Valentine donut / vaginal blood treat

Love, donuts, and vaginal blood flow all play starring roles in a 2003 patent application that smacks of the Valentine’s spirit.

US patent application 2003/0026827 bears the title: “ADDITIVES FOR MAKING NOVELTY EDIBLE COMESTIBLES AND SCENTED PRODUCTS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR SEXUAL AROUSAL”.

Inventor Mark Moore of Tallahassee, Florida, explains that “The edible and/or consumable comestibles provide a means of excitement and will leave an aroma that has medically been proven to increase sexual desired [sic]”. The goal is to “increase vaginal blood flow in women and/or increase penile blood flow in men”. Additives are meant to smell or taste of “lavender, or pumpkin pie, or donut, or licorice, or vanilla, or cola, or a combination thereof.”

BONUS: The New York Times has a new report about more modern musings of this variety of romantic experience. (Thanks to investigator—and Ig Nobel Prize winner—Richard Wassersug for bringing it to our attention.)

BONUS (from a few days ago): Can you catch a cold from kissing?

BONUS: This may or may not be the inventor: Dr. Mark Moore of Tallahassee, whose web page offers both “Anasthesiology Photos” and “Missionary Positions”