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A Texas housewife is in big trouble with the law for selling a vibrator to a pair of undercover cops, and the Brisbane vibrator company she works for says Texas is an antiquated place with more than its share of prudes. Joanne Webb, a former fifth-grade teacher and mother of three, was in a county court in Cleburne, Texas, on Monday to answer obscenity charges for selling the vibrator to undercover narcotics officers posing as a dysfunctional married couple in search of a sex aid. Webb, a saleswoman for Passion Parties of Brisbane, faces a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted. Whats obscene is that the government is taking action about what we do in our bedrooms. The arrest of Webb in Cleburne, a small town 50 miles southwest of Dallas, was the first time that any of the companys 3,000 sales consultants have been busted, said Pat Davis, the president of Passion Parties. She said the company was outraged by the charges and stood behind Webb. It makes you wonder what theyre thinking out there in Texas, Davis said. They must have all their street crime under control in Texas if theyre going to spend tax money arresting us. For the past year, Webb has sold the companys line of vibrators, gels, lubricants, strawberry-flavored nipple cream and edible passion puddings. The merchandise is offered for sale in private, Tupperware-style parties to women who may be reluctant to visit an adult novelty store. Among the companys top items are a $12 jar of passion pudding in chocolate and strawberry flavors apply head to toe, wherever you want your lover to linger, a $9 jar of nipple cream in strawberry, raspberry and watermelon flavors, and battery-powered vibrators that sell for $17 to $140.
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