Package embarrassment

andrewlwood

Literally.
New Assos bibs arrived today at work... unpacked, put under my desk. Someone else noticed before I did that I had a box under my desk that very clearly says '23% less pressure on genital area' on it...

Ah me.

Wirral_paul

So long as it wasn't the hottest girl in the office..............

neilo23

...for the man who requires 23% more padding than the average man.

Kieran_Burns

It's a hard thing when there is 23% more pressure on the genitals.....

RideOnTime

http://www.assos.com/en/94/s5.aspx

I wouldn't settle for anything less than 24%.

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verylonglegs

Sorry to hear of your humiliation...seriously. But how the f*** do they determine it's 23%? Marketing bs out of control!

Monty Zoncolan

Not another thread about shrinkage then.

Nairnster

verylonglegs wrote:

Sorry to hear of your humiliation...seriously. But how the f*** do they determine it's 23%? Marketing bs out of control!

This.

Even if they had been able to measure it, the amount would surely change depending on , ahem, package size, due to the force being distributed over a larger, or smaller area.

What questions did your colleague noticing this actually raise though?

freehub

My 30 quid shorts are pretty good, I rekon they've got abit 7.654981457% more padding than the average shorts and about 0.0016968457% less than the assos shorts.

CHRISNOIR

freehub wrote:

My 30 quid shorts are pretty good, I rekon they've got abit 7.654981457% more padding than the average shorts and about 0.0016968457% less than the assos shorts.

I'm 98.796561% certain this statistic has been made up.

beverick

Kieran_Burns wrote:

It's a hard thing when there is 23% more pressure on the genitals.....

It depends who's applying the pressure as to whether it's a hard thing or not........

Bob

beverick

BTW, has the owner of the OP confirmed that it was indeed the packaging for the cycling shorts and not this week's delivery of bondage gear?

Bob

Nairnster

Haha, very good point. He mentions the shorts then a box under the desk, doesn't actually state it was the box for the shorts.

He may have unleashed a secret unwittingly. Though if it is bondage gear, perhaps unleashing is the opposite of what happened when he got said box home

verylonglegs

Would say more pressure rather than less for bondage gear would it not?

Wirral_paul

verylonglegs wrote:

Would say more pressure rather than less for bondage gear would it not?

We'll take your word for it - you sound like you know more than us about it!!

freehub

beverick wrote:

BTW, has the OP confirmed that it was indeed the packaging for the cycling shorts and not this week's delivery of bondage gear?

Bob

This is how it should be wrote.

OP means Original Poster and Original Post.

No further explanation is needed as it is obvious which context it is referring to.

jim453

freehub wrote:

beverick wrote:

BTW, has the OP confirmed that it was indeed the packaging for the cycling shorts and not this week's delivery of bondage gear?

Bob

This is how it should be wrote.

OP means Original Poster and Original Post.

No further explanation is needed as it is obvious which context it is referring to.

Thank you for educating us as to how things should be wrote.

mattshrops

err written.

but i dont understand freehubs post Unless ..someones done some editting?

edit ooh ive just checked back and now the penny drops- but its still written

jim453

Unbelievable.

andrewlwood

I can confirm that the only thing in the genital pressure box was a pair of Assos bib shorts. Not in leather. Went for the model without the rear plug too.

Genital Pressure sounds like the sort of band I used to listen to in my long-haired yoof, though.

donkykong

ah yes the new assos shorts , had mine on today, and even after making a genital numbing impact on the front right brake lever, and head butting the road whilst climbing a hill, as my Look pedal spindle snapped off, they certainly qualify for a 23% more cushioning award 2011 -
incedentally whats the life expectancy of look pedals ??