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It's the Bondage Business for Two Pakistani Brothers

Emily Farris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:51:00 GMT

Fresh out of college, and armed with only a computer, two Pakistani brothers were looking online, trying to start a business. When they discovered a sort-of straightjacket, they at first thought was used for psychiatric patients, the brothers quickly learned about the fetish industry. After being rejected by several Pakistani banks, the brothers secured a loan from an American bank.

Since 2001, the brothers have been manufacturing gag balls, lime-green corsets, thonged spanking skirts and other bondage items. Yet the employees don't quite know what they're making, or what they're making them for. Recently one asked about the purpose of a sleep sack—used for bondage—and was told it was a body bag for the American military in Iraq.

Now, Adnan and Rizwan Qadeer have a booming fetish business, selling products to sex shops and to individuals via ebay. Seventy, percent of their customers, according to their own market research, are middle-to-upper-class Americans, mostly Democrats.

"We really believe that if you are persistent and hard working, there is an opportunity, in any harsh environment, even in an economically depressed environment like Pakistan,” Rizwan said.

A major perk, they admit is attending international fetish trade shows. You know, to see how the products hold up.

“I go to Sin City every year,” said Rizwan, referring to Las Vegas in a sheepish laugh. It’s all business, he said. “Clients know our country and culture, and they don’t invite us to participate. We’re a little bit shy.”

[NY Times: Lacy Threads and Leather Straps Bind a Business]

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MSNBC Needs a Lesson on Panties

Colleen Kane — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:10:00 GMT

A hard-hitting MSNBC video expose on a trend in sales of panties-- namely, that sales of thongs are down in the economic downturn in favor of "granny panties"-- reveals an oversimplified, antipodal view of panties. According to newscaster Lauren Petty of WVIT, there are only two kinds.

Can we just review the range of other readily available categories, all of which are more comfortable than thongs and less ugly than granny panties?

String bikini.

Bikini.

Boyshort/ hipster cut.

Vintage-style high-waisters.

Just sayin'. And to watch that news video, it's here.

Scanner Survey: Hot or Not, Granny Panties?

Sloppy Seconds: Panties for Peace

Sloppy Seconds: And Just How Will Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Make a Baby?

Emily Farris — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:28:00 GMT

Lily Allen says she's "dying inside" after telling Elton John to "fuck off" while presenting at an awards show. [Handbag]

Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres opened her show with two firsts today. 1. It was the first time she was wearing a thong and 2. It was the first time she opened her show as a married lady. Congrats on both accounts, Ellen! [People]

We're going to hurry this up so we can go get our Sarah Palin action figures, so hurry up and click through. [SarahPalinActionFigure.com]

Good, bad, or ugly? Madonna dedicated "Like a Virgin" to the Pope at a recent show. [MTV]

Okay, we admit, Lindsay Lohan is too young to have kids, but if the rumors are true, she wants to get knocked up. Now, condsidering she ("supposedly") has a girlfriend, this might involve a few more steps than your average Hollywood starlet. And if the rumors following the rumors are true, Lilo and Sam are considering some of Lindsay's exes for sperm donors. [FameCrawler]

Previously:

Sloppy Seconds: Lily Allen Would Very Much Like Sir Elton John to F*ck Off, Seriously

Caption This: Lindsay Lohan's Boobs And Sam Ronson's Eyeline

Yet Another Situation in Which Granny Panties Would Have Been More Practical

Emily Farris — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:45:00 GMT

We love stupid criminals here at Scanner. They make us feel better about ourselves in so many, many ways.

This week, police in Colorado are on the lookout for two men who robbed a convenience store while wearing thongs to mask their faces.

Um, that's cute and all, but no more effective than a dust mask and in the history of stupid criminals these guys have to be up there: not only are they barely covering their faces, now everyone will be looking at pictures of these two dumbasses who covered their mouths and noses with trashy underwear.

Here, have a look...

Now, if they'd been even a little clever, they would have used granny panties with eye holes cut out and a super-absorbent maxi pad to cover that humongous incriminating tattoo.

[Yahoo!: Police hunt for robbers wearing thongs as masks]

(Thanks, David!)

James Carville's Jesus Complex & Judas Penis

Katie Halper — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:31:00 GMT

James Carville accused Bill "Hot When Bearded" Richardson of betrayal of biblical proportions, saying "Mr. Richardson's endorsement [of Obama] came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out (Jesus) for 30 pieces of silver, so I think the timing is appropriate, if ironic." The irony, of course, is that Carville commits betrayal of biblical proportions every time he biblically "gets to know" his wife.

Nobody shows us that politics makes strange bedfellows, literally, and figuratively, more than Democratic Spin Doctor Clintonite Jim Carville and Mary Matalin, his Republican Spin Doctor Bushie wife. The Carville-Matlin duo deserve our bipartisan praise for overcoming their ideological differences through pure unadulterated sexual chemistry.

Let’s be honest, people, who among us could resist her beady eyes, and almost invisible lips, and his smooth cranium and teasingly tinted glasses. But if Richardson's getting behind Obama makes him a Judas, what does Carville's getting behind Mary make him? Does Carville feel the holy spirit slip out of his soul when he slips out of his blue pajamas, slips off Mary's red teddy and enters her land of Cain? Does Carville tell himself it's the devil that is making him take off his donkey briefs and pull off her elephant thong? Is the Satanic serpent tricking the Carvillian serpent into tasting Mary's forbidden fruit?

We can only assume that Carville has a Jesus complex and a Mary Magdalene fetish. A J~~esus~~ames C~~hrist~~arville Mary Magdtalin role-play routine is the only thing that could explain the miracle of their marriage and the only way JC could live with himself and sleep with his wife.

Hey Dudes, Please Think Twice Before Busting Out the Axe Body Spray and Thong

Emily Farris — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Sometimes people ask us what kind of guys we don't want to date. Category #1:

We're just glad they called themselves douchebags before we had to.

(Thanks, Ada!)

Scanner Survey: Hot or Not, Granny Panties?

Emily Farris — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:02:00 GMT

A writer for the Times of London touts the merits of granny panties after a woman used a pair to put out a fire. "If they’d been my daughter Sarah’s skimpy knickers, they wouldn’t have done any good." We completely agree. We stopped wearing thongs around the time we got rid of our belly button ring and turned 20. What say you, Scanner readers? Granny panties, hot or not? We'd like to hear from men and women on this one.

[Times Online: Coming to a bottom near you: pantorexia]

[via Jezebel]

Photo of the Day: iThong

Emily Farris — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:47:00 GMT

We thought thong sightings ended with the return of high-waisted mom jeans and boy-short panties, but Racked is running a photo of a customer at an Apple Store giving the shoppers a little Christmas present.

Poor girl. We know this is a little mean, but it's also a little funny. And we didn't take the picture. And it's not like her face is showing. We definitely would not have run this if her face was showing or she had an identifying lower back tattoo.

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