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The Vine: July 19, 2005
July 19, 2005 – 12:12 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
Last year I became friends with a really nice guy who was a Muslim. I kept asking him loads of questions about his religion so he gave me a translation of the Qur’an. I’ve …

The Vine: June 28, 2005
June 28, 2005 – 10:34 AM | No Comment

Sars, your advice to Chandra and Champ was dead right.DirectStop is a great product.It is actually more effective than mace or pepper spray, because when dogs are attacking, causing them physical pain makes them attack …

The Vine: June 16, 2005
June 16, 2005 – 3:03 PM | No Comment

I am looking for a hair product. I have pretty fine, straight-as-a-board hair and it tends to get oily so I wash every day, but I am still getting the frizzies when I blow dry. …

The Vine: June 15, 2005
June 15, 2005 – 2:55 PM | No Comment

I love the fashion-related questions…so glad others agreed with the raves for Bravissimo.
For the full-sized gal having trouble finding good tailored garments, she should try Land’s End. Their Women’s clothes go up to 26, …

The Vine: June 14, 2005
June 14, 2005 – 2:29 PM | No Comment

 
Well-endowed readers wrote in by the dozen to suggest foundation-garment solutions for the big-breasted — and nearly half of them, independent of one another, voted for Bravissimo as a life-saving resource. It’s a UK-based company, …

The Vine: June 9, 2005
June 9, 2005 – 1:49 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
I have a quick question — on a recent commercial offering a free trial period
on Product A, the voice-over and screen say, “Try it free!”
This…seems wrong. Shouldn’t it be “Try it FOR free”? I …

The Vine: June 8, 2005
June 8, 2005 – 1:13 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
So I come from a moderately religious background, with extended family
who tends more towards religious and less towards moderate.My cousins
host an annual huge party, to which the whole family is
invited, and I was all …

The Vine: June 7, 2005
June 7, 2005 – 12:49 PM | No Comment

Sars —
This is for Nipple McMom.
I used to get naked on my naptime cot when I was about four years old.My mom is an early-childhood education expert, and even she had a hard time figuring …

The Vine: May 25, 2005
May 25, 2005 – 2:19 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars and Dare,
Sars is completely right — there’s nothing wrong with
eating the rind. Camembert and Brie are known as a
“soft-ripened” or “bloomy rind” cheeses. Over the
aging process (or affinage), the rind naturally
grows all velvety …

The Vine: May 24, 2005
May 24, 2005 – 2:33 PM | No Comment

This story is about seventeen and a third days long, but I shall condense it.
Teenager. First boyfriend. First sex. STD pops up. I’m horrified and feel like, basically, a dirty filthy whore (and I know …