Saturday, January 21, 2006

i-Gallop or Sybian?

Surfing over to the US website of OSIM, http://www.osim-usa.com/main.html , you see no mention of the newest product of OSIM, i-Gallop.

Googling around, it seems that the i-Gallop is only available in Singapore and Hong Kong. I suppose there's plenty of lonely housewifes in their late 30s all the way to late 40s.

Here's an online news article based on the product, courtesy of AsiaOne:

http://health.asiaone.com.sg/fitness/20060115_001.html

I quote from the article:

"Madam Irene Go, 40, a housewife, likens the experience to 'riding a horse, except that the movement is smoother'."

Now here's an article about masturbation, courtesy of Reference.com:

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Masturbation

I quote from the article (in case you don't have the time to read it):

"This continued well into Victorian Era, where such medical censure of masturbation... in line with the widespread social conservatism...

... and for girls to be forbidden from riding horses and bicycles because the sensations these activities produce were considered to be too similar to masturbation."

Now we all know where Madam Irene Go is coming (cumming?) from.

To put things on a lighter note, here's another link, from Wikipedia that describes the "Sybian", a product that first made its appearance in 1985:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybian

No need for explanations, just click and you'll see which product is the real McCoy.

Then again, it might be because they have the Sybian in the non-Asian countries, so this is a way of introducing something more in line with the conversative attitude adopted by Asian housewifes.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha! i so agree w u..the 1st time i saw the advert on TV i was quite shocked =P

Comage said...

I suppose that is one of the reasons why they have no celebrities to endorse this product. No celebrity would want to be shamed in this manner.

Also, did anybody notice there are some guys riding the i-Gallop as well?

It must've been quite painful for them...