Comments on: But did he scream out his own name??

But did he scream out his own name??

jonmc — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:58:59 -0800

One man takes up the challenge. For...um...science and the betterment of something or other.

By: clockwork

clockwork — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:12:13 -0800

This is far and away grant stoddard's best piece. It's a shame that it's the last last installment of "i did it for science", but what a high note to go out on. The premise by itself is hilarious, and his conclusions about the whole affair are (speaking as a straight male) pretty damn interesting.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:13:23 -0800

omg. WHAT. THE. FUCK. GRANT?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:14:38 -0800

How cool is that? I bet if more straight guys gave it a shot, they'd be better people (and maybe better with their lovers, too).

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:23:20 -0800

Well, amber, it's one thing to let someone visit the back porch, quite another to be visited by yourself. A unique experience at any rate. Despite it all, I'll bet the though "Damn, I'm huge," musta run through his mind.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:27:22 -0800

I've been thinking about that, and it would have much more of an eyeopener for an actual guy to have done it, instead of the molded replica, attached to a girl he thinks is hot, and has a sexual history with. I'm glad she had fun tho. And people always say that you can't be a good top until you've bottomed. Now he's bottomed. : >

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:29:15 -0800

I'm more of a side-by-side guy myself, so I'll take your word for it.

By: Dreamghost

Dreamghost — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:46:45 -0800

However, if there were a correlation between Pilates and the ability to blow one's own horn, I'm certain that it would overtake baseball as the No. 1 youth activity in the country. The Dungeons and Dragons franchise would be devastated. dork #1: What Do You Mean You Cant Dungeon Master Tonight? I Worked 6 Fucking Hours On This Bad Ass Drawing For My New Character ALyuf The White Dwarf! dork #2: uhmmm.... im going with my older sister to her pilates class... dork #1: What Are You A Homo? dork #2: (looking confused) I Dont Know? Does It Count If Your Blowing Yourself? ... now to do a search on emule for pilates videos... ;O

By: matteo

matteo — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:55:08 -0800

* insert Ron-Jeremy self-fellatio comment here *

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:22:40 -0800

Excellent post, jon. I like the article because it's funny, laid back (i know, i know) and quite thoughtful. Looking forward to reading the older ones.

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:25:47 -0800

keswick, why do you seem to disapprove so strongly? Just noticed the post title. Well done, jon.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:47:43 -0800

listen, anyone who knows me, knows that i am truly, deeply in love with myself. but not that much in love with myself. i never did understand the attraction of anal sex, gay or straight.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:55:42 -0800

although, it reminds me of this epic Space Moose. I miss Space Moose

By: anathema

anathema — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:11:08 -0800

i never did understand the attraction of anal sex, gay or straight. I'm not even sure what category the story fits into. Probably just into the "fucked" category.

By: Onanist

Onanist — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:26:53 -0800

That was quite amusing, thanks jon. I was expecting him to literally try to fuck himself though. Believe it or not, it is actually possible. I have a couple of short mpegs here of a remarkably flexible guy.

By: Dreamghost

Dreamghost — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:52:58 -0800

yeah keswick that's the greatest moose strip of them all. it's pure genius. i wish that guy was still kicking out new strips. instead we have lame shit like the internets equivalent to garfield... diesel sweeties.

By: vito90

vito90 — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 06:09:38 -0800

I admire his frankness. Good post jonmc.

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 06:24:53 -0800

Anathema: your post got me thinking about King Missile's Gay/Not Gay and wondering where this kind of thing falls. By the way, it is amazing the lyrics to Gay/Not Gay aren't googleable.

By: cedar

cedar — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:11:50 -0800

Great post, jonmc. Though I'm beginning to wonder if showing it to my girl was such a great idea (note to self: hide VISA card and consider a computer 'malfunction' until this blows over).

By: kavasa

kavasa — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:16:06 -0800

That was excellent. Although really I'm amazed it was such a big deal for him - I would guess that maybe he's got a bigger dick than anyone I've ever slept with, but he also made a big deal out of the finger, which amazed me. Even my first time on the bottom featured no pain, and didn't render me unable to sit afterwards, or anything else. Also yes, reacharounds are incredibly intense orgasms. I've been rendered literally immobile for minutes at a time.

By: madman

madman — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:48:49 -0800

Please enlighten this ignoramus about what a "reach around" is.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:05:15 -0800

Urban Dictionary, my friend. Urban Dictionary.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 14:08:36 -0800

I don't have a Nerve account, does the Internet Archive or something have Stoddard's "Aneros" escapades and other misadventures preserved for the moochy masses?

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:57:30 -0800

For some reason I keep running over his articles and while there is a moment of cool factor to them, there just seems to be this undertone that frequently it just wasn't worth the trouble. Perhaps I'm just bringing my own experiences as a former try-sexual into the reading.

By: hades

hades — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 10:20:56 -0800

Stoddard's Aneros article is reprinted at aneros.com. I don't know about the rest.

By: majick

majick — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:19:46 -0800

I've never found Stoddard's "hapless, clueless Englishman" routine to be all that entertaining, nor do I think he took full advantage of the experiment format of the column. At least he's going out with a bang. After Nerve scaled back from its early rapid-fire publishing format, the only thing that kept it interesting was Lisa Carver once or twice a week. Now that she's barely writing for them at all, Grant (and the mildly amusing advice column) was holding the whole thing together, and not well. Now Grant, Nerve's only marginally interesting column, is throwing in the towel. Poor Nerve, it had so much potential!