Arms

weigh 9 lbs each, 36 lbs total (per Pair) made of 1" steel tube (each Bonker Extreme Set has four arms)

Bases

weigh 12 lbs each, 48 lbs total, made of 3/4" cold rolled steel center bar, cold roll steel tubing and 5/8" steel support wings measuring 30" x 25". (each Bonker Extreme Set has four bases)

Accessories included&nbsp

(4) Leather leg straps, (2) leather seat straps, (4)rubber handles, (16) spring clips, (4) foam base protectors, (1) DVD, 16 page position guide, (1) allen wrench, and (1) suitcase style shipping box weighing 10 lbs tota

Box Size

35" x 20 1/4" x 7 1/8" (89cm x 51cm x 18cm)
Two boxes complete The Bonker Extreme Set
Each Box Shipping Weight: 53 lbs
Total shipping weight per set: 106 lbs

Suspended Weight Limit
350lbs per two arms 

The Bonk'er Extreme is internationally patent pending.

What you get with your Bonker Classic

Arms

weigh 9 lbs each, 18 lbs total (per Pair) made of 1 ½" hardened steel tube (each Bonker Classic set has two arms)

Bases

weigh 12 lbs each, 24 lbs total, made of cold rolled steel center bar, hardened steel tubing and 5/8" steel support wings measuring 30 ½" x 25 ½". (each Bonker Classic Set has two bases)

Accessories included

 (2) Leather straps (1) Leather seat straps (2) rubber handles (8) spring clips, (1) DVD, 16 page position guide, (4) foam bases protectors, (5) allen wrench, and(6) suitcase style shipping box weighing 5 lbs total.

Box Size

35 ½" x 20 ½" x 7 1/8" (89cm x 51cm x 18cm)

One box completes The Bonker Classic Set

Each Box Shipping Weight: 53 lbs

Suspended Weight Limit
350lbs per two arms

Geoffrey Miller's work could affect the earning potential of exotic dancers everywhere. Sara Kembriri from Albania performs during September's Miss Pole Dance Europe competition in Amsterdam. Psychologists found that the average earnings of professional exotic dancers rose when they were at peak fertility — which earned the researchers an Ig Nobel Prize. 

Miller, an associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico, and his colleagues knew of prior studies that found women are more attractive to men when at peak fertility. So they took the work one step further — by studying earnings of exotic dancers.

In the 18 subjects Miller studied, average earnings were $250 for a five-hour shift. That jumped to $350 to $400 per five-hour shift when the women were their most fertile, he said.

"I have heard, anecdotally, that some lap dancers have scheduled shifts based on this research," he said.

from:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26996167/ 

Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years.

BOSTON So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is. For discovering that, yes indeed, Coke was a spermicide, Anderson and her team are among this year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, the annual award given by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements.

The ceremony at Harvard University, in which actual Nobel laureates bestow the awards, also honored a British psychologist who found that foods that sound better taste better; a group of researchers who discovered exotic dancers make more money when they are at peak fertility; and a pair of Brazilian archaeologists who determined armadillos can change the course of history.

Anderson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University's School of Medicine, and her colleagues found that not only was Coca-Cola a spermicide, but that Diet Coke for some reason worked best. Their study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1985.

"We're thrilled to win an Ig Nobel, because the study was somewhat of a parody in the first place," said Anderson, who added that she does not recommend using Coke for birth control purposes.

A group of Taiwanese doctors were honored for a similar study that found Coca-Cola and other soft drinks were not effective contraceptives. Anderson said the studies used different methodology.

A Coca-Cola spokeswoman refused comment on the Ig Nobel awards.

from:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26996167/ 

Joe Francis and Larry Flynt claim the economy has made America's sexual appetite go limp, so they're going to the one place where sex is always rampant -- Congress.

Flynt (the "Hustler" guy) and Francis (the "Girls Gone Wild" dude) are asking the government for a $5 billion bailout, claiming the adult entertainment industry has taken a huge shot to the face because of the downturn -- citing the fact that XXX DVD sales are down 22% from a year ago.

"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind," Flynt says. "It's time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America."

Francis sees his industry like the big three automakers, only BIGGER: "Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation's most important businesses; we feel we deserve the same consideration."

Francis says he's going to D.C. to personally make the pitch. Sounds like someone has a bone to pick.

More info
http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/07/porn-kings-help-us-through-hard-times/

Seems like a marriage made in heaven...

I was speaking to my mother recently, who is a very open minded, though more conservative than I, and is very forward thinking.

She had just seen that movie "Lars and the Real Girl" a 2007 American dramedy film that focuses on a shy, lonely, socially inept young man who develops a relationship with a life-sized, anatomically-correct doll he orders online..

She thought the movie wonderful, but was saying that she was saddened about the social skills this man had. While learning more about this topic, she realized the culture of so many like him in our culture. She realized that Real Dolls serve a viable purpose for those that need them.

Immediately she saw a connection of these heavy and lifeless "Dolls" to be needed to manipulated into positions that may be difficult to achieve without aid or assistance and thus thought The Bonker would be perfect to aid this market.

The more I thought about it, she was right! Why have we not thought of this before... if it works for the disabled, the abled, the fetishists, the doms and subs, then why not for this culture of the shy?

What do you think?

-The Bonkmaster