The on-sell
I went into a pharmacy in Egypt to buy some sunscreen and ear drops, and after dealing with my rather hum-drum request, the guy pointed at the counter and said "Do you want anything else?" I looked down, and saw a small advertisement for Viagra.

"Come on," I laughed. "That's just for old men!"
"Okay," he said, and went to the back of the shop to get a carry bag.
The cogs of my brain turned while he was away.
"What, is no prescription necessary?"
"No, no, not in Egypt," he replied, quietly amused.
"How much?" I asked, strictly out of anthropological curiosity.
"Well. Egyptian equivalent, only 35 egyptian pounds" he said, tapping the number out an a calculator for reinforcement. "American brands, maybe 45 pounds. Viagra is 55."
That meant the genuine article was about 5 british pounds. Which is only slightly more than a day pass on the tube.
"If you buy a big amount, I can give you discount."
"Do you get many sales?"
"Yes. A russian man yesterday bought 20 tablets. I sold to him earlier this year as well. You are young, yes, but maybe you have a friend? A father? An uncle?" The man had sold these things before.

I have to admit that by now, my curiousity was, erm, piqued. What red-blooded man, even if it doesn't have a problem in that departement, isn't at least passingly interested in the effects? And my own, strictly hypothetical, curiosity aside, these things would have a certain market value in London. Get a nice discount from this guy and then offload them for what, 5 or 10 quid a pop? Just hang out in pubs in the daytime and offer them to the old guys that look like they could use a hand. Like a community service. I'd be a pharmaceutical Robin Hood. And that's not even thinking about the burgeoning metrosexual market -- one you've had a manicure, you'll try anything surely.

So, any takers? Your discretion is guaranteed -- all credit card orders will be charged from "harder.com"