Aug 21 was ‘National Sex Day’: did you get laid?

We hit the streets of Ottawa to ask people how they planned to celebrate!

What started out as a social experiment on Facebook quickly grew into a group with more than 140,000 members.

Vancouver student Jonathan Yaniv created an event ‘National Sex Day 2008’ for Aug 21, and thousands have pledged to “attend” this nationwide celebration of sex.

We hit the streets of Ottawa to ask people if they had heard of the event and what they thought. Check it out:

Join the National Sex Day event on Facebook:
National Sex Day 2008.

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