Conservative Brits?

[cheerful_deviant]

LONDON (Reuters) - Organizers of a major erotic festival are closing for business in Manchester due to a lack of interest, which they blame on recalcitrant northern English men.

Erotica Manchester opened on Friday, selling a range of sex aids, clothing and footwear, but ticket sales have been poor and organizers say they will not be coming back.

"We've tried to warm this city up for more than two years but northerners just haven't responded in sufficient numbers," said event director Savvas Christodoulou.

"They are happy enough to come to our London event in the autumn but they seem embarrassed about being seen at Erotica Manchester."

Organizers said their research shows northern women wanted to attend the three-day adult show but were "under the thumb of their other halves."

"We thought Manchester was an open minded city but maybe we were wrong," a spokesman for the event told Reuters. "People flock to our show in London but it seems that up here, the traditional northern male still calls the shots."

 

[Just-Legal]

ARGH!

If I would have known...

 

[English Lady]

weird that.

I live near (ish) manchester and i've heard nothing of this till this post.

I wonder what advertising has gone on?

It's weird to think of northerners being more uptight but maybe northern english ladies are far too jealous to let their partners go and oggle at porn *L* but it says oposite to that in heir research....hmm i smell something fishy there. In most of the northern relationships I know (and I know alot of em*L*) its the lady who's in charge!

I think maybe we're all just a little embarassed to be stepping into something on our doorstep where Mrs Jones might just see us going into a *gasp* erotica show...

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I think maybe we're all just a little embarassed to be stepping into something on our doorstep where Mrs Jones might just see us going into a *gasp* erotica show...

That might be closer to that mark. I knew a couple of people who would drive 20 miles to another city rather than go the the local porn store for fear that someone they know would see their car parked out front.

 

[English Lady]

That might be closer to that mark. I knew a couple of people who would drive 20 miles to another city rather than go the the local porn store for fear that someone they know would see their car parked out front.

I think thats it. In lodon i'd imagine a lot of tourists from inside and outside of the UK flock to it because it's not near home..I wonder how many londoners actually attend?

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I think thats it. In lodon i'd imagine a lot of tourists from inside and outside of the UK flock to it because it's not near home..I wonder how many londoners actually attend?

Probablly a lot more than Manchester. There is a lot more anonimity in a large community as opposed to a smaller one, much less of a chance of someone you know spotting you.

 

[English Lady]

Probablly a lot more than Manchester. There is a lot more anonimity in a large community as opposed to a smaller one, much less of a chance of someone you know spotting you.

Manchester isn't *that* small but i think it is the difference between a large capital city and a local smallish one...

 

[Liar]

Not just an April 1 gag then? Just a guess.

 

[English Lady]

Not just an April 1 gag then? Just a guess.

oooh good thought.

 

[LadyJeanne]

PMSL!

The Folsom Street Fair (whips, chains, leather, bondage) is practically a holiday in San Francisco!