Sex Shops

Mr.McLovin

There are a few sex shops around Dublin which I noticed are open all day and all night. I don't get how they manage to stay open. I cant see a demand that keeps these shops open, with rent and wages to staff how this is viable.

What exactly could be in demand that much to keep them open nearly 24 hours a day? I'm sure there are only so many dildos one would buy. With free porn on the web and web based sex shops who would be frequenting that much to keep them open?

What is it I'm missing about these shops?

stefan idiot jones

Deviants with long macs on.

dodderangler

Always wondered it myself.
Reckon its a brothel.

petes

Some lovin!

Christ the Redeemer

bum dildos.

Roger_007

Mr.McLovin wrote: »

There are a few sex shops around Dublin which I noticed are open all day and all night. I don't get how they manage to stay open. I cant see a demand that keeps these shops open, with rent and wages to staff how this is viable.

What exactly could be in demand that much to keep them open nearly 24 hours a day? I'm sure there are only so many dildos one would buy. With free porn on the web and web based sex shops who would be frequenting that much to keep them open?

What is it I'm missing about these shops?

They are not real shops at all. They are fronts for the CIA, MI6 etc. etc.:eek:

LittleFox

Ha well not everyone is vanilla, some people like to physically see the products before they buy and some of the shops cater to particular kinks.

Amirani

LittleFox wrote: »

Ha well not everyone is vanilla, some people like to physically see the products before they buy and some of the shops cater to particular kinks.

I think the OP is wondering more about their 24 hour nature rather than their existence.

FatherLen

If you ask the woman behind the counter for a 99 she will suck you off.

LittleFox

Yeah they aren't open 24 hours and the simplest reason is people wanting to see before they buy. Also some couples enjoy the thrill of going into a shop and buying together

kjl

Haven't been in one in Ireland, but in Oz the are basically gay cruising hangouts. They show gay porn and guys go in and have sex with each other.

SEPT 23 1989

The dungeons in the basements is where they make the real money not upstairs on the shop floor

Links234

NiallSparky wrote: »

I think the OP is wondering more about their 24 hour nature rather than their existence.

People need butt plugs and nipple clamps at 5:30 in the morning, simples.

dilallio

Roger_007 wrote: »

They are not real shops at all. They are fronts for the CIA, MI6 etc. etc.:eek:

Exactly.
Approach the counter and whisper the secret code "Dial M for Midget" to the assistant, and all will be revealed!

Mr.McLovin

Mr.McLovin wrote: »

What exactly could be in demand that much to keep them open nearly 24 hours a day?


What is it I'm missing about these shops?

Sometimes your need to indulge your barbed wire/rubber and jam fetish simply cannot wait, and the 24h nature of these shops comes into it's own.

Esoteric_

So people who don't get the ride on a night out have somewhere to go to buy a fake fanny/penis to satisfy their needs for the night.

kneemos

Sex shop is a bit of a misnomer really,is it not?
Really.

Gatling

Esoteric_ wrote: »

So people who don't get the ride on a night out have somewhere to go to buy a fake fanny/penis to satisfy their needs for the night.

And to think all the free porn on line ,

Fake fannies and cocks terrible waste of money ,

Aldi have a sale on fruit

heretochat

Esoteric_ wrote: »

So people who don't get the ride on a night out have somewhere to go to buy a fake fanny/penis to satisfy their needs for the night.

I was also going to suggest that there may be cheaper alternatives

Banjo String

Don't they have little curtained off boothes that show porn, so you can pull the bar off yourself in privacy? The booths are rented out by the quarter of the hour.

That's what I've heard.

Esoteric_

Gatling wrote: »

And to think all the free porn on line ,

Fake fannies and cocks terrible waste of money ,

Aldi have a sale on fruit

Cucumbers/carrots/parsnips/whatever phallic vegetable you want do not vibrate. Nuff said.

italodisco

Money laundering and the likes. Most guys in that trade are know pumps etc.

Sure that lad ' irelands youngest Pimp' as papers called him has a sex shop at the end of Marys Street in Dublin 1, just down from nandos .... Never a soul in it though but yet he drives around in a new KIA jeep and a fairly new 5 series.....

Go figure lol

I Am Fuzzy Dunlop

dilallio wrote: »

Exactly.
Approach the counter and whisper the secret code "Dial M for Midget" to the assistant, and all will be revealed!

That's the old code. Nowadays you have to walk in and start screaming the Guile theme at the top of your voice!





...anyway, I believe there is a certain subculture of guys who get off on going into these seedy little places and some even more so on getting ripped off. I think there was a thread on this before and someone was saying that some of them have gay 'facilities' too.

italodisco

italodisco wrote: »

. Most guys in that trade are know pumps etc.

Go figure lol

Known pimps lol

mattjack

My mates sister owns one and a.lap dancing club , before anyone asks she looks like an NFL quarter back , so no I wouldn,t.
However she is extremely wealthy,with a huge campervan that she cant drive ,couple of houses and apartments that are mortgage free so clearly the business of providing nipple clamps , strap ons and lap dancers is very lucrative.

The one downside for her was her husband getting twenty one year old.lap dancer pregnant.

lahalane

Karl Pilkington - "I was walking past a sex shop an' that. One, it was open early which I never understood, it was about eight o'clock in the morning. Who needs butt plugs then?"

italodisco

mattjack wrote: »

My mates sister owns one and a.lap dancing club , before anyone asks she looks like an NFL quarter back , so no I wouldn,t.
However she is extremely wealthy,with a huge campervan that she cant drive ,couple of houses and apartments that are mortgage free so clearly the business of providing nipple clamps , strap ons and lap dancers is very lucrative.

The one downside for her was her husband getting twenty one year old.lap dancer pregnant.

You either saw that in a film or (r.e quarterback woman) live in Cavan !!

mattjack

italodisco wrote: »

You either saw that in a film or (r.e quarterback woman) live in Cavan !!

Erm , no not in film and Im determined not to insult a county today.

BattleCorp

Mr.McLovin wrote: »

I don't get how they manage to stay open. I cant see a demand that keeps these shops open, with rent and wages to staff how this is viable.

They can stay open because they make huge profits. Sex toys have a huge markup......ahem....apparently.:o

NegativeCreep

About 2 years ago when I was 17 I went on a whistle stop tour of all the sex shops in Dublin looking for a job. None of them hired me

BattleCorp

NegativeCreep wrote: »

About 2 years ago when I was 17 I went on a whistle stop tour of all the sex shops in Dublin looking for a job. None of them hired me

Do you look like your username??????

mattjack

NegativeCreep wrote: »

About 2 years ago when I was 17 I went on a whistle stop tour of all the sex shops in Dublin looking for a job. None of them hired me

Were you wearing your mac and sunglasses ?

amazingemmet

The reason most of them are open late is they're selling party enhancers of various degrees legality. Mainly meph clones but there is one which has dried mushrooms under the counter.

BattleCorp

amazingemmet wrote: »

The reason most of them are open late is they're selling party enhancers of various degrees legality. Mainly meph clones but there is one which has dried mushrooms under the counter.

A secret head shop eh?

salacious crumb

amazingemmet wrote: »

The reason most of them are open late is they're selling party enhancers of various degrees legality. Mainly meph clones but there is one which has dried mushrooms under the counter.

Which one? Seriously.

Mr.McLovin

amazingemmet wrote: »

The reason most of them are open late is they're selling party enhancers of various degrees legality. Mainly meph clones but there is one which has dried mushrooms under the counter.

This makes the most sense.

kneemos

amazingemmet wrote: »

The reason most of them are open late is they're selling party enhancers of various degrees legality. Mainly meph clones but there is one which has dried mushrooms under the counter.

Must be a damp problem.

mattjack

Mr.McLovin wrote: »

This makes the most sense.

Or it could be the posters explanation for visiting various sex shops at all hours of the night.

Poster .. Can I have a pair of nipple clamps , a gimp mask , lube , a copy of Irish dildo weekly ...oh and some mushrooms for the fry up in the morning.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Once went into one in Waterford that had booths with boxes of kleenex in them. Semi danger **** maybe?

BattleCorp

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Once went into one in Waterford that had booths with boxes of kleenex in them. Semi danger **** maybe?

Serious hay fever down in Wexford. It's the strawberries.

Rented Mule

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Once went into one in Waterford that had booths with boxes of kleenex in them. Semi danger **** maybe?

Sounds like some Ryanair flights.

amazingemmet

mattjack wrote: »

Poster .. Can I have a pair of nipple clamps , a gimp mask , lube , a copy of Irish dildo weekly ...oh and some mushrooms ?

Nothing beats being upside down getting flogged while watching the floors melt.

I didn't realise this is news to people. Sex shops have always had some other fringe interests going on. First place you could get condoms while still illegal sex shops, first place you could get weed seeds, sex shops, first place you could get party enhancers, sex shops and first place you could get mushrooms when they were still legal sex shops.

The only one I can think of that doesn't have some dodge business going on is Ms Fantasia on sth william st, which the owners consider a "smut shop" rather then a sex shop.

rustedtrumpet

BattleCorp wrote: »

Serious hay fever down in Wexford. It's the strawberries.

He said waterford you fool

The Backwards Man

Where I'm from a sex shop is where you go to buy cloth bags for potatoes.

BattleCorp

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

He said waterford you fool

Sorry, my apologies. I'm tired from going shopping in the middle of the night. And to make things worse, I tripped on my mac and broke my sunglasses at 4am this morning.

mattjack

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

He said waterford you fool

He is a she .Now who.s the fool.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

He said waterford you fool

I'm a she, fool.

BoardsMember

amazingemmet wrote: »

first place you could get party enhancers

Qué? Sounds interesting, me like parties

Dravokivich

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I'm a she, fool.

SO... if yer not using that kleenex there, you wouldn't mind if I grab a few? :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdNZJfOsG_4

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Dravokivich wrote: »

SO... if yer not using that kleenex there, you wouldn't mind if I grab a few? :pac:

Knee deep in Kleenex, help yourself