09.28.2010

Putting the ‘ho’ in hotel, trendy accommodations in Stockholm are feeling the heat after offering complimentary sex toys in their rooms. The hotel decided to expand the array of items included in the standard room price to feature sex toys such as handcuffs and vibrators (but, NO cock rings; the nerve)! Apparently the marketing ploy hasn’t gone over very well with authorities.

Police have accused the Berns Hotel of “glorifying” the sex trade with their naughty gifts. Stockholm police stated, “The hotel is trying to glorify something that we are working to de-glorify.” But the hotel reported that the response has been positive from guests; namely movers and shakers in the Fashion, Art and Music industries. Hotel staff maintains that that they try to take the needs of different groups into account, removing the items from rooms reserved by families with children, etc. For now, at least, it seems the sex toys are safe!

burningbraThe armed forces have been hit by a major equipment problem, according to reports. Flimsy Swedish military bras apparently can’t handle the strains imposed when female Swedish troops engage in “rigorous exercises”.  Reports indicate the faulty undergarments regularly burst open (hot) or even catch fire (hotter; literally) and force busty young recruits to quickly strip in the field (hottest).

An organization that fights for rights of Swedish military troops told a local paper that government-issued military brassieres given to female soldiers have long been unfit for combat.

And that the women have complained for years that in addition to catching fire the bras’ fasteners tend to come undone during drills, forcing the female soldiers to take off all of their equipment in order to refasten the brassieres.

The problem would seem an easy one to solve, but the male-dominated Swedish military hierarchy has failed to act (for obvious reason).

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