Health food chain Holland & Barrett has launched a range of vegetable-shaped sex toys. The £16.95 vibrators offer “guilt-free pleasure”, according to the store. Among the range are silicone corn on the cobs, chilli peppers, carrots, bananas and aubergines. One customer insisted she bought one by accident, thinking it an actual vegetable. “I soon realised this was a whole other ball game,” she said, “but I decided to make the most of this monster and I can honestly say it was the best experience of my life.”
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