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more about #griswoldvconnecticut more comments → Flackette Goes Retro: Yeah, as crazy as my cycle is, I will stick to the hormones kthx. This may work well for many women, but my body is so completely unpredictable and I ... more » clarafier: does anyone know how the rhythm method actually works? do you have to have regular periods? more » queenie: Can I get one of these? I'm SO over the pill and looking for alternatives. No, srsly. I want one. more » Dancingfrog: I know it's not always popular to stand up for people who prefer more traditional things, but the calendar method apperently has a 25% failure rate at... more » heavymetalkarma: The vague resemblance to a roulette wheel is not a coincidence. more » tscheese: It's like the illicit love child of Timecube and an egg timer. more » Kate- Kate: I had a teacher at my Catholic high school brag how she only used the rhythm method and how easy it was and how she and her husband planned to wait ye... more » morninggloria: Another problem with the rhythm method is that, for unexplained reasons, white people seem to have great difficulty with it. more » tscheese: Is this bossy little piece of cardboard honestly trying to pussyblock me? I HAVE SEX WHEN I *WANT* TO, CARDBOARD. You can't stop me. more » gangey: My favorite part is how it says "read instructions carefully." Seems like that goes without saying, eh? more » LaComtesse: Or, you could do what I do: go to a soothsayer and have him draw you up a zodiological chart. Then purchase a speckled hen's egg and put it in vinegar... more » hortense: How has this not been an album cover yet? more » SomeAuthorGirl: I like that it's the "Deluxe." Was there a slightly cheaper, non-Deluxe version that was, perhaps, less like a slide rule? more » CristinaS: Oh god, this reminds me of Catholic high school. Thank god the teachers went solo and described REAL birth control to us -- but they also HAD to tell ... more » AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: I like sex and all, but I'd forgo it entirely if participating in it safely required calculus. more » -
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Rhythm Nation
This complicated pre-Griswold v. Connecticut device, the Rhythmeter, would have certainly resulted in my pregnancy. It was patented by John Rock, who was also the first scientist to see a fertilized human egg. [BoingBoing]
