Woman Busted for Vibrating Dildo Sale

[+ Lucky]

In Texas, of course! Undercover police snagged their woman when they posed as a couple in need of sexual aid. Although the case may be shaky, the salesperson still has to go to court to defend herself.

 

Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys

Sales rep for Brisbane firm sold vibrator to undercover agents

 

Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 16, 2003

 

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A Texas housewife is in big trouble with the law for selling a vibrator to a pair of undercover cops, and the Brisbane vibrator company she works for says Texas is an "antiquated place'' with more than its share of "prudes.''

 

Joanne Webb, a former fifth-grade teacher and mother of three, was in a county court in Cleburne, Texas, on Monday to answer obscenity charges for selling the vibrator to undercover narcotics officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple in search of a sex aid.

 

Webb, a saleswoman for Passion Parties of Brisbane, faces a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.

 

"What I did was not obscene,'' Webb said. ""What's obscene is that the government is taking action about what we do in our bedrooms.''

 

The arrest of Webb in Cleburne, a small town 50 miles southwest of Dallas, was the first time that any of the company's 3,000 sales consultants have been busted, said Pat Davis, the president of Passion Parties. She said the company was outraged by the charges and stood behind Webb.

 

"It makes you wonder what they're thinking out there in Texas,'' Davis said. "They sound like prudes, with antiquated laws. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if they're going to spend tax money arresting us.''

 

For the past year, Webb has sold the company's line of vibrators, gels, lubricants, strawberry-flavored nipple cream and "edible passion puddings.'' The merchandise is offered for sale in private, Tupperware-style parties to women who may be reluctant to visit an adult novelty store.

 

Among the company's top items are a $12 jar of passion pudding in chocolate and strawberry flavors ("apply head to toe, wherever you want your lover to linger"), a $9 jar of nipple cream in strawberry, raspberry and watermelon flavors, and battery-powered vibrators that sell for $17 to $140. The company also offers such lubricants as Slippery Stuff ($13), Lickety Lube ($12) and Lucky Stiff ($11.50), and a $22 battery-powered item for men known as Jelly Julie ("with soft jelly silicone lips").

 

"Our products are not obscene,'' Davis said. "All we're trying to do is help people build loving relationships.''

 

Webb suspects she got in trouble because she ruffled feathers in town by daring to join the Chamber of Commerce with her sex toy business. She said her arrest had caused her husband of 20 years to suffer a nervous breakdown.

 

Webb said she was amazed that the town's narcotics squad would be put on the case.

 

"We have a real problem with drugs in our schools,'' she said, "and they're using our narcotics officers to entrap me for selling a vibrator.''

[BuckyXTC]

Yes, only in Texas.

 

Having spent the first 21 years of my life there, it looks as if little has changed in the intervening years.

 

I grew up in a dry county, where folks had to drive about 50 miles to buy beer, because the local Baptists wanted to pretend no one would drink alcohol if they kept the county dry. Of course, when you drove to the county line to the package store at the edge of the next county, you'd see some of those same Baptists there stocking up on the booze. Texas is like a different country, and it is weird.

[Bilbo]

She joined the Chamber of Commerce???

 

Texas dildo laws are szichophrenic. It is legal to own a dildo in Texas. It is illegal to sell one. If you let anyone see that you have six or more dildos, you are assumed to have them for sale. It's been that way for many years, and I haven't heard of it changing, so I guess that it still is.

[Guest ncm2169]

< Texas dildo laws are szichophrenic. It is legal to own a dildo in Texas. It is illegal to sell one. >

 

Does the TX Legislature have a special Select Committee on Dildos? ;-) If so, I want to go and hear/watch the testimony. }(

 

If not, maybe that should be the next item on Tom DeLay's agenda. Isn't he the head Texas dildo? x(

[Guest CollegeToronto]

Is this for real?

I find it hard to believe that there could be such a backward place in the Western World.

[+ deej]

>Texas dildo laws are szichophrenic.

 

Honey, having dildo laws is szizophrenic. ;-)

 

What's next? Laws about votive candles? :+

[scott90746]

Here is the city's home page with a link to email the Cleburne Police Dept.

 

http://www.ci.cleburne.tx.us/police/index.htm

 

Here's a copy of my email to them:

 

I have to congratulate you on your recent arrest of one of "America's Most Wanted" criminals!!

 

Your department, city, county and state must be beaming with pride. Imagine, a lady selling vibrators in a private home. Does this alleged crime require the death penalty in Texas or just being tarred, feathered and shunned by the community?

 

And the kicker, to top this ridiculous situation off, TWO UNDERCOVER NARCOTICS OFFICERS POSING AS VIBRATOR BUYERS !?!?!?! That is one of the funniest things I have EVER heard.

 

Keep it up. Keep Cleburne's streets safe from vibrators. You never know what might happen if one got away !

 

PS: What is the average IQ of a Cleburne citizen ? If you are having difficulty reading this email, please respond in crayon! :+