Thursday, August 10, 2006

Wank-a-thon Update





Remember I posted a topic a story about Britain's first Wank-a-thon the other week ( http://robmacca.blogspot.com/2006/07/britains-first-wank-thon.html )
Well, it happened a few days ago and here is a press story from www.24dash.com :

More than 150 people pleasured themselves for charity in the UK's first-ever 'Masturbate-a-thon' in London.

Twenty-four-year-old Daniel Gardner, from Bournemouth, set a new European record by performing for a staggering seven-and-a-half hours.

One woman claimed she had 49 orgasms in Saturday's controversial event which raised money for the Terrence Higgins Trust and sexual reproductive health agency Marie Stopes International.

Participants from all over the UK queued outside a converted photographic studio in Clerkenwell, central London, to take part.
Channel 4's cameras filmed the day for a series of 'provocative and mischievous' programmes, which will include the 'Masturbate-a-thon'.

Event organiser Tony Kerridge, from Marie Stopes International, said the unique day had been a big success, with 154 people attending.
He said: "There have been six similar events held in America and the most they attracted to one event was 125.

"It was a very well natured event and there were no incidents or contraventions of the rules – it was about solo masturbation in a communal space.

"It was a pretty bizarre but amazing day. It was about raising awareness and dispelling the shame and taboos that persist around masturbation and creating safer sex strategies."

He said: "We had all sexualities – gay, straight, bi, transgender, men and women. It was dominated by men – 85% were men and we also had women – one of the whom was aged 70!

"It was a self defining group of people who were going to do something like this and I have never seen people take their clothes off so quickly."

Mr Kerridge said Daniel Gardner, a heterosexual, had achieved the European record.
Charity 'Masturbate-a-thons' have taken place in San Francisco but this was the first event of its kind in Europe.

Mr Kerridge said: "Daniel was openly filmed by Channel 4 so he will be featured in the documentary. I think Daniel broke the stereotypes and he was also the longest performer."

Mr Kerridge added: "We wanted to get the public talking about masturbation as one of several alternatives to penetrative sex.

"We took about £1,500 people on the door but we won't know for a while how much money has been raised through the sponsorship of each participant."

9 comments:

  1. I was in London that day. Coincidence?

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  2. NO! You were there for the wank-a-thon and its official.
    You even posted your form on DenDen - you lasted quite a long time!!!!!

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  3. I was second! I was there till the end and I was still able but they were closing already. I thought I won but the other guy entered before me. Or so I say in the interview I gave to a news server. I came three times.

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  4. LOL @ you coming 3 times!

    Your such a wanker ................ in a nice way of course!

    Better to cum second than first!

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  5. Oh this is amazing! I wish I could see the telly program (when it airs). LOL at that 70 year old woman :P bless her. I know I could have beaten that guy who came in at first place...

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  6. Sounds like it was a "jolly good show" but are you Brits ever going to forgive us Yanks for giving you bad TV and films, McDonald's, George Bush and the Iraq war, and now the Wank-a-thon? I don't blame you if the answer to that question is a strong "NO!". Cheers!

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  7. America also gave us lots of good things...............


    *thinks*

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  8. So it finally happened, and the results were good. Fine! I agree with you, Robbie: from the USA (NOT America) we also get good things indeed! The only problem now is I don't know the ratio...

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