Free Vibrator Alert: Special Hot Dog Carts Hit Manhattan

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http://gothamist.com/2012/08/07/free_vibrator_alert_special_hot_dog.php

New Yorkers are constantly being given free food on the street, but free vibrators? From hot dog carts decked out with slogans like "Getcha vibes here!" and "Relish the moment?" Sure, why not!

On Wednesday and Thursday, Trojan says it will be handing out 5,000 of its Tri-Phoria sex toys (retail value, $40) and another 5,000 of its Pulse toys (retail value, $30) from two very special hot dog carts in different locations around the city. According to the company, it is the biggest vibrator handout in history. Even bigger than the great Allied vibrator air drop over France during World War II?! Look, press releases don't lie. Verily, this is a street meat feat that can't be beat!

The logic behind the giveaway isn't just free press (though it obviously is that too—you are welcome Trojan overlords at Church & Dwight!) but also to further finish the job Sex and the City and its rabbit started: making sex toys boring. "What we're doing is taking something like a hot dog cart that is so everyday and so mainstream and we're showing people that vibrators are mainstream," Bruce Weiss, vice president for marketing at Trojan, told the Times of the giveaway.

So you want to pick up some free pleasure on street? Here's where the carts will be this week:

Oh Trojan, oh New York.

[The Brain]

No fleshlights?

[DGuller]

No fleshlights?

That sucks.  They could've at least provided some loaners. 

[garbon]

DGul, you can pick up one for a lady friend.

[MadImmortalMan]

DGul, you can pick up one for a lady friend.

They make wonderful gifts. 

[Ed Anger]

They(and their unpowered cousins) also make excellent prank gifts. UNEXPECTED DILDO IN THE MAIL.

[HVC]

They(and their unpowered cousins) also make excellent prank gifts. UNEXPECTED DILDO IN THE MAIL.

luggage prank for all!

[Ed Anger]

They(and their unpowered cousins) also make excellent prank gifts. UNEXPECTED DILDO IN THE MAIL.

luggage prank for all!

Fun marriage joke: If your friend is getting married, send a strap on to the bride.

Yuks for all!

[Caliga]

I've been trying to figure out what to get my brother for his wedding present.  K THX BAI 

[sbr]

They(and their unpowered cousins) also make excellent prank gifts. UNEXPECTED DILDO IN THE MAIL.

Long story but worth it.

My dad is a very funny clever guy, just ask  him he'll tell you; his mom's best friend and he used to exchange prank gifts on major holidays.  Back when I was in high school (16-17) my dad decided that he wouldn't put names on the gift tags for Christmas presents.  He would just put a single letter or number on the gift and then had a key that told him who the gift was to and from.  We went down to San Diego to my dad's parents' house for Christmas and on Christmas morning my brother, 4 years younger, and I were sitting next to each other on the couch and someone handed my brother one of my dad's unmarked gifts.  Dad looks at his list and says that it is for my brother from Mom and Dad.  He opens it, looks in the box and slams the box shut and tells my dad to recheck his list.  Dad says 'Nope, that is for you from Mom and I'.  Brother says no it isn't so Dad asks "Well what is it?'.  I look over and he opens the box so I can see and there is a 12" chocolate penis in the box. 

Turns out it was for Grandma's friend and that was the last time we got gifts that didn't have  real tag on them.

[Ed Anger]

 

[garbon]

[garbon]

Big line with cops standing by outside Rockefeller. I think there are slightly more males in line than females.

[garbon]

So what happens when you want to bring this promotion to Boston?

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2012/10/vibrator-handout-boston.html

Boston mayor tries to stop Trojan's vibrator giveaway at City Hall

Forget Chick-fil-A. Mayor Thomas M. Menino looks set to make national headlines again, this time locking horns with the maker of Trojan condoms over its plans to give away hundreds of vibrators on City Hall Plaza.

Via City Hall property man Michael Galvin, Menino reportedly told Trojan's marketing partner, MassiveMedia, of his displeasure with a plan to hand out "Trojan Vibrations" sex toys from "Pleasure Carts" on the public square.

"I would tell you in the strongest terms allowable that I feel this is an inappropriate and irresponsible use for the plaza," Galvin wrote in a letter to MassiveMedia, according to the Boston Herald. "City Hall Plaza provides access to City Hall for constituents from all walks of life including many families and children ... I request that you find an alternative site for your product distribution."

In a statement to the Herald, Trojan seemed less than dismayed by the mayor's move to block their promotion. "We are pleased to be working with the City of Boston to bring the buzz to Bostonians with the Trojan Vibrations Pleasure Carts," the company stated. "With this vibrator giveaway, we hope to add even more pleasure to the bedroom."

Trojan is a brand of Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (NYSE: CHD), which also owns a range of household and personal care brands, from Arm & Hammer to Spinbrush battery-operated toothbrushes.