Virility scorcher

The other night, while at a party at the 1900's to launch the face of the year, I couldn't help but notice that the proportion of male to fe...

The other night, while at a party at the 19008217;s to launch the face of the year, I couldn8217;t help but notice that the proportion of male to female was heavily tilted in favour of the male species. There were lots of rippling muscles, bristling moustaches, flexing biceps 8212; you name it. I couldn8217;t help the thought that perhaps the homo sapien quest for an elixir to youth and virility have left many a species near extinct 8212; tiger bones, rhino horns, monkey8217;s brain, bear8217;s paws, the list is endless. Aphrodisiacs have come in the form and shape of the strangest concoctions and have been lapped up with equal haste by macho men who always feel the need to give their libido a boost, whatever be the cost.

Now we are told comes the ultimate virility scorcher! Viagra! To me the name revoltingly suggests a combination of Virility and the Niagara falls. Horror of Horrors8217;! One didn8217;t imagine that pharmaceutical companies had spin doctors with such vivid imaginations. Anyway, I believe this new avatar of the aphro isclean sold out. Men are tearing their hair out in frustration, cheering news for the balding hair industry I am sure.

Anyway the latest reports suggest that heart attacks are a minor side effect of the miracle potion. I guess any vain man would say what a way to go! The other reported side effect is vision loss! Is there much point to the potion if the object of one8217;s desire is dim to the vision, let alone the mind?

Back to the party, I wouldn8217;t have even gone had it not been for my girlfriend of Deewane8216; fame, Shweta Shetty, having just come down from Germany. Being wickedly plied with drinks from many an eager beaver we nonetheless stuck mostly to each other. Must admit a hands-down vote won adman Ashok Kurian 8212; steel mane with a frame to match the sexiest man in the nightclub.

Having known him for eons couldn8217;t help but siddle up to him and tell! Which promptly got me a twirl around the dance floor to the song Balle Balle8216;. Now, talk of Daler. I am sure he8217;s another of the speciesthat doesn8217;t need any of these new-fangled virility pills 8212; I remember not so long ago a titled princess connected to half of European royalty insisting, I only want to meet Sardars8217;! Me thinks their reputation doth travel far and wide. Pardon the pun.

So, who are the users of these new heart attack pills? I could list a dozen or more creeps who don8217;t have the grace to flirt, but have the audacity to grope. Then there are the feelers and the shakers, who most women instinctively try and steer clear of. They all seem to have bo, bb and are bg8217;s 8212; for the uninitiated that stands for body odour, bad breath and big goofs. God forbid that this lot ever lay hands on the new drug but then again maybe they should, so we can finally say RIP8217; on their tombstones.

All this begs the question does mankind need such a pill? Adam and Eve did fine with an apple! Lord Krishna by stealing his gopikas8217; clothes. So why the fuss. The fact is that man has lost confidence in his capacity to hold his own in a world filledwith strong confident women who are attractive to boot. Everywhere I go there is overwhelming evidence that there are more and more women who are attractive, strong, motivated, spiritual and have a no-nonsense attitude to male posturing. Every male has a bit of cowardice in him and deep down has a dreadful fear that he will not be able to deliver8217;.

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The more8217; a woman has by way of looks, brains, wherewithal and a spirit to go with it, the more intimidated a man gets! Once he gets her, if he is lucky, he starts to get fearful of losing her and tries every trick in the book including Viagra to nail her to his side. They lie through their teeth, act 8212; though they8217;ve been through the hundred-odd mandatory women scalp count 8212; they never felt like this before, blah, blah.

Then comes love 8212; violins, misty eyes, roses, dreams, promises and then again the fear of losing, thus lying, juggling, circumventing the truth. Do you then blame them for doubting their own virility? That8217;s when they need the Viagrabecause the routine wears thin once you8217;ve done it a few dozen times.

The law of the jungle and the law of diminishing returns ensure that to be able to feel8217; man again one needs more than an apple a day So why not Viagra and what a way to go! RIP.