Ditto
]]>I apologize for the nieve replies above me, they don't know better. What you said is absolutely correct. Strawberries, pineapples, lots of sweet (not diet) sodas cause the same effect.
Works on both guys and gals.
]]>@lincolnparadox: I thought the pineapple juice was for women, to drink of course.
]]>Mother Jones? Seriously?
Now maybe I'm just working off a bad stereotype here but I thought MJ was all liberal and feminist and screw him if he doesn't like your unshaved legs. I just can't figure how -- unless Mother Jones has turned into some Cosmo mag wannabee while I wasn't looking -- that any marketer would look first to them to give a (non-derisive) shout-out for their product.
Oh, and a yeast infection? Generally not catastrophic. Intensely uncomfortable and just bleeeech, but not generally landing one in the ICU. (Do not however take this as advocacy for the happyfunmint.)
]]>Sorry.
]]>of all the crap I have read on the Internet Mr. Popken you win the Internets award for the day. I don't think there is anyone that's going to top this.
@f-words: Apparently not. natural scents/flavors are evil!
And if things seem a little rank that's what showering is for.
]]>"I feel good all under"
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: Me too.
]]>I'm 15, but I'm fairly certain "tasting" yourself for freshness isn't normal.
Oh I see the problem. You're 15.
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: I remember reading about south american native americans who would ingest alcohol through a tube in the recutm. Of course this being college some people got ideas but I never stuck around to see the end result.
apparently, it is actually "easier" on your body as you don't throw up and the effects of the alcohol hit your blood stream much, much quicker. If you ever get to trying it let us know!
]]>Wouldn't it be easier and accomplish the same thing if the dude put a mint in his mouth before?
]]>(Yes, I went there.)
]]>While this is true, they seem to be missing a big point...
]]>Actually, they do. It matters not if they are recreational or made by a food company. The intended use is always the standard which FDA uses to determine jurisdiction and the definition of the product. If it is used like a vaginal insert, then it's a drug.
]]>@takotchi: I like that feeling. It's kinda nice when a rash occurs and you use the gold bond powder down there. It's a nice cooling burn.
]]>@redxmagnum: You do realize that you have probably scarred@Nick1693 for life with that comment :) (15yr olds don't like to think about ovulating, let alone someone taking a little taste to see if they are)
]]>@subtlefrog: Unable to confirm because you've never tasted a tarantula, i imagine?
]]>Regular bathing with mild soap and water has a positive effect on oral sex.
]]>I don't know that ANYONE in the universe would think this is acutally a good idea. And if you're stupid enough to use it you may actually deserve what you get.
]]>That's the male equivalent.
]]>"You ate roasted... what? And now you want to put that same mouth... where?"
]]>@Trai_Dep: "Ur doin it rong!"
This just reminds me of the guy who gave himself an enema by funneling a bottle of alcohol up his posterior... [www.darwinawards.com]
]]>I would like to see strong FDA action AND a class action lawsuit. That should teach one hell of a lesson to the idiot who tried this stunt.
]]>Yes. Really.
]]>@amberlink: I think the word you are looking for is "gamy".
]]>@nygenxer: Oooohhh SNAP
]]>TRUE!!!
]]>@amberlink: I have more of a fear of the gonna-sypha-herpa-litis myself.
]]>@G.O.B.: Come on!: THANK YOU!! You get a red heart for understanding what I was getting at with a vague description... :)
]]>@GitEmSteveDave_Marryin'Couples: "Mom, you ever feel... you know, not fresh?"
Brians favorite commercial
]]>@nstonep: Can you imagine sticking to the roof of your mouth! HA!
]]>Testimonial "WoW Minty Fresh!" Is the only testimonial that I can come up with that is "G" rated! LOL
]]>@Conrad: Dude!:)
]]>@amberlink: Hence why it says "Novelty"
]]>Seriously, sugar is something to be avoided in a vagina. That's just begging for a yeast infection.
If your man wants your vagina to taste like a breath mint, tell him to go suck on a goddamn altoid first.
]]>I really loathe mint and menthol. Now it's starting to creep into everything. Toothpaste, mouthwash, and gum wasn't good enough, apparently. Now we have Kool-Aid, body wash, and apparently mints for your cooch now? Jeez.
]]>Yeah, it was the where rather than the how that had me doing a double-take.
]]>Pop-rocks as we all know are only good if you dip them in Dr. Pepper afterward. So, go the whole hog.
]]>thank you, carry in, I mean on.
]]>Why would anyone eat toilet paper? Minty or not?
]]>Well in the usual manner as in INSERTED as opposed to the unusual manner of shot via a 357 Magnum at 20 yards I'm guessing.
]]>Alright we need a volunteer to let me try them on her. Who's game?
]]>Do a Google video search for "poontos", it's the first video result.
]]>toss a few in the "grandma candy" dish
or keep some in my purse for when my husband says, Do you have any mints on you? and hand him one and then let him know he's enjoying what is supposed to be a vaginal suppository of a candy.
These could be a lot of fun in unexpected ways.
]]>@nygenxer: HOO-AHH!
]]>@MsAnthropy: I vaguely remember something about that.. I have probably tried to block it out though.
But yes.. I would say them.
]]>@hillsrovey: I'm glad someone was able to explain that to the above readers. I'm sure a collective "...oooooohhhhhh.. I get it now." will be heard once they re-read this.
]]>"You've been in the sugar business so long, you've forgotten what REAL HONEY tastes like."
/Love the picture BTW
]]>Reminds me of a commericial on a Family Guy episode... tried to find on youtube to no avail. Maybe GESD will help...?
]]>Hmm, perhaps the great-grandsons of the ones in the 1930s(?) that might have approved of using Lysol for "dainty feminine freshness" or somesuch. I've just been trying, without success, to find the Consumerist post that featured that ad!
]]>@Snaptastic: Speak for yourself!
]]>@Trai_Dep:
OMG!!! Too fucking funny!!!
@MsAnthropy: Selfish men?
]]>I'm imagining Extra Strong Mints or Altoids here, and whimpering at the very thought of how unpleasant that would be. And painful. Is there anyone out there, anywhere, who thinks that ladyparts should smell/taste minty-fresh?
]]>Holy crap! I thought I'd heard it all, but apparently not...
This line from the linked article, um, grabbed my attention:
"She had soaked tampons in vodka and then introduced them into her anus and vagina as though she were having her period, in the usual manner."
"in the usual manner"...?!
]]>I'm willing to be that all those "testimonials" are made up by the creators
]]>@dbl-dog-dare-ya: I kind of assume it would involve your partner eating the mint and then a visit under the table.
]]>Lighten up, geeze...
]]>X-D
]]>...I'm waiting for the masculine version. Smells like musk and tar and has a sandpaper texture coating. For MEN!
]]>@Kimaroo - No Stars Upon Thars: Not even with assistance from the fix-it-up chappy?
]]>I think you just really wanted to throw "douche" into a comment. Well played sir.
]]>What douches..
]]>@Nick1693: Are you kidding? If I could be that flexible, I'd work for Cirque du Soleil.
I mean, if you make your partner throw up, faint, and give him/her nightmares about intimacy with you because of your taste, something's not right.
]]>I think I want to see this person's shower if it has the ability to flush all remnants of sugar out of one's vagina.
]]>I prefer Smarties anyway, or Skittles for that rainbow flavor.
]]>If you taste THAT bad down there, please visit you doctor.
]]>I'm not entirely certain that a woman with an insecurity about the naturally fresh-tasting-ness of their vagoo, has been a woman for very long.
]]>Pixie sticks?
]]>What would be the male counter-part?Maybe take a bath, or take out the trash.]]>
No real comment to make on the product, but the photo you chose is just freakin' awesome.
]]>Wow! Really!?! What would be the male counter-part?
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