For when a brazillian has left you cold

January 29, 2006 9:06 AM

With the growing trend (at least among the porn stars & strippers I sleep with) of complete genital hairlessness, it's refreshing to see that the centuries old tradition of the Merkin has been reborn for a new generation.
posted by jonson (40 comments total)

Best tag ever.
posted by nthdegx at 9:16 AM on January 29, 2006

seconded
posted by mikeweeney at 9:20 AM on January 29, 2006

Perhaps an NSFW is in order? Also, awesome.
posted by stet at 9:20 AM on January 29, 2006

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if enough people are seeing your cha-cha that you feel the need for grooming regimens and kicky little outfits, may be a few quiet nights at home are in order. And don't even get me started on anus bleaching. If you clorox the culo, then well, you probably spend a lot of time with your head up it.

/rant
posted by jonmc at 9:24 AM on January 29, 2006

jonmc, you're an east coast man through & through. Come spend some time in sunny Los Angeles, or better yet, Las Vegas, and you'll be bleaching your own anus just to fit in.
posted by jonson at 9:25 AM on January 29, 2006

I don't believe that California actually exists, jonson. It's a land created by ad execs where everybody is blonde and walks around in bikinis and the ghetto has palm trees.

All that sunshine and vitamin C can't be good for you.

/runs outside to smell NYC sidewalk garbage
//breathes deep
posted by jonmc at 9:30 AM on January 29, 2006

Best tag ever.

Sure, you say that, but now what tag are we going to use for that story about Ben Jones' toupee?
posted by boaz at 9:35 AM on January 29, 2006

I made one!
posted by sourwookie at 9:45 AM on January 29, 2006

wouldn't "Bridge Out Ahead," or "Take Number Please" have been better, sourwookie?
posted by jonmc at 9:48 AM on January 29, 2006

I wanted "Slippery When Wet" but it doesn't utilize the inverted-triangle shape.
posted by sourwookie at 9:51 AM on January 29, 2006

stet: Nothing says NSFW like "complete genital hairlessness". ;-P
posted by mischief at 10:00 AM on January 29, 2006

Aw, fuck it.

No sense in being lazy.
posted by sourwookie at 10:03 AM on January 29, 2006

You beat me to it, mischief.

Naked reindeer ass-traffic. NSFW.
posted by nthdegx at 10:04 AM on January 29, 2006

As a resident of LA, I declare jonson the winner :)
posted by starscream at 10:06 AM on January 29, 2006

you can't be a resident of a place that dosen't exist, starscream. Oh, no, you're with the Cali Cabal, arent you?

*hunkers in bunker with six-pack, box of Twinkies, and shotgun*
posted by jonmc at 10:08 AM on January 29, 2006

Nice work, sourwookie. *Looks for 'cooterwigize' filter in Photoshop*
posted by boaz at 10:10 AM on January 29, 2006

it's a trend now? i miss all the good shit.
posted by quonsar at 10:13 AM on January 29, 2006

that's what living in the flyover states will do for you, q.
posted by jonson at 10:20 AM on January 29, 2006

Pearl Jam had a two-song CD called "Merkinball" that accompanied Neil Young's "Mirrorball."
posted by Frank Grimes at 10:21 AM on January 29, 2006

Sorry, I'm late, I thought you said anus and merkin, not. It was pretty dark in there.
posted by Ohdemah at 10:39 AM on January 29, 2006

President Merkin Muffly... I never noticed that before. Thanks for enriching my life, jonson!

this merkin, it animates?
posted by mowglisambo at 10:40 AM on January 29, 2006

btw, did anyone else notice how expensive those things are? upwards of 150 pounds! for that, you could get your real pubes professionally trimmed & colored.
posted by mowglisambo at 10:42 AM on January 29, 2006

All this sexist cooter wig , poor penis. It's MY wang and I take care of it !
posted by elpapacito at 10:47 AM on January 29, 2006

My intramural soccer team on campus has been called "The Merkins" for the past four years. One of my roommates thought up the name. I had no idea what it meant at the time; he told me to look it up.
posted by PercussivePaul at 10:49 AM on January 29, 2006

I prefer a jaunty hat.
posted by jrossi4r at 11:04 AM on January 29, 2006

So when the President refers to "hard-working 'Merkins," do you think he's participating in a sly viral ad campaign for pubic wigs?
posted by milquetoast at 11:07 AM on January 29, 2006

I prefer a jaunty hat.

a bowler or a Davy Crockett style coonskin?
posted by jonmc at 11:16 AM on January 29, 2006

Wait a damn minute. Tattoos are unfashionable now, but this is groovy?

mutter mutter mutter
posted by brundlefly at 11:22 AM on January 29, 2006

Q. What the difference between a merkin and George Bush?

A. One covers up dirty cunts, spreads bugs and is a useless fixture that costs lots of money; The other is a pubic wig.
posted by StephenV at 11:26 AM on January 29, 2006

Tattoos are unfashionable now, but this is groovy?

no, this is idiotic, too.

it's like that old joke: How is a cowboy hat like a hemmorhoid? Sooner or later, every asshole has one.

Could apply to just about any trendy affectation.
posted by jonmc at 11:29 AM on January 29, 2006

a bowler or a Davy Crockett style coonskin?

Poonskin!
posted by jrossi4r at 11:40 AM on January 29, 2006

upwards of 150 pounds!

Which might be understandable if they were made from the genuine pubic hair of third world virgins, but these things look like some nasty-ass polyester shit.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:05 PM on January 29, 2006

a bowler or a Davy Crockett style coonskin?

A bobbies helmet, of course.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:08 PM on January 29, 2006

Wait, wait, wait - anus bleaching. What in your lord's name are you talking about. (And no, I refuse to google that one.)
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:13 PM on January 29, 2006

elwoodwiles, This is what you didn't want to know.
posted by keijo at 12:20 PM on January 29, 2006

Your, right. I didn't want to know that.
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:38 PM on January 29, 2006

Sad. MeFi killed it.
posted by Uccellina at 4:20 PM on January 29, 2006

posted by jenovus at 5:22 PM on January 29, 2006

jenovus, I was thinking the same damn thing.
posted by brundlefly at 5:45 PM on January 29, 2006

jonson, it hasn't gone unnoticed that in addition to cooterwig, you also brought us the delightful cooterwash tag. If only we could all be so poetic.
posted by The Monkey at 3:21 AM on February 3, 2006