I want you to consider this now. You're bent over literally backwards. Do you know why that exists as a saying? Why saying that you bent over backwards to do something implies you really put a lot of effort in? Because it's fucking hard to bend over backwards if you're not made of rubber. And that saying in no way implies that, once you bent over backwards, you let another human climb on and ride you, because clearly that would be insane. The only thing missing to turn this from a sex position into a medieval torture is a bed of hot coals under you.

In practical terms, they could simply call this position "Collapsed Heap Of Shrieking, Broken Dong" and it would be just as accurate a description of what's happening. I have no doubt some yoga masters, gymnasts, and Avengers can do this. I can't.

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It's the only possible explanation for why Gwen and MJ stick around.

If you're not a dancer type who is able to Van Damme your crotch at a moment's notice, even the most sincere effort to make this position work will result not in sexual bliss but in Felix getting kicked square in the breadbasket. It's like being Jack at the top of the beanstalk and the giant has been replaced with a hot girl, but she still wants to stomp you to death for some reason and won't stop slamming you with her foot over and over until you beg to move on to the next one.

If you, like me, have seen genitals before and where we keep them, the setup for this position may be hard for you to fathom. I read the directions too, and I get all the words, but I can read a story about a unicorn shitting golden robots that look like Kevin James -- doesn't mean it fits into reality anywhere.

Due to the logistics of wang hang and vaginal locomotion, this was a complete non-starter. There was some grunting and a few genuine moments of an extreme discomfort that resembled the setup for a flesh catapult, but, in the end, there was no dice. No dice!

This works by having the bepenised partner lie down. The insertee has a seat, and then the partner on the bottom sits up with his legs outside the other's body. So at this point you're facing each other, just having a seat, with one of you inside the other one. So far, so good. You loop hands around each other's legs and ... that's where the description ends. This seemed wrong to me, so I tried to add a rowing dynamic with a bit of extreme back-and-forth leaning, pulling on each other's hands until it was less sexy and more like a strange, naked tug-o-war. Which is kind of an accurate description of sex anyway.

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Rope burn optional, though in this case, probably less painful.

Anyway, The Suspended Scissors involves the lady on her side, dangling off the bed and using her hand to support herself. The dude has to ease up on her legs, between them, straddling the bottom leg until he's "in position." Once there, he holds her top leg in one hand and her waist in the other hand to support her. Can you visualize it? I did it and I can't.

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It's like the world's kinkiest Escher painting.

This position is as easy to meld with sex as a fly was to meld with Jeff Goldblum. Yeah, it worked, but that shit was ugly and there was arm trauma. It's not as physically punishing as trying to have sex standing up with the woman grasping onto you like a finger monkey, but it's still pretty insane. Plus, if she's holding herself up with one hand on the floor, your efforts to powerbomb her muffin into pleasure oblivion are unwelcome at best, and spinal-fracture-inducing at worst.

So, basically, what's going on here is the lady partner lies down on her stomach. Feel free to prop yourself up on your arms and read Better Homes And Gardens. The man crab-walks onto the scene behind her until his butt hovers above her butt. From this butt-hover position, the man deploys his humpsparagus into her fertile crescent. Then, he kind of quivers and jiggle-jags around until the magic makes them both sleepy.

A particularly boring issue devoted to potted plants will do the trick as well.

I make it sound pretty artsy and sexyful, like a painting by Goya, but in fact it's a lot harder than it sounds. Your aim has to be really on the money with this one, and you'll probably need to use a hand to push your wang against the tide and aim it toward her Death Star's thermal exhaust port.

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It also helps if your XXX-Wing is extra Biggs.

In the end (not a pun unless you want it to be), this is more like work than sexy fun super times. It's like a strange pogo stick experience that leaves you sweaty and semi-satisfied, but also with a moist ass crack. I'm not saying that's bad; I'm just observing.

Anyway, the woman proceeds to do what she needs to do with the half of you that isn't on the floor, while the rest of you just kind of takes it and thinks about life, groceries, and why your head suddenly feels so heavy and warm. The inner turmoil between blood trying to be present in abundance in two disparate halves of your person is the real thrill of this position and, in no time at all, your feet will be numb because you can guarantee those useless stubs aren't getting a drop of red.

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So if toes and amputation turn you on, welcome to Heaven.

Extended sex in this position will probably make you pass out. I didn't get that far, since my bed frame was digging into my spine after about 10 minutes and I suggested we move. Fun fact: The dismount was just me falling on the floor in fear of my damp wang slapping me on the lips. Because, for a second, it looked like that was going to happen. Of course, I'm not that well-hung and/or flexible, so instead I crumpled to one side. But still, it was the visual that mattered.

The way this works is the man lies on his back and brings his knees to his chest. Probably -- though I had no way to tell if it were true -- this makes your thighs look like a couple of undesirable hamburger buns squeezing out a bulgy, fleshy pickle. It's at this point you need to maneuver that flesh pickle into flagpole position and turn the rest of your squalid hindquarters into a La-Z-Boy, because that's where your friend is going to be sitting. She's even supposed to use your feet as a back rest.

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Be sure to warn her beforehand if you haven't changed your socks in the past two weeks.

Are you picturing apes yet? I suspect not, because if you ever see an ape pull off sex this needlessly complex, it's time to head for the hills, as Planet Of The Apes has come true in a far more pornographic way than either Charlton Heston or James Franco ever imagined, and none of us want to see how it plays out with those big, flappy-faced orangutans.

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"You maniac, you blew your load too early! Goddamn you to Hell!"

In the end, the majority of positions in this little book are probably just swell. The rest were clearly added in as jokes to see if anyone would be dumb enough to try them. Check and mate.

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