iphone users minimise risk of getting laid
 

London, England - The Purity Ring is a big hit amongst teens keen to save themselves for their wedding day, but a commitment to sexual abstinence doesn't come cheap, with rings costing from $25 upwards. But now, the cost-conscious virgin can protect themselves against unwanted advances with a 99 cent iPhone application.

For 59 pence (99 cents), pure teens can download an application that allows them to take a purity pledge and then display a silver ring on their phone to prove their commitment to low-cost abstinence. The application comes with a pre-recorded pledge suitable for both genders that the user must accept before being able to display their ring on the iPhone's screen.
In the US, around 8m people have taken a purity pledge, while in the UK, the figure is closer to 250,000.

London media company Island Wall Entertainment says the product 'will appeal to the younger generation and those people who have not already committed themselves to a life of abstinence and chastity'.
Island Wall director Henry Bennett, said: "It's all about reaching a new market. If you wanted to buy a purity ring, you could spend as much as £100. We are preaching to the converted and we're going for people who wouldn't buy a ring. The app is not the be all and end all of purity pledges: it's an entry point."
We'd have thought that entry points were a bit of a no-no for purity aficionados, but Bennett adds that the purity ring app 'might take off' - again, perhaps an unwise choice of phrase for the pure at heart. Source

Not particularly interesting i know, but i love the thread title http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

I had no idea anything like this even existed... What's the point? Is it like women getting married in white even though they are certainly not virgins?

basically simply owning an I phone means your :

1: a bum lord

2: a rug muncher

3: a virgin

4: a cocknose

5: a cool dude

please feel free to pick one that closely relates to youhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/laugh1.gifhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/biggrin1.gif

I don't have one but if it means 2 and 5 apply then I may be tempted.

bah, and there I thought all the iSheep would be getting ball cancer http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cry1.gif

You're a pretty basic kind of chap, aren't you [rofl]

Purity rings are awesome. You wear them in public, then you take them off in private when you want to have sex. It's totally cool to have sex as long as you're not wearing the ring. Or, in this case, you just turn off your iPhone.

Lol!

What a stupid idea this whole fad is anyway.

I would never marry any one without having sex first... could be a crap lay & given that they would be a virgin... most likely would be. [thumbdown]

Was I the only one who clicked this thread expecting something about the WoW Armoury app for the iPhone?

I guess they both do the same kind of job really.

Hopefully this app disables vibrate as well, we wouldn't want it to lead to temptation.

Reminds me of this:
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^ Hehe Britney Spears Mode initiated.