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I seem to remember a brief phase of lynx in early teens as adolescent-boy smell needed nullifying and I thought of lynx as dead-grown-up: one of those "marketed as the grown-up option so that teens trying to be grown-up will buy it"...




...kind-of like FHM/maxim/nuts/zoo: accessible intro to soft porn for teenagers... (well, they're certainly not selling for the standard of their features-writing, are they?)

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> I feel very out of place here... didn't realise it

> was socially unacceptable in ED to wear such

> smells :-| I assume this applies to girlies too?

>

> Is it also wrong to breathe in such smells and

> think it quite pleasant? Obviously the more subtly

> applied of course. To be used in excess is

> certainly an attempt to cover something (as with

> most other sprays etc.)

>

> *wonders off mumbling something about stuck up

> snoots that choose to reside on her turf (not the

> grass type ta!)*


I think you're reading waaaay too much into this.:-S


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I used to wear lynx at school, many years ago, now the smell of it seems to invade my lungs and choke me.


the shower gel is ok though, for something cheap and cheerful after cycling or the gym.


Sean, your comment about a younger rent boy caused a 'lol' or two...

Horsebox Wrote:

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> KalamityKel Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I feel very out of place here... didn't realise

> it

> > was socially unacceptable in ED to wear such

> > smells :-| I assume this applies to girlies

> too?

> >

> > Is it also wrong to breathe in such smells and

> > think it quite pleasant? Obviously the more

> subtly

> > applied of course. To be used in excess is

> > certainly an attempt to cover something (as

> with

> > most other sprays etc.)

> >

> > *wonders off mumbling something about stuck up

> > snoots that choose to reside on her turf (not

> the

> > grass type ta!)*

>

> I think you're reading waaaay too much into

> this.:-S

>

> ***************

>

> I used to wear lynx at school, many years ago, now

> the smell of it seems to invade my lungs and choke

> me.

>

> the shower gel is ok though, for something cheap

> and cheerful after cycling or the gym.

>

> Sean, your comment about a younger rent boy caused

> a 'lol' or two...


No need to :s at me... do sarcasm and own opinions mean nothing these days? :p

This is a hidden "lynx" back story.....yes we all know it's aimed at the spray it eveywhere "cos i'm goin' on the pull" geezer brigade, well it's cheap and was designed to out shine a haze of Marlborough lights back in the bad ol' days when pubs & cigs had a happy union.......all well and good, I'm sure many a STD comes with the memory of that smell attached......


However there is big and ardent fan of the "Lynx" spray, mainly old,old geezers at the gymn..(David Lloyds) .... in thier 'Autumn years" & with a few quid now, who cloud the changing rooms with the stuff, not a body part is missed......none at all..........but the part that gives me the "shiver" most is the signet rings, the shredded wheat hair & the Lynx.... they kinda go together...a comforting nostalgia & a blast of youth all there in a cheap spray on.......




*......creeps out..... birthday today..... can see the future.now......off to gymn...*

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> This is a hidden "lynx" back story.....yes we all

> know it's aimed at the spray it eveywhere "cos i'm

> goin' on the pull" geezer brigade,


I thought this was more the terrain of the likes of Joop and CK1?

You would think so wouldn't you, but no retired cabbies and diamond geezers from back in the day love a blast of the Lynx, (even it's feline brand name sticks in your head)............"go on to ya' be lucky sunshine" a wink & the flash off a gold tooth.... as they fragrantly trail out the of locker room...




Almost nostalgic.........oh weepy........& I'm a grown man...(honest)



W**F

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