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NickB79

(19,236 posts)

12. Rig up a NERF gun to shoot tampons?

Reply to htuttle (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 03:54 PM

Jul 2013

I'm thinking something like this:

It would be epic

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Confirmed: state troopers are searching all bags and confiscating tampons and pads [View all] Blackford Jul 2013 OP

That's just dumb. Period. (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #1

Pun intended? longship Jul 2013 #8

. Iggo Jul 2013 #9

WTF?! This is insane! nt octoberlib Jul 2013 #2

How about a gun that shoots tampons? htuttle Jul 2013 #3

Thinking like a pirate! LOL nt IADEMO2004 Jul 2013 #7

Rig up a NERF gun to shoot tampons? NickB79 Jul 2013 #12

Makes sense to me. They understand guns, but women and their 'special' stuff terrify the hell out firenewt Jul 2013 #4

Isn't this where they do roadside body cavity searches of women? Generic Other Jul 2013 #5

The whole thing is so absurd it defies belief Blackford Jul 2013 #10

"If My Vagina Was a Gun." Poem. Testimony before House Comm. in Texas. Coyotl Jul 2013 #6

+ a zillion Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #28

Just the loaded ones? Aren't they kinda hard to aim? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #11

How about a Tampon Taser? snooper2 Jul 2013 #13

I have but one, simple request. Ian David Jul 2013 #17

What is their reason to confiscate them? Do they think women will throw them at the legislators? CTyankee Jul 2013 #14

That's what Andrea Grimes and her fellow protesters surmise. n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #15

I'm beginning to think these men are going insane over women's reproductive organs. They must CTyankee Jul 2013 #16

You just gave me the weirdest visual... Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #24

If I was a woman, I'm pretty sure I could figure out how to smuggle in at least one tampon. 11 Bravo Jul 2013 #18

MOLON LABE! Blackford Jul 2013 #19

Is this from the Onion? badtoworse Jul 2013 #20

Nope, actual occurence in Austin Texas at the capital building. n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #22

So I should toss my bloodstained underwear instead? winter is coming Jul 2013 #21

Texas women need to remember this! bushisanidiot Jul 2013 #23

Not about security but reducing women's voices Skidmore Jul 2013 #25

They certainly think a lot about these things, don't they? VERY CREEPY. CTyankee Jul 2013 #27

Right -- they want to humiliate them and remind them marions ghost Jul 2013 #30

My tampons were confiscated once and I had need of them. Solly Mack Jul 2013 #26

Solly, I think I like you even more than I did before Blue_In_AK Jul 2013 #32

lol! Thanks, Blue! Solly Mack Jul 2013 #34

If only our constitution gave us the right to bear tampons. tanyev Jul 2013 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author LumosMaxima Jul 2013 #31

There are no words for how ridiculous (and insulting) this is GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #33

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS? Rex Jul 2013 #35

Rex, I'm going to assume that you are a male from your username. Skidmore Jul 2013 #36

Yes I am a male. Not a peep or word has been spoken about it. Rex Jul 2013 #37

This is the Texas GOP overreaching in major way Blackford Jul 2013 #38

#TamponGate brings new meaning to 'Red State' Coyotl Jul 2013 #39

There really is no low they're not prepared to adopt, is there? DirkGently Jul 2013 #40