Gotta love Masturbate-a-Thon's
 

Damn, too bad we didn't know about this earlier. I'm sure we could have gotten together a FOFC team that would have kicked some serious ass... :D
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San Francisco hosts 'Masturbate-a-Thon'
By Reuters, 5/3/2003

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More than 100 men and women gathered in famously liberal San Francisco this weekend for what organizers said was the city's second annual public ''Masturbate-a-Thon.''

Organizers said they have taken the event ''from the sheets to the streets,'' offering volunteers -- 18 years or older -- the opportunity to overcome their inhibitions in ''a safe environment'' and raise money for charity.

Horace Santry, 55, said the Friday night event was his first. ''I have a lot of anxiety, but doing this among a group of like-minded people does make it easier,'' he said.

Men and women ranging in age from the early 20s to the 50s, mingled at a local performing arts center in San Francisco's South of Market district, known for artists, galleries and nightclubs, before getting down to business.

To the strains of soothing new-age music, the men and women -- a number of them couples -- were shown into rooms for men, women or both.

''This is an effort to counter centuries of censure, to make masturbation more fun and to make it more accessible,'' said Thomas W. Laqueur, a professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley and author of the recent ''Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation,'' in a telephone interview before the event.

The event is a fund-raiser for the local Center for Sex and Culture, a non-profit organization that provides sex education.

San Francisco Masturbate-a-Thons have raised more than $25,000 over the past five years, said Center co-founder Robert Lawrence.

The event has inspired others in several U.S. states and countries, from Alaska to Germany, in which participants raise money in the privacy of their homes

I was looking for this link to post when I first heard about the event a few weeks ago. There is a webcam...

*shudder*

Is anyone surprised at the source of this information?

NPR?

Gee, and I thought this was going to be another rant about the quality of FOFC postings recently.

They don't call it the "left coast" for nothing.

Some of those folks are just absolutely insane!

I could have won.

What is it, last one to take their hands off of themselves wins a 1971 Volkswagon bus?

now that is comedy. :D

How do you ask your blue-haired old lady neighbor for a donation for that -athon.

Do you get $$'s for each "completion"? Man! I could have been the high money winner!

Is masturbation an annoying chore and unattainable for a large percentage of the population?
:eek:

I dunno. Your wife says she actually prefers it over sex.




:)

I finally know what event I have been practicing for my entire life.
Its nice to have a purpose.

this post is not sexually-orientated

You're pretty funny for a guy who can be crank called at the office fairly easily. You'll know who it is the next time someone calls in and asks if you'll mindmeld with Howard Stern's penis.

:)

Can you say Dump button?

Just make sure you're on the toilet when you press the dump button. Otherwise you'll make a terrible mess...

i made an appearance with a few people.

For some reason it doesn't surprise me it was in San Fran...

I wonder why...

There was a Masturbate -a thoin and I didnt hear about it?

This was just what I have been training for! Man...I hope I don't miss the next one...

Well, back to training...

Can you imagine being a cop and trying to control this ... talk about a sticky situation.

LOL, I knew for the thread title that this was gonna end up to be a good one.

But how many "money" shots would that take??:eek: :D

What is the object (other than the obvious) to be the first one, the last one, or the one who can the most? ;)

I think the last one has to eat the cookie. At least, that's how the high school hockey team worked it.

Note: Fidatelo never played on the high school hockey team. Thank god.

And I wonder who had to clean the mess when all was said and done ?