Chapter 5

What's Viagra?:

The other day I was in the local pharmacy buying condoms when the assistant suggested that I might like to try something new. I wasn't sure what it was but 'oral jelly' featured in the name. In fact it was a new quick working form of Viagra.

Now I have never felt the need to try this but some people in the bar the other night had said that it wasn't just old people that used it these days but other people used it as a sort of recreational drug, with quite amazing results.

So there I was some hours later waiting for my girl friend Ya at my room where she arrived at about midnight, complete with her friend Saow. This did not impress me. However it became apparent that Saow was just, more or less, passing by. We exchanged pleasantries and Ya said she'd take Saow home on her motorbike and return alone.

As they left I did a quick calculation. I reckoned she would be back in about twenty minutes. So open the sachet and drink the contents.

I lay down on my bed and awaited results. A half an hour later Ya had not returned. There were no obvious effects from the Viagra.

Two hours later she had still not returned.

I suppose I could say that I was up all night but that might be misinterpreted. In fact I eventually fell asleep at about six in the morning having phoned Ya on numerous occasions with no reply.

At about eight o'clock I woke feeling really irritated and frustrated. I didn't even know if the damned stuff worked! and I didn't want to think erotic thoughts because it would waste the product, as it were.

At eight thirty I got a text message. "Sorry, sorry, sorry. She took my bike with my phone to quickly see her boy friend and has only just returned."

The Viagra started working.

At nine o'clock Ya arrived.

All I can say is that Viagra certainly works, and still works for nine hours after taking it.

I believe the inventor, or discoverer, of Viagra died recently. Well it's not in the penicillin league of discoveries although I believe both discoveries were a little serendipitous. But it has certainly improved the life style of many otherwise less than happy people. So thank you Mr inventor.

Will I use it again? If it becomes necessary then yes of course. But as a recreational drug?

I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't.