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Bought some uranium ore? You'll need the anal douche, then

Strange goings on at Amazon.com

By Lester Haines

Posted in Bootnotes, 3rd December 2007 13:20 GMT

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NSFW We're obliged this chilly Monday to reader Arthur Chance for alerting us to the agreeable fact that Amazon.com is doing a nice line in discounted uranium ore (http://www.amazon.com/Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM).

Well, the glowing testimonials (http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000796XXM/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1) speak for themselves, but what really caught our eye was the "Customers Who Bought Items Like This Also Bought" bit at the bottom:

Amazon screen grab showing uranium ore and anal douche related items (http://www.amazon.com/Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM)

Scrolling swiftly along, we find further evidence of some kind of hitherto unrecorded anal atomic lingerie fetish:

Further recommended items including crotchless knickers

Clearly, Ann Summers is missing a trick here - "Hi, I'd like the crotchless French knickers for the missus and a couple of grammes of uranium ore. It's our anniversary, you see..." ®