iPad: Apple Heard You're on Your Period. There's an App for That

Poor iPad. It just can't get a break. It's already been reviewed as the little tablet that can't, but now people are moving on to what's really important - the name. If your first reaction upon hearing the name iPad had nothing to do with Maxi Pads and that time of the month, this article filled with period jokes probably isn't for you.

If you go to Twitter and spend a few minutes typing in searches for iPad period, you'll come across some real gems. I've collected some of the Internet's best iPad period jokes for your enjoyment.

gaqt466: "Best new euphemism for having your period, 'Downloading to the iPad.' LOL"

tjakabon: "It surfs the web AND stops the bleeding."

candiikissed: "Does the Period Tracker app come free?"

Johnpapa: "64 gig iPad will forever be known as the heavy flow model."

RAIDINEH: "iPad...... yeah i really want to look like a douche and on my period at the same time."

athomas4219: "I think it's perfectly acceptable to mock the iPad during this period."

fauxfruit: " If I order this, will my boyfriend and I have to worry if it comes late?"

arinnesusan: "Juliet: 'I'm on my period. Can I borrow your iPad?'"

And finally a good one that's ironic with a double entendre:
blogibiza: "the #ipad - perfect for watching bbc period dramas" [sic].

Seriously, I haven't heard this many period jokes since middle school. Are there any women in Apple's marketing department? Probably not, or this new meme could have been avoided.

The collective that is the Internet is already trying to place a moratorium on all iPad period jokes, but I'm starting to wonder if people have forgotten about the pee jokes that circulated for months after the Nintendo Wii first hit stores. As expected, the boys are the ones trying to make the period jokes go away. The way I see it, ladies have to deal with periods every month for most of our lives, so we're almost entitled to keep the gag alive. The guys are just going to have to deal with it.

Apple as a company has its flaws, but thanks to virtually glitch-free operating systems and its sheeple fan base, a silly name won't keep a product from selling. In time, "ragging" about iPad period jokes will get old (in all seriousness I give it a week), and men will obtain the thick skin usually reserved for teenage girls. In the end, the product, not the name, will keep the iPad from selling.

Edited to add:
My daughter was watching me create the pad spoof picture just now, and she asked, "Oh, is that the new iPad you were talking about?" I'm dead serious.