If blokes had periods
I'm willing to bet there'd be no VAT on tampons and sanitary towels.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:43, 15 replies)

Yeah well
If birds had *something only men get* then *something equally witty as a retort*.

So there.

*sticks out tongue*
(Bazongaloid, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:49, closed)

Also there'd be no embarrased hiding them under other items
We'd have a big fuck off box, with manly pictures on it and be SOOOOO proud of it.
Be the kind of conversation dad's would have in the pub:
"My Johnny's just had his first PERIOD and he's only just turned 13"
"Well, my Timmy's only 12 and his first period was so heavy it drained all the blood from the rest of his body and now he's just one gigantic engorged cock"
( monkeyboyalpha jumping on the bandwagon since, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:50, closed)

No Vat!
They'd be free.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:53, closed)

The VAT on tampons
and that was taken off a couple of years ago.

Anyways, get a Mooncup. £15 for 10 years!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:54, closed)

it hasn't been removed, has it?
They have a reduced rate of 5%. They're still taxed though. Ahh, those non-essentials.

I'm not overly convinced about the mooncup thingy. Mostly 'cos it sounds hippyish, though.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:00, closed)

Hm,
Pretty sure they are zero rated - had to do VAT for ACCA and can remember seeing something about that.
(Vikingheadache, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:04, closed)

^^As above
I think if it was called a circular blood receptacle or something, then I would use it....but the name mooncup puts me off.


It's a moot point anyway as I'm on the mini pill and haven't bled for years.

Hooray!
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:05, closed)

a quick google shows that I was wrong
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/03/is_it_taxing_being_a_woman.html

The name Mooncup isn't as bad as the other ones you can get called a keeper!

I love my mooncup, any questions please feel free to gaz me.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:10, closed)

Mooncups
Also known as Dracula's shotglass.

*bokes*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:15, closed)

My girlfirend...
...used to have this annoying trait of planning to meet me in a club/pub, then ringing me up on way and asking me to pick her up some tampons. Wasn't as a joke, she'd just forget. Now I can take the 'comical' questions from the shop owners, its just when the bouncer patted me down that my heart sank. She doesn't ask anymore..
(Snuffy114 demands a cyber razor cut, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 16:41, closed)

Dracula's shotglass ????!!!!
Thanks a bunch PJM :o/

*bokes/wretches/bokes ad infinitum*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 17:33, closed)

Yeah, emptying the keeper/mooncup is fun
it's when you get a particularly stringy deposit that won't detach from the cup or the undercarriage, or empty into the loo and you have to chuck the whole thing into the sink without splattering the entire bathroom in gore...
(Hermioninny, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 20:47, closed)

and another thing
We'd probably work only 3 weeks out of 4 as well.

That'd sort any unemployment problems out
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 18:37, closed)

MOONCUPS FTW!!!!!
That is all.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 21:02, closed)

Well
There's still VAT on porn as far as I'm aware and that's an essential item for men.
(MarKo K, Sun 10 Aug 2008, 2:57, closed)