NYC hands out 10,000 dildos today from hot dog carts

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NYC hands out 10,000 dildos today from hot dog carts
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(NEWSER) – Be careful while approaching vendor carts on the streets of New York City tomorrow and the next day—you may find yourself in line not for a hot dog, but for a vibrator. Trojan is handing out 10,000 Tri-Phoria and Pulse sex toys from “Pleasure Carts” that will move around the city, as part of its continuing attempt to erase the stigma associated with vibrators. “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,” an exec tells the New York Times. The company has also been doing quite a bit of advertising, including in prime time, and its products are now carried in such stores as CVS and Walmart. Sales are way up already. Pleasure carts should be easy to spot, what with phrases like “Getcha vibes here!” on the side, but if you must know exactly where they are, check Trojan’s Facebook page. Trojan, hilariously, calls the giveaway “the largest-ever vibrator giveaway of its kind” in the press release. Smirks Gothamist, “Even bigger than the great Allied vibrator air drop over France during World War II?!”

Ah New York City. Land of carts and trucks where you can get just about anything. Clothes? Check. Artwork? Check. Fruit? Check. Hot dogs, falafel, roasted nuts? Check, check and check. And now you can get your butt plugs and vagina vibrating dildos from a cart on the corner. Lemme get a Rabbit with KY and a G Spot wand with Astroglide! And a pretzel with mustard.

Only concern you’ve gotta have here is that shit you get from carts never end up being as good as you expect. You ever get “Nuts 4 Nuts?” Those things smell so fucking good. Like honey roasted deliciousness. Its like every time you pass by a roasted nuts cart the stench of hot subway air, urine, and melting asphalt dissipates and you get a whiff of this scrumptious scent. Then you buy a little bag of them and they taste like peanuts that you found underneath your couch. Just a terrible let down. Same thing with those falafel carts. You’re shitfaced and you see these guys pushing around a massive pile of chicken and vegetables squirting tons of sauce on it chopping everything up with some sort of spatula-blade thing. Smells like a goddam feast fit for a king. Then you take one bite and you instantaneously shit yourself.

So ladies, beware. I’m not sure what the Trojan Carts are handing out. I’m sure it sounds like some shit with 200 horses under the hood that makes that kitty fucking purr. But don’t be surprised if you got some shit that looks much better than it performs.

I guess as long as you don’t shit yourself its better than the falafel carts though.
 
City officials pull the plug on vibrator giveaway, leaving thousands dissatisfied

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They must have rubbed Mayor Bloomberg the wrong way.

City officials pulled the plug on a vibrator giveaway by the Trojan condom company yesterday, disappointing potentially thousands of pleasure-seeking women who hoped to get their hands on some no-cost sex toys.

“I’m 57 years old. I should be able to get a vibrator!” declared Linda Postell, who was among hundreds of women (and men!) waiting in the heat on Pearl Street only to be left unsatisfied. “I have a problem with the smoking ban, and the soda ban — and now this!”

Trojan sent tingles of excitement across the city when it announced the giveaway of some 10,000 vibrating sex toys from hot-dog-style pushcarts.
CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION: New Yorkers line up for free vibrators on Pearl Street yesterday.
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CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION: New Yorkers line up for free vibrators on Pearl Street yesterday.
The promo was shut down, but not before Justina and Maria Santiago — mom and daughter — scored the sex toys.
The promo was shut down, but not before Justina and Maria Santiago — mom and daughter — scored the sex toys.

Trojan began by handing out about 400 free vibrators without incident on Sixth Avenue in Rockefeller Center between 11 a.m. and noon.

The giveaways were scheduled to start at 4 p.m. in the Flatiron District and near the South Street Seaport.

As carts arrived at each location, nearly 300 women — and quite a number of guys — queued up.

PHOTOS: PLEASURE SEEKERS TOLD TO BUZZ OFF

But instead of climaxing in a successful giveaway, the promotion was prematurely interrupted by City Hall, which sent a dark-suited representative to put the squeeze on Trojan’s “Pleasure Carts.”

The spoilsport, who declined to identify himself, told Trojan’s reps at the Flatiron location that they had to shut down because of the size of the crowd that had gathered.

The event barely got started. The downtown event shut down about 40 minutes later, and Trojan managed to dole out just a couple of hundred battery-operated tinglers.

The decision to nix the giveaway clearly caused the mayor’s voter satisfaction ratings to plummet among the empty-handed thrill seekers.

“There’s a lot more important things the city should be worried about than a free-vibrator giveaway,” complained Park Slope bar owner Melody Henry, 42. “Bloomberg doesn’t want anyone to have fun. You can’t have a giant soda. You can’t have a vibrator.”

The Mayor’s Office insisted the vibrator switch-off was a permit issue, and not due to any prudishness.

“This activity promoting Trojan products, which impeded pedestrian and street traffic, did not have a permit,” City Hall said in a written statement. “The production company affiliated with the event is currently in discussions with the Mayor’s Office to hold a promotional event with proper permits at a later date.”

Additional reporting by David Seifman
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Trojan’s vibrator promotion in Meatpacking turned back on


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Trojan Vibrations Pleasure Cart Giveaway held on the sidewalk of 14th St at 9th Avenue, NY NY on 8/9/12 after being shut down the day before.(Bryan Pace/for New York Daily News)
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Trojan Vibrations Pleasure Cart Giveaway held on the sidewalk of 14th St at 9th Avenue, NY NY on Aug. 9 after being shut down the day before.

The city’s pleasure seekers must be tickled pink.

A vibrator giveaway sponsored by the Trojan company that was shut down Wednesday for lack of proper permits was up and buzzing again Thursday in the Meatpacking District.

The company handed out 4,000 free Pulse and Tri-Phoria vibrators from hot dog carts renamed “Pleasure Carts,” according to 1010 WINS.

RELATED: TROJAN TO DISTRIBUTE VIBRATORS IN NEW YORK CITY

Initially, Trojan had planned to provide 10,000 vibrators during a two-day promotion — billing it as the largest event of its kind.

But Wednesday’s giveaway in the Flatiron District was cut short after the city reportedly said the event didn’t have the right papers.
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Trojan Vibrations gave away Pulse and Tri-Phoria vibrators from hot dog carts renamed 'Pleasure Carts.'

All was resolved Thursday, when Trojan announced on Facebook that it was back in action from 5-7 p.m. “with official NYC permits in hand (thanks City of New York!)”

Some sex-toy seekers even waited 45 minutes in a long line that snaked around the block, according to 1010 WINS.
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The freebie promotion led people to line up around the block in the Meatpacking District.

One recipient told the radio station there’s an upside to so many eager women — and men — who lined up for vibrators.

“That means people will be home doing their own thing and not out and about in the city causing trouble,” the attendee said.

eortiz@nydailynews.com

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