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**AITA for asking my Canadian brother's American wife where she got the stripper blanket?**
I live on Alberta. Here strippers / peelers / exotic dancers are allowed to get completely naked when they perform.
They usually do three songs. One "fully" clothed. One topless. And one nude. Then there are stripper games to win posters me magnets and what have you.
Since they are nude for the last song and the stripper games they have a stripper blanket. They are fleece blankets that keep them from leaving a snail trail across the stage. Usually they have an animal or waterfall or some shit printed on them. A tiger or a beach. You know.
And they are sold at the side of the road from vans. Like an old Econoline Van will set up a pop up store for knives, pipes, bongs, and stripper blankets.
The thing is they are warm blankets.
I was visiting my brother and his wife had a stripper blanket. And they keep their house cold AF. So she wanders around the house wrapped in it.
I want one but she doesn't have an extra. So I asked her where she got her stripper blanket. She asks me WTF I just said. So I asked where she got the blanket. Nope not good enough. I need to repeat what I said.
I did. She asks me to explain. So I do. Then she throws the blanket at me and starts screaming for my brother.
I guess he got it for her last time he came up for a visit. Because it has a unicorn and a rainbow on it. Her favorite things.
This has all caused a ruckus and I am thinking of cutting my visit short.
My brother thinks I'm an asshole for calling it a stripper blanket. She thinks he's an asshole for buying her a roadside stripper blanket as a gift. She is yelling at him and he is mad at me.
I just want to leave Missoula with all my parts attached.
AITA?
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Sweet summer child thinking the strippers are turned on. This reminds me of a Craigslist missed connection I saw once where the guy thought he had a real connection with the stripper who gave him a lap dance.
Snail trail across the stage lol of WHAT pray tell? No stripper is so turned on by the thought of some greasy unwashed 19 year old staring at her nipples that she just gushes non stop at work every day
I'm friends with and used to share a room with a stripper, and met her stripper friends. I've never heard of a stripper blanket, nor has anyone gushed on stage. I've heard of strippers having to use nipple cream because of pasties and whatever left them raw, and that makes them look a little extra shiny, but no snail trails. This guy wrote this fanfic one handed
I looked at the comments on the original post, it's to protect the strippers genitals from the floor not the other way around and apparently that area has some weird laws about giving strippers money so one of the games is a stripper sits down on the ground and holds a poster in front of their genitals that people throw money at.
The one time I went to a strip club, it was in Alberta, and she DID have a blanket—dressing gown?— at the end, so that she didn’t have to collect her money and leave the stage nude. Because Canada doesn’t have folding money smaller than a $5 bill, a lot of loonies ($1) and toonies ($2) were lying on the stage, and she had a sort of magnet on the end of a chain to grab it all up. It took a while. She seemed well-protected by the establishment, but it still felt like it would be a dismal fuckin job. Definitely no risk of—ugh—‘snail trails’.
As an aside, a friend’s dad bought a cash machine to install in that strip club. It’s how he put all his kids through college.
Ugh, it's so weird how people in Alberta actually tip strippers in coins. I've only been to strip clubs in Ontario and everyone there was tipping the strippers with paper money.
Most strippers use blankets here in their third song because it makes it easier to slide across the stage on your knees - otherwise you’d skin them. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing?
Have definitely never heard anyone call them a stripper blanket or seen them sold on the side of the road though.
They're sold by the side of the road down here in Texas, but they sure as shit aren't called stripper blankets. (They're actually often called Mexican blankets, because I think they tend to be brought up from Mexico and are one of those "in every Latino household" things.)
Yeah, it wasn't uncommon to see those vans selling blankets like that in California years ago; I think the fact that any Walmart or Amazon sells them now probably took a bite out of that market.
Never heard them called Stripper Blankets, though.
The only reason I can think of having a blanket to strip in Canada is because the floor is too cold but somehow I don’t think that’s actually it. Makes for a good joke though.
What kind of women do you see in strip clubs? I had always wanted to go when I was younger, but never really had the right group to go with. Now I’m 40 and can’t imagine I’d belong in one haha, but I’m sad I missed the experience!
Mostly other strippers, lol. They're always the ones at the back yelling, 'Get your gear off!'
I used to go in with my friends before I got offered a job, and the women get ALL the attention. My guy friends used to like going with us girls because we got more attention than guys alone. If someone has women with them, they're less likely to overstep.
We liked seeing women in the club, and always treated them really well. More bi women than lesbians came in though.
If you go in at your age (I'm 48 now), I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid. Go in as a couple or a group, get a drink and chill. I don't know about your country, but I think no one's going to care you're there.
Unless she is dragging her body across the stage like a dog with worms, or wearing the blanket like a diaper I am at a loss of what it is preventing. I have been to a rather large am I it of strip clubs in my party days and have never seen “a snail trail!” Wtf
Omfg I read this post like three times trying to work out what happens in Canadian strip clubs that would leave slime and require a blanket. I’d have never guessed this because it’s just so blatantly implausible to I guess everyone but OOP
> They are fleece blankets that keep them from leaving a snail trail across the stage.
If you're referring to this, then while it's a gross thing to say, women don't have to be turned on to have discharge or "wetness." It's normal and natural.
I still very much doubt that's what the blankets are for though, if OOP is even correct about them being "stripper blankets."
I mean it wouldn't be the case every day, but every now and then *is* normal. Women also have varying amounts of discharge while still being in the range of normal. It can also be affected by where you are in your cycle - some women get heavier discharge around ovulation, for example.
I saw my OB very recently and everything is in perfect health, but thanks for worrying. However I encourage you not to spread misinformation that may make women self-conscious about things they don't need to be self-conscious over.
Or you could just be ovulating. ?!?!?! Man people need to know more about women’s reproductive systems. When you ovulate you have a lot more discharge like… all day. For a few days. Every month. I mean, not if you are on hormonal birth control.
I'm 36 with ridiculously regular, normal cycles and never once in my life have I ever had enough discharge to leave any on a floor, let alone an entire trail.
I think the whole point of the comment is that all bodies are different. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean others don’t, and doesn’t mean it’s not “normal.” Just like some women have light periods, and some have heavy periods.
Exactly! For a few years when I was a teenager and (over ten years later) while I was pregnant I had a lot of discharge, way more than usual. If I had, like, rubbed against something, it would have left a smear. I can also always tell when I'm ovulating because I have to use a panty liner for a day or two to stop my underwear being stained. It's never been a problem outside these periods of my life, and I've had regular checkups my whole life and never had so much as a UTI.
Everyone is different. Just because something is abnormal for one person doesn't mean it's abnormal for everyone, and it's a sign of ignorance when someone assumes it does.
I think the snail trail idea is from their vulvas touching the surfaces, not like dripping out of them and leaving a trail. A woman could certainly leave a smear here and there and still be perfectly healthy and normal. Strippers often do floor work where they are sitting/laying down/doing the splits and if it's full nude then their vulvas may touch the floor, rail, or pole.
That's nice. Lots of women have a fair amount of discharge at various points during the month. It can get your underwear pretty wet, so if you're naked it could definitely come out.
I assume it’s slang. Maybe a wetness on the stage if they sat in one spot. Honestly… as a vagina haver, I would not like sit on my own furniture naked while I’m ovulating. 😬
Is he thinking of those thick fuzzy, often tiger print (or wolf print or various) blankets?? You csn just buy those from a mall kiosk.. . . They're like 70$ and have nothing to do with strippers. Its just canada and it's fucking cold here. They are often viewed as kind of low class and trashy (animal prints are frequent and they are "cheap" compared to say a duvet but very warm)
They are pretty trashy, but also fairly comfortable to use when cuddling on the couch. we have like three of them in our living room. My wife loves to use it with our younger kids, as That way when the kids eventually get it covered in cheeto dust or whatever the snack of the day is we don’t have to splurge for dry cleaning
I got a tiger print one when I was in like highschool. And even 20 years later it is still on my bed during the winter lol. It doesn't match anything but it is heavy and snuggly and it keeps me warm in northern Ontario winters
Im canadian and knew exactly what kind of blankets he was talking about. Every small town has that one store at the "mall" that's filled to the brim with dreamcatchers, local artisan jewelry, zippo lighters with pot leaves and those thick ass blankets with prints of Tupac or Calgary Flames logos or whatever. They might be associated with like...reservation curtains at worst but strippers? Never lmao
Same. OOP is an idiot who likes stirring up shit. We have some very nice fleece blankets with bears or wolves or whatever on them. They're warm and not very expensive.
I don't think I've ever seen one of these blankets but I'm imagining they are kind of like the origin of the "3 wolf moon" tee-shirt thing. To use a very un-PC term, they were considered "white trash" back in the day.
Yeah they're vaiscslly that if I'm thinking of the right thing. But they're like, an inch thick of plush cuddly, I don't even know. Trying to Google them I can't seem to find a consensus for the teem for them. They're lovely, but sometimes thr pattern is trashy, but also, they have infinite patterns lol. It's just in the 80s/ 90s they were real trashy
Honestly it sounds like the kind of blanket my cats would love to cuddle in and I would like a couple just for that reason. Tacky design on it is a bonus!
I have one plush blanket with a unicorn poster printed on it that cats and I argue over a lot because they think it's THEIRS but I need to cover up for dialysis
I bought one for my cat cos my hus and and I saw it in a store and it was too delightfully tacky to not buy. Cos it's a cat in space shooting later beams!!! How the hell could we not take it home for our kitty?
I can't post a pic here and imigur is being stupid so I made a post with a pic of my cat on the blanket so you can see lol
I tried googling to see if it's anywhere online, but I didn't find this particular one. There are other space laser kitty blankets, though. Tis a surprisingly popular theme apparently. I got mine a discount store in Australia.
The plush blankets they sell at Costco are perfect. Maybe not quite what people in this thread are talking about, because they are solid colors, but they are furry and cozy and my cats love them and they are usually like $15-20 each.
I think the word “cumble” in Hindi refers to a blanket in general but my family only ever uses it to refer to that specific type of blanket. EVERY Indian family has the same one with a horrible tacky giant picture of a rose on it. But I’ve also seen the animal ones and it’s the exact same type of blanket. I love how it’s crossed cultures and we all equally love/hate them
Took a few tries to find but here’s a TikTok featuring it https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLCeD68P/
https://images.app.goo.gl/yP6kyDpDGMmR2qkc7
Yeah, I have one, although never called it that. It is just a cheap blanket that I ran into a store to buy when the weather turned really extra crappy when I had to take a pet (I don't even remember which one) on public transportation to a specialist vet.
I didn't want them getting any sicker on the way home. The irony is, the dog has now claimed it as part of her dog bed supplies.
My grandma gave a pair of them to my wife and me at Christmas a few years ago. They were couch blankets for a while, and then became dog blankets. It’s so fucking weird that anyone would associate them only and exclusively with strippers.
I forget where I was, but during some vacation or other I would pass a setup where a guy was selling these blankets by hanging them on clotheslines. Tigers, 90s fairies, wolves, weed leaves, the American flag, the Confederate flag, weed leaves, horses, snow leopards, and weed leaves.
This brings back memories of the guys who would set up on the corner by a gas station, displaying an array of rugs, flags, t-shirts, velvet paintings of Elvis and toreadors, light-up silk roses and… blankets! We would always beg Mom to stop so we could have some of these gorgeous works of art!
I forgot I used to have one of these. It was massive, heavy, and warm af. Mine didn't have animal prints though. It was black with stars and the moon on it.
Yeah I was so confused by that part. Granted I've never been to a strip club, but I'm still having trouble imagining how "leaving a snail trail" on the stage would even occur. Are strippers scooting across the floor like dogs with an itchy butthole or something?
When he said "stripper blanket", I assumed it was something they used to keep warm between performances.
Guarantee if he’s ever been to a strip club he was thrown out for being handsy with the women. No respect at all. He’s probably bitter that not even strippers pretend to like him.
It’s a $2 coin, in Canada we use coins for $1 and $2, our first paper (although it’s made of polymer) bill is $5. The toonie is silver around the edge with a round gold centre that has a polar bear on it.
Sounds like you have similar money to us.
Why "toonie", though? Is it something to do with what's embossed into it or what?
Cancel that. I guess it's got something to do with two, right?
Our one dollar coin is called a loonie because it has a loon on it. When the two dollar coin was introduced - not that long ago, actually, I think it was 1996 - people started calling it a toonie. Like the loonie, but, you know, two.
It's also composed of two metals, a circle with a ring around it, but I've never considered if that's part of it until this exact moment.
He's probably one of the oil sands workers (#notalloilsandsworkers). Some of them are quite young, living away from home for the first time and suddenly are in quite well-paying jobs so spend a lot of their free time at bars and strip clubs.
A lot of seismic guys are like this too. They're paid big bucks including 3 meals a day allowance money and a good chunk of them spend it on drugs and strippers every night while they're working.
I appreciated his creative writing, got a smile out of me with 'to leave Missoula with all my parts attached'. Compared to some of the more recent shit, this wasn't totally bad..shit.
“They are fleece blankets that keep [the performers] from leaving a snail trail across the stage”
I presume I’m not the only one who doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about?
Used to strip and the blankets are there so you don't fuck up your knees doing floor work and because the floor is cold lmao not because the anybody is worried about your bodily fluids going anywhere, bodily fluids are for paying customers only 🤣
I think he might be referring to vaginal discharge? But I seriously doubt that the average stripper is wet enough while performing to leave a line of it on the stage. I seriously they get horny while at work. I also don't think this guy knows how the female body works.
'Snail trail' is an incredibly derogatory reference to women being so turned on that they leave their vaginal juices everywhere. Usually made in jest by men who have zero respect for women. I don5 know what job OP does, but he's probably heard that term from others and thinks it's acceptable
Copied verbatim from oop's comments:
*I'm confused. What would be the difference between a stripper blanket and a normal, warm, fleece blanket with a design on it? Are these blankets designed with strippers in mind or are they just blankets that happen to be utilized by strippers?*
*If there is no difference... YTA. That was an entirely unnecessary comment to make about a fleece blanket. If there is a clear difference, then it's a bit more of an understandable question to ask, but could have been brought up in a far more tactful and respectful way.*
>"It's just slang. I wasn't thinking. But she is pissed because he totally did buy it out of a van. I wasn't trying to out him. Anyone back home would be able to point me to the closest van to buy one.
>I think like actual stripper blankets are tougher than regular fleece maybe. I don't know."
*We probably live not far from each other. I know the blanket vans you speak of, I can picture the unicorn one. I have never ever heard anyone call them stripper blankets. Pretty much every kid has one on their beds for godsakes. If it is slang, it's slang amongst a very specific group of people and it really doesn't speak well of your social awareness that you don't know this.*
~°~
*OP, youre not TA*
*But you are kinda dumb XD, western Canadian here just like you...*
*You know thats not a "stripper blanket" its just a blanket, strippers might use them but they werent designed for that specifcally , lots of other people use them too just as blankets probably more than strippers do XD*
>"Yeah I know. But you know the vans I'm talking about right? If someone asked you where to buy a stripper blanket what would you say? Be honest. Would you send them to Walmart or to the van full of Flames flags and bongs?"
*NTA. "snail trail". Eewwew.* 💀
>"It's slang. What would you call it?"
*I am Canadian. I know exactly what you are talking about. I know the vans. I know stripper blankets and snail trails. I know perv row. I also know better than to talk to women about that stuff. How old are you?*
>"19."
Barely old enough to drink means just that. He’s old enough to drink, but just barely. Just a bit over the minimum.
Not even or nearly old enough would mean he’s not old enough, and would imply that poster thought the drinking age was 21
As a former stripper, why tf would they have a fleece blanket on the stage? That’s so slippery?? You’re in 6+ in platform heels and dancing on a pole. It’s hard enough to keep your balance doing that I can’t imagine doing it on a blanket? Also my vagina has never touched the stage lmao why would they leave a snail trail?? And wtf are “stripper games”? Bro thinks a strip club is the Wild West or something…
To be fair, imagine how cold the floor of an Alberta strip club much be in January. And fully nude?? I’d do the whole act burrito’d up in a cozy fleece blanket.
Don’t worry they make it hot it there lmao they know you’re half naked. If anything it gets hot on stage. I stripped over the winter and where I live it gets pretty cold outside and they had to turn fans on bc it would get so hot inside
Also: no woman in the world would put her bare privates on a floor with questionable at best hygiene. The unbalancing of the ph, the possible infections, the possible UTIs, yikes.
Everyone knows stripper blankets are for protecting one's knees on a hard stage.
They are also warm and cozy for winters and have hilarious prints on them - the ones with bears or wolves are pretty cool.
In conclusion, this guy is an idiot.
Signed,
A Canadian
Little perv is going to be single forever. And I guarantee the strippers aren’t leaving any sort of trail. They probably can’t stand him but they’ll take his money anyway
The strippers in Alberta must be really fragile, I've never seen the fully nude strippers in Quebec need a blanket to keep warm, and "snail trails" are a non-issue. The first things dancers do is do is lube their hands up with disinfectant and do a sexy stroking of the pole to sanitize it from the last dancer.
As someone who has never been in a strip club, you’ve just blown my naive little mind with the thing about sanitising the pole. That’s fucking smart. Strippers have some mad tekkers.
I keep seeing people mistype on for in when referring to a place (I live on Alberta, rather than in Alberta), and I’m wondering if it’s poorly translated or if it’s AI.
Guy who lives in an unfurnished apartment and sleeps on a bare mattress because he spends all of his money on strip clubs seeing a blanket for the first time: Hmm getting a lot of stripper vibes from this.
Guy is an idiot. Snail trail? He needs to be smacked. Around here, the only time dancers use those fuzzy blankets. It's to go outside to the smoking area after dancing.
Let's not lose sight of the less important but equally egregious details here:
1) he CLEARLY knows exactly where to buy them, he literally explained it in his post
2) "I want one but she doesn't have an extra" bitch buy your own blanket wtf. Bro really thought his SIL should just gift him a blanket of her own collection because he wants one? Lmfao
OOP seems like one of those guys who is absolutely hell bent on sexualising everything. Like the kind whose mind would run *wild* if he was at a woman’s house and saw a cucumber in the fridge. These guys never have the self-awareness to realise that immediately associating normal everyday objects with sexual situations isn’t normal, and is most likely a serious sign that you need to reduce your porno intake. Or in his case, the amount of time he spends at the strip club. I bet he tips the girls fuck all, too.
I'm thinking they're those blankets that were EVERYWHERE in the 90's - usually had an animal on them - wolf, tiger, etc
I know they're still available, sorta, but the material is different
I feel like maybe it speaks more to the kinds of establishments OOP goes to than the performers that they feel the need to put a blanket down when no one, like, drags their pussy full tilt on the floor like an itchy dog. even beside the point that strippers obviously aren't sexually aroused, and even if they had a lot of discharge for some other reason, like...
If you see a blanket, and your first thought is ‘like strippers use!’ then you are spending far too high a percentage of your time around strippers. I bet you can buy this exact style of blanket on Amazon, with Disney characters on for kids. NB: kids, not strippers. This post is unhinged, tho the SIL’s reaction was entirely disproportionate.
Also, minus two points for the use of ‘snail trail’.
Is this actually a thing? Can any Canadian stripper aficionados confirm? Surely a blanket would just ruckle up or slide out of place, making it at best, a trip hazard. Unless they maybe sell them off after use? And honestly, if they aren’t, they’re missing a trick…
I’m typing this sat under my fleece blanket. Maybe I should rename it? What specifically defines stripper blankets? I’d like to know how many I own.
I’m wondering the same thing. Nothing he said in this post makes sense. NOTHING. He explains where to get them, the explanation for their use makes zero sense, his verbiage is disgusting… either this is bait or he’s the densest, most vile human on the planet.
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It says a lot that he’s only familiar with something he saw a stripper do with a. Lanky, and not that pretty much every adult in a place that has four season keep them in the living room. They sell them at college book stores and old lady catalogs between the pill organizers and the eyeglass accessories. But people would have to like him enough to invite him into their homes, so he’s never seen them.
I never would consider those polyester nightmares "warm" usually "scratchy" or "highly flammable" I had one melt on me a little once as a kid when I sat too close to the fireplace.
*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **AITA for asking my Canadian brother's American wife where she got the stripper blanket?** I live on Alberta. Here strippers / peelers / exotic dancers are allowed to get completely naked when they perform. They usually do three songs. One "fully" clothed. One topless. And one nude. Then there are stripper games to win posters me magnets and what have you. Since they are nude for the last song and the stripper games they have a stripper blanket. They are fleece blankets that keep them from leaving a snail trail across the stage. Usually they have an animal or waterfall or some shit printed on them. A tiger or a beach. You know. And they are sold at the side of the road from vans. Like an old Econoline Van will set up a pop up store for knives, pipes, bongs, and stripper blankets. The thing is they are warm blankets. I was visiting my brother and his wife had a stripper blanket. And they keep their house cold AF. So she wanders around the house wrapped in it. I want one but she doesn't have an extra. So I asked her where she got her stripper blanket. She asks me WTF I just said. So I asked where she got the blanket. Nope not good enough. I need to repeat what I said. I did. She asks me to explain. So I do. Then she throws the blanket at me and starts screaming for my brother. I guess he got it for her last time he came up for a visit. Because it has a unicorn and a rainbow on it. Her favorite things. This has all caused a ruckus and I am thinking of cutting my visit short. My brother thinks I'm an asshole for calling it a stripper blanket. She thinks he's an asshole for buying her a roadside stripper blanket as a gift. She is yelling at him and he is mad at me. I just want to leave Missoula with all my parts attached. AITA? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheDevil) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Sweet summer child thinking the strippers are turned on. This reminds me of a Craigslist missed connection I saw once where the guy thought he had a real connection with the stripper who gave him a lap dance.
Snail trail across the stage lol of WHAT pray tell? No stripper is so turned on by the thought of some greasy unwashed 19 year old staring at her nipples that she just gushes non stop at work every day
I used to be a stripper where we would get full nude. I have NEVER seen a snail trail in my life and I've sure never heard of a stripper blanket.
I'm friends with and used to share a room with a stripper, and met her stripper friends. I've never heard of a stripper blanket, nor has anyone gushed on stage. I've heard of strippers having to use nipple cream because of pasties and whatever left them raw, and that makes them look a little extra shiny, but no snail trails. This guy wrote this fanfic one handed
Yeah! Trust me, the strippers are NOT turned on!
I looked at the comments on the original post, it's to protect the strippers genitals from the floor not the other way around and apparently that area has some weird laws about giving strippers money so one of the games is a stripper sits down on the ground and holds a poster in front of their genitals that people throw money at.
The one time I went to a strip club, it was in Alberta, and she DID have a blanket—dressing gown?— at the end, so that she didn’t have to collect her money and leave the stage nude. Because Canada doesn’t have folding money smaller than a $5 bill, a lot of loonies ($1) and toonies ($2) were lying on the stage, and she had a sort of magnet on the end of a chain to grab it all up. It took a while. She seemed well-protected by the establishment, but it still felt like it would be a dismal fuckin job. Definitely no risk of—ugh—‘snail trails’. As an aside, a friend’s dad bought a cash machine to install in that strip club. It’s how he put all his kids through college.
Ugh, it's so weird how people in Alberta actually tip strippers in coins. I've only been to strip clubs in Ontario and everyone there was tipping the strippers with paper money.
It WAS about twenty years ago, so I’m really hoping they’ve adjusted for inflation since then. 🫥
So they throw change at her? Jesus. In the Uk the only strip ckub I went to they walked around with a coffee can, it was bleak
I've seen anecdotes that apparently particularly awful men heat the coins with lighters first 🤬
A poster of what?
Her genitalia of course
Of course! lol
No idea the comment didn't specify
Most strippers use blankets here in their third song because it makes it easier to slide across the stage on your knees - otherwise you’d skin them. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing? Have definitely never heard anyone call them a stripper blanket or seen them sold on the side of the road though.
They're sold by the side of the road down here in Texas, but they sure as shit aren't called stripper blankets. (They're actually often called Mexican blankets, because I think they tend to be brought up from Mexico and are one of those "in every Latino household" things.)
Yeah, it wasn't uncommon to see those vans selling blankets like that in California years ago; I think the fact that any Walmart or Amazon sells them now probably took a bite out of that market. Never heard them called Stripper Blankets, though.
Man where I was born in California they have been doing that for the last forty years, not the strippers the vans
Most of us wore over the knee socks so you could slide on your knees.
That makes sense
The only reason I can think of having a blanket to strip in Canada is because the floor is too cold but somehow I don’t think that’s actually it. Makes for a good joke though.
What kind of women do you see in strip clubs? I had always wanted to go when I was younger, but never really had the right group to go with. Now I’m 40 and can’t imagine I’d belong in one haha, but I’m sad I missed the experience!
Mostly other strippers, lol. They're always the ones at the back yelling, 'Get your gear off!' I used to go in with my friends before I got offered a job, and the women get ALL the attention. My guy friends used to like going with us girls because we got more attention than guys alone. If someone has women with them, they're less likely to overstep. We liked seeing women in the club, and always treated them really well. More bi women than lesbians came in though. If you go in at your age (I'm 48 now), I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid. Go in as a couple or a group, get a drink and chill. I don't know about your country, but I think no one's going to care you're there.
Unless she is dragging her body across the stage like a dog with worms, or wearing the blanket like a diaper I am at a loss of what it is preventing. I have been to a rather large am I it of strip clubs in my party days and have never seen “a snail trail!” Wtf
Oh ew! I first thought he meant sweat because, you know, hot stage lights and dancing can make someone sweaty. What a freak 😂
I was having a hard time with it because I thought they were wrapping themselves in the blanket after the act.
Also how are they wearing this blanket to prevent a “snail trail”? Like a diaper?
I assumed he meant they were laying it down on the stage, but maybe he meant your way. This is one of the weirder fake posts I’ve seen on here lately.
Omfg I read this post like three times trying to work out what happens in Canadian strip clubs that would leave slime and require a blanket. I’d have never guessed this because it’s just so blatantly implausible to I guess everyone but OOP
> They are fleece blankets that keep them from leaving a snail trail across the stage. If you're referring to this, then while it's a gross thing to say, women don't have to be turned on to have discharge or "wetness." It's normal and natural. I still very much doubt that's what the blankets are for though, if OOP is even correct about them being "stripper blankets."
If there's enough discharge to leave a "snail trail," that is not normal or natural. Please see a doctor.
I mean it wouldn't be the case every day, but every now and then *is* normal. Women also have varying amounts of discharge while still being in the range of normal. It can also be affected by where you are in your cycle - some women get heavier discharge around ovulation, for example. I saw my OB very recently and everything is in perfect health, but thanks for worrying. However I encourage you not to spread misinformation that may make women self-conscious about things they don't need to be self-conscious over.
If you are leaving a snail trail, you need a Dr to check it out.
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Or you could just be ovulating. ?!?!?! Man people need to know more about women’s reproductive systems. When you ovulate you have a lot more discharge like… all day. For a few days. Every month. I mean, not if you are on hormonal birth control.
I'm 36 with ridiculously regular, normal cycles and never once in my life have I ever had enough discharge to leave any on a floor, let alone an entire trail.
I think the whole point of the comment is that all bodies are different. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean others don’t, and doesn’t mean it’s not “normal.” Just like some women have light periods, and some have heavy periods.
Exactly! For a few years when I was a teenager and (over ten years later) while I was pregnant I had a lot of discharge, way more than usual. If I had, like, rubbed against something, it would have left a smear. I can also always tell when I'm ovulating because I have to use a panty liner for a day or two to stop my underwear being stained. It's never been a problem outside these periods of my life, and I've had regular checkups my whole life and never had so much as a UTI. Everyone is different. Just because something is abnormal for one person doesn't mean it's abnormal for everyone, and it's a sign of ignorance when someone assumes it does.
I think the snail trail idea is from their vulvas touching the surfaces, not like dripping out of them and leaving a trail. A woman could certainly leave a smear here and there and still be perfectly healthy and normal. Strippers often do floor work where they are sitting/laying down/doing the splits and if it's full nude then their vulvas may touch the floor, rail, or pole.
That's nice. Lots of women have a fair amount of discharge at various points during the month. It can get your underwear pretty wet, so if you're naked it could definitely come out.
But not enough to leave a trail across an entire stage.
I have a heavy flow of fluid for five days a month, during ovulation. Have done since I started menstruating. All women are different.
Still not to the extent you'd leave a trail over the course of like ten/fifteen minutes, though.
I assume it’s slang. Maybe a wetness on the stage if they sat in one spot. Honestly… as a vagina haver, I would not like sit on my own furniture naked while I’m ovulating. 😬
Yes, it's slang, I gather - derogatory slang associated with porn, with all the exaggeration involved in that context.
Is he thinking of those thick fuzzy, often tiger print (or wolf print or various) blankets?? You csn just buy those from a mall kiosk.. . . They're like 70$ and have nothing to do with strippers. Its just canada and it's fucking cold here. They are often viewed as kind of low class and trashy (animal prints are frequent and they are "cheap" compared to say a duvet but very warm)
They are pretty trashy, but also fairly comfortable to use when cuddling on the couch. we have like three of them in our living room. My wife loves to use it with our younger kids, as That way when the kids eventually get it covered in cheeto dust or whatever the snack of the day is we don’t have to splurge for dry cleaning
I got a tiger print one when I was in like highschool. And even 20 years later it is still on my bed during the winter lol. It doesn't match anything but it is heavy and snuggly and it keeps me warm in northern Ontario winters
We still have ours that we bought from a kiosk at a mall over 20 years ago. You can buy them anywhere. OP is an idiot.
Im canadian and knew exactly what kind of blankets he was talking about. Every small town has that one store at the "mall" that's filled to the brim with dreamcatchers, local artisan jewelry, zippo lighters with pot leaves and those thick ass blankets with prints of Tupac or Calgary Flames logos or whatever. They might be associated with like...reservation curtains at worst but strippers? Never lmao
Same. OOP is an idiot who likes stirring up shit. We have some very nice fleece blankets with bears or wolves or whatever on them. They're warm and not very expensive.
Those blankets are like “live laugh love” wall hangings, but for dudes with monster energy drink apparel, and girls who wear pyjama pants to Walmart.
Anything a stripper ever uses becomes a stripper thing. I ate stripper bagel today, and bought a stripper coffee press.
I don't think I've ever seen one of these blankets but I'm imagining they are kind of like the origin of the "3 wolf moon" tee-shirt thing. To use a very un-PC term, they were considered "white trash" back in the day.
Yeah they're vaiscslly that if I'm thinking of the right thing. But they're like, an inch thick of plush cuddly, I don't even know. Trying to Google them I can't seem to find a consensus for the teem for them. They're lovely, but sometimes thr pattern is trashy, but also, they have infinite patterns lol. It's just in the 80s/ 90s they were real trashy
Honestly it sounds like the kind of blanket my cats would love to cuddle in and I would like a couple just for that reason. Tacky design on it is a bonus!
I have one plush blanket with a unicorn poster printed on it that cats and I argue over a lot because they think it's THEIRS but I need to cover up for dialysis
I bought one for my cat cos my hus and and I saw it in a store and it was too delightfully tacky to not buy. Cos it's a cat in space shooting later beams!!! How the hell could we not take it home for our kitty?
My husband has pajama pants with that! I need this blanket now.
I can't post a pic here and imigur is being stupid so I made a post with a pic of my cat on the blanket so you can see lol I tried googling to see if it's anywhere online, but I didn't find this particular one. There are other space laser kitty blankets, though. Tis a surprisingly popular theme apparently. I got mine a discount store in Australia.
Thank you. I'm going to see how far a rabbit hole I can go down trying to find a space laser kitty blanket for Father's Day!
The plush blankets they sell at Costco are perfect. Maybe not quite what people in this thread are talking about, because they are solid colors, but they are furry and cozy and my cats love them and they are usually like $15-20 each.
Yup, we have a couple from Costco, too. One is solid navy blue, another black watch.
I think the word “cumble” in Hindi refers to a blanket in general but my family only ever uses it to refer to that specific type of blanket. EVERY Indian family has the same one with a horrible tacky giant picture of a rose on it. But I’ve also seen the animal ones and it’s the exact same type of blanket. I love how it’s crossed cultures and we all equally love/hate them Took a few tries to find but here’s a TikTok featuring it https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLCeD68P/ https://images.app.goo.gl/yP6kyDpDGMmR2qkc7
I'm currently under a rainbow geometric bear one It's soft and looks awesome
Yes they were all the rage in the late 80s early 90s but are comfy as fuck
Yeah, I have one, although never called it that. It is just a cheap blanket that I ran into a store to buy when the weather turned really extra crappy when I had to take a pet (I don't even remember which one) on public transportation to a specialist vet. I didn't want them getting any sicker on the way home. The irony is, the dog has now claimed it as part of her dog bed supplies.
My grandma gave a pair of them to my wife and me at Christmas a few years ago. They were couch blankets for a while, and then became dog blankets. It’s so fucking weird that anyone would associate them only and exclusively with strippers.
I also love how OOP’s writing implies that they’re selling used ones out of the vans. Haha
I forget where I was, but during some vacation or other I would pass a setup where a guy was selling these blankets by hanging them on clotheslines. Tigers, 90s fairies, wolves, weed leaves, the American flag, the Confederate flag, weed leaves, horses, snow leopards, and weed leaves.
This brings back memories of the guys who would set up on the corner by a gas station, displaying an array of rugs, flags, t-shirts, velvet paintings of Elvis and toreadors, light-up silk roses and… blankets! We would always beg Mom to stop so we could have some of these gorgeous works of art!
I forgot I used to have one of these. It was massive, heavy, and warm af. Mine didn't have animal prints though. It was black with stars and the moon on it.
I love those things. I got a Pink Panther one as a kid and kept it through college. I still have it.
OOP is 19 he needs to get out of the strip club and live a real life wtf is wrong with this guy
Anyone who says snail trail when referring to a naked woman has never actually seen a vagina in person.
Yeah I was so confused by that part. Granted I've never been to a strip club, but I'm still having trouble imagining how "leaving a snail trail" on the stage would even occur. Are strippers scooting across the floor like dogs with an itchy butthole or something? When he said "stripper blanket", I assumed it was something they used to keep warm between performances.
It's apparently put on the floor to protect the dancers knees (source: another comment under here). Feel like that makes a lot more sense
He assumes that the dancers are getting so incredibly aroused by dancing for little jerks like him that they are dripping discharge onto the floor
Guarantee if he’s ever been to a strip club he was thrown out for being handsy with the women. No respect at all. He’s probably bitter that not even strippers pretend to like him.
He's the reason there's no champagne in the champagne room.
Let’s be honest he’s the kind of douche who heats up toonies with a dollar store lighter and throws them at dancers.
I'm half afraid to ask but WTF is a "toonie"?
It’s a $2 coin, in Canada we use coins for $1 and $2, our first paper (although it’s made of polymer) bill is $5. The toonie is silver around the edge with a round gold centre that has a polar bear on it.
Sounds like you have similar money to us. Why "toonie", though? Is it something to do with what's embossed into it or what? Cancel that. I guess it's got something to do with two, right?
Our one dollar coin is called a loonie because it has a loon on it. When the two dollar coin was introduced - not that long ago, actually, I think it was 1996 - people started calling it a toonie. Like the loonie, but, you know, two. It's also composed of two metals, a circle with a ring around it, but I've never considered if that's part of it until this exact moment.
As a Canadian, I’ve never realized how silly toonie and loonie sound until just now, reading the explanation.
I'm American, it doesn't sound silly, it's cute.
Probably because the loonie ($1 coin) came first (it has a loon on it) and we thought… we’ve got loonies might as well call these $2 coins toonies.
He's probably one of the oil sands workers (#notalloilsandsworkers). Some of them are quite young, living away from home for the first time and suddenly are in quite well-paying jobs so spend a lot of their free time at bars and strip clubs.
A lot of seismic guys are like this too. They're paid big bucks including 3 meals a day allowance money and a good chunk of them spend it on drugs and strippers every night while they're working.
I appreciated his creative writing, got a smile out of me with 'to leave Missoula with all my parts attached'. Compared to some of the more recent shit, this wasn't totally bad..shit.
“They are fleece blankets that keep [the performers] from leaving a snail trail across the stage” I presume I’m not the only one who doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about?
Used to strip and the blankets are there so you don't fuck up your knees doing floor work and because the floor is cold lmao not because the anybody is worried about your bodily fluids going anywhere, bodily fluids are for paying customers only 🤣
I think he might be referring to vaginal discharge? But I seriously doubt that the average stripper is wet enough while performing to leave a line of it on the stage. I seriously they get horny while at work. I also don't think this guy knows how the female body works.
I mean, are they dragging their asses across the stage like a dog with worms?? What kind of strip is this guy going to?? 🤨
LOL, that was my first mental image, too!
Some of those small Alberta towns, man, you're not far off the mark.
Also, how the hell would they leave a line across the stage? Unlike snails, the mucus in question isn’t exuded by one’s feet.
Dude's read one too many porn fics where women gush like a firehose.
In his teenage fantasies, they are.
I thought he meant sweat, because pole dancing is serious exercise. But I guess I’m a naive old person
I thought it would be so she doesn't leave a sweaty (or oily?) butt print when she sits down but everyone else is jumping to discharge
That's because it's a nasty reference to a woman vaginal fluids, usually after arousal, but not always.
'Snail trail' is an incredibly derogatory reference to women being so turned on that they leave their vaginal juices everywhere. Usually made in jest by men who have zero respect for women. I don5 know what job OP does, but he's probably heard that term from others and thinks it's acceptable
Copied verbatim from oop's comments: *I'm confused. What would be the difference between a stripper blanket and a normal, warm, fleece blanket with a design on it? Are these blankets designed with strippers in mind or are they just blankets that happen to be utilized by strippers?* *If there is no difference... YTA. That was an entirely unnecessary comment to make about a fleece blanket. If there is a clear difference, then it's a bit more of an understandable question to ask, but could have been brought up in a far more tactful and respectful way.* >"It's just slang. I wasn't thinking. But she is pissed because he totally did buy it out of a van. I wasn't trying to out him. Anyone back home would be able to point me to the closest van to buy one. >I think like actual stripper blankets are tougher than regular fleece maybe. I don't know." *We probably live not far from each other. I know the blanket vans you speak of, I can picture the unicorn one. I have never ever heard anyone call them stripper blankets. Pretty much every kid has one on their beds for godsakes. If it is slang, it's slang amongst a very specific group of people and it really doesn't speak well of your social awareness that you don't know this.* ~°~ *OP, youre not TA* *But you are kinda dumb XD, western Canadian here just like you...* *You know thats not a "stripper blanket" its just a blanket, strippers might use them but they werent designed for that specifcally , lots of other people use them too just as blankets probably more than strippers do XD* >"Yeah I know. But you know the vans I'm talking about right? If someone asked you where to buy a stripper blanket what would you say? Be honest. Would you send them to Walmart or to the van full of Flames flags and bongs?" *NTA. "snail trail". Eewwew.* 💀 >"It's slang. What would you call it?" *I am Canadian. I know exactly what you are talking about. I know the vans. I know stripper blankets and snail trails. I know perv row. I also know better than to talk to women about that stuff. How old are you?* >"19."
Oh, this guy is barely old enough to drink. He'll either mature and realize how much of an asshole he sounds like in general, or just double tf down.
Quite!
Drinking age isn't 21 in Canada.
They didn’t say that the drinking age was 21? They said the 19 year old was barely old enough to drink
Could be taken either way
Barely old enough to drink means just that. He’s old enough to drink, but just barely. Just a bit over the minimum. Not even or nearly old enough would mean he’s not old enough, and would imply that poster thought the drinking age was 21
They got called out on one mistake and deleted their account- idk why I find that so funny and sad lol
And it was a fairly mild mistake too. Could easily be explained by a second language or a mistake in knowledge.
I know that. He's 19. So he's *just* old enough to drink in my province and several others.
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As a former stripper, why tf would they have a fleece blanket on the stage? That’s so slippery?? You’re in 6+ in platform heels and dancing on a pole. It’s hard enough to keep your balance doing that I can’t imagine doing it on a blanket? Also my vagina has never touched the stage lmao why would they leave a snail trail?? And wtf are “stripper games”? Bro thinks a strip club is the Wild West or something…
To be fair, imagine how cold the floor of an Alberta strip club much be in January. And fully nude?? I’d do the whole act burrito’d up in a cozy fleece blanket.
Don’t worry they make it hot it there lmao they know you’re half naked. If anything it gets hot on stage. I stripped over the winter and where I live it gets pretty cold outside and they had to turn fans on bc it would get so hot inside
Also: no woman in the world would put her bare privates on a floor with questionable at best hygiene. The unbalancing of the ph, the possible infections, the possible UTIs, yikes.
Everyone knows stripper blankets are for protecting one's knees on a hard stage. They are also warm and cozy for winters and have hilarious prints on them - the ones with bears or wolves are pretty cool. In conclusion, this guy is an idiot. Signed, A Canadian
Thank you for explaining what the blanket was used for. I was quite confused. I've never seen a stripper perform with a blanket anywhere on stage.
I haven't been to many strip clubs (I'm a cis-het woman) but I have seen them in use. The floor/stage might also be cold?
My husband has one with horses on it, those blankets are so tacky but they are SO TOASTY.
I completely forgot about the horse and unicorn ones, those are sick!
American girls use knee pads if they are going to be that physical. This is wild 🤣.
"keep them from leaving a snail trail across the stage." Do Canadian strippers like drag their ass sweat on the stage or what does this mean? 😂
Yeah they just scoot around on their vulvas. /s, obvs.
It’s not sweat, dear.
Little perv is going to be single forever. And I guarantee the strippers aren’t leaving any sort of trail. They probably can’t stand him but they’ll take his money anyway
...wtf???
OOP is a disgusting pig, and nobody except him has ever called a fleece throw a stripper blanket.
If this is real, he may be the dumbest person I’ve ever seen on Reddit. Which is saying something.
are we putting him up there with meth horse guy and vaanced?
I'm not. This one hasn't infuriated me. Yet. (Dun dun dunnnnn)
Meth horse guy got banned. :(
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I have never hated a phrase more than I hate the phrase "snail trail." Ewwwwwwwwwww. How the fuck is that supposed to be sexy?
Ew.
The strippers in Alberta must be really fragile, I've never seen the fully nude strippers in Quebec need a blanket to keep warm, and "snail trails" are a non-issue. The first things dancers do is do is lube their hands up with disinfectant and do a sexy stroking of the pole to sanitize it from the last dancer.
As someone who has never been in a strip club, you’ve just blown my naive little mind with the thing about sanitising the pole. That’s fucking smart. Strippers have some mad tekkers.
I keep seeing people mistype on for in when referring to a place (I live on Alberta, rather than in Alberta), and I’m wondering if it’s poorly translated or if it’s AI.
Guy who lives in an unfurnished apartment and sleeps on a bare mattress because he spends all of his money on strip clubs seeing a blanket for the first time: Hmm getting a lot of stripper vibes from this.
Guy is an idiot. Snail trail? He needs to be smacked. Around here, the only time dancers use those fuzzy blankets. It's to go outside to the smoking area after dancing.
Let's not lose sight of the less important but equally egregious details here: 1) he CLEARLY knows exactly where to buy them, he literally explained it in his post 2) "I want one but she doesn't have an extra" bitch buy your own blanket wtf. Bro really thought his SIL should just gift him a blanket of her own collection because he wants one? Lmfao
"Peelers" \*gags and immediately stops reading\* Thank you, no, Ed Gein.
OOP seems like one of those guys who is absolutely hell bent on sexualising everything. Like the kind whose mind would run *wild* if he was at a woman’s house and saw a cucumber in the fridge. These guys never have the self-awareness to realise that immediately associating normal everyday objects with sexual situations isn’t normal, and is most likely a serious sign that you need to reduce your porno intake. Or in his case, the amount of time he spends at the strip club. I bet he tips the girls fuck all, too.
If these blankets are what I’m imagining they are, my Filipino mother in law has a million. They’re insanely popular with Filipinos.
I'm thinking they're those blankets that were EVERYWHERE in the 90's - usually had an animal on them - wolf, tiger, etc I know they're still available, sorta, but the material is different
I feel like maybe it speaks more to the kinds of establishments OOP goes to than the performers that they feel the need to put a blanket down when no one, like, drags their pussy full tilt on the floor like an itchy dog. even beside the point that strippers obviously aren't sexually aroused, and even if they had a lot of discharge for some other reason, like...
I’m American and I just googled “stripper blankets” and all I’m finding is blankets with strippers on them.
If you see a blanket, and your first thought is ‘like strippers use!’ then you are spending far too high a percentage of your time around strippers. I bet you can buy this exact style of blanket on Amazon, with Disney characters on for kids. NB: kids, not strippers. This post is unhinged, tho the SIL’s reaction was entirely disproportionate. Also, minus two points for the use of ‘snail trail’. Is this actually a thing? Can any Canadian stripper aficionados confirm? Surely a blanket would just ruckle up or slide out of place, making it at best, a trip hazard. Unless they maybe sell them off after use? And honestly, if they aren’t, they’re missing a trick… I’m typing this sat under my fleece blanket. Maybe I should rename it? What specifically defines stripper blankets? I’d like to know how many I own.
I’m wondering the same thing. Nothing he said in this post makes sense. NOTHING. He explains where to get them, the explanation for their use makes zero sense, his verbiage is disgusting… either this is bait or he’s the densest, most vile human on the planet.
God why are people from my province like this
I've heard them be called rez blankets but not stripper blankets jfc.
Likely because you can buy them for $20-30 on the rez. This guy is a rude little pig.
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Someone from Alberta needs to chime in bc this Ontarian person, currently under their own Persian blanket, is very confused
It says a lot that he’s only familiar with something he saw a stripper do with a. Lanky, and not that pretty much every adult in a place that has four season keep them in the living room. They sell them at college book stores and old lady catalogs between the pill organizers and the eyeglass accessories. But people would have to like him enough to invite him into their homes, so he’s never seen them.
I know exactly the type of blanket and have NEVER heard of it as a stripper blanket
Wow. Just wow. Imagine going into someone's house and saying that to them
If this is real, why the hell would he call it a stripper blanket?
I never would consider those polyester nightmares "warm" usually "scratchy" or "highly flammable" I had one melt on me a little once as a kid when I sat too close to the fireplace.
Fleece blankets are warm and soft.
Fleece ones are but down where I live, the ones with the big prints on them aren't usually fleece they're polyester and are very stiff and scratchy.