This Week in Sex
by Grant Stoddard

Not since the release of the Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK" has a single seven-inch been considered so dangerous. Cheeky British sex toy retailer Ann Summers is recalling 150,000 "Rampant Rabbit" vibrators — a version of the Rabbit Habit made famous in the States by Sex and the City — for fear that spending a night in with the toy may result in pain, not pleasure. One of the shop's most popular and more expensive models (about $70), the Rabbit features "sensual beads" that swirl around inside the shaft for vaginal stimulation. But one middle-aged customer got more than she bargained for at that crucial moment when the latex covering on the base suddenly split and the beads escaped farther up her rabbit hole. The woman wasn't hurt, just hopping mad: she had to spend the better part of the afternoon retrieving the runaway parts. As a precaution, Ann Summers is recalling a batch of Rampant Rabbits sold between May and September of this year by running ads in newspapers and offering free quality replacements. If all owners respond, the company will lose almost seven million dollars. Marketing boss Rebecca Franklin said: "There are hundreds of thousands in use. We think there is only a potential risk, but we are taking no chances in such a sensitive area."