Condom Factoid

[soonercruiser]

History of the Condom
Interesting piece of history from the internet...

In 1872 the Arabs invented the condom, using a goat's lower intestine.

In 1873 the British somewhat refined the idea by taking the intestine out of
the goat first.
:D

[sooner_born_1960]

:)

[sooner59]

Heh. :D

[XingTheRubicon]

You misspelled Payne County

[cleller]

I miss the condom machines in men's rooms. Very strange, but interesting to see on roadtrips as a kid. Every time I see a diaper machine in a men's room (!), I think how the times have changed.

Maybe they are still hanging on in some truck stops.

[KantoSooner]

Every gas station pissoir I use on my sales perambulations has a selection. Probably says more about my territory than about modern society....

[olevetonahill]

I've got a box with a bunch of fairly old stuff In it there is a Condom Im guessin from the 40s its in a small box much like the old match boxes ya cou could carry around . Ive slid the box open and that thing looks like it coulkd be used as an innertube its so thick.:eek:

[KantoSooner]

Great condom story:

I once worked for a Japanese trading company in NYC. At the beginning of the 'we can live with this AIDS thing' era (around 1990), one sales guy thought it would be smart to import a 40' container of condoms. You'll recall that latex was in short supply, hospitals were running out of gloves, etc; so it made some sense.
Then he couldn't sell them.
Reason?
Too small.
It was fun watching him try to figure out a way to get rid of them without having to tell Tokyo.
They lived in a warehouse in New Jersey for almost two years and then I transferred. Never did hear of what became of them.

[soonercruiser]

Great condom story:

I once worked for a Japanese trading company in NYC. At the beginning of the 'we can live with this AIDS thing' era (around 1990), one sales guy thought it would be smart to import a 40' container of condoms. You'll recall that latex was in short supply, hospitals were running out of gloves, etc; so it made some sense.
Then he couldn't sell them.
Reason?
Too small.
It was fun watching him try to figure out a way to get rid of them without having to tell Tokyo.
They lived in a warehouse in New Jersey for almost two years and then I transferred. Never did hear of what became of them.

Wrong catalog number!
They bought finget cots!
(only fits one finger!)
:D

[soonercruiser]

I miss the condom machines in men's rooms. Very strange, but interesting to see on roadtrips as a kid. Every time I see a diaper machine in a men's room (!), I think how the times have changed.

Maybe they are still hanging on in some truck stops.

Tried the diaper!
Too bulky.

[Osce0la]

I miss the condom machines in men's rooms. Very strange, but interesting to see on roadtrips as a kid. Every time I see a diaper machine in a men's room (!), I think how the times have changed.

Maybe they are still hanging on in some truck stops.

had people taken advantage of the condom dispensers in the mens room, we would have less diaper dispensers in the mens room.

[SicEmBaylor]

Great condom story:

I once worked for a Japanese trading company in NYC. At the beginning of the 'we can live with this AIDS thing' era (around 1990), one sales guy thought it would be smart to import a 40' container of condoms. You'll recall that latex was in short supply, hospitals were running out of gloves, etc; so it made some sense.
Then he couldn't sell them.
Reason?
Too small.
It was fun watching him try to figure out a way to get rid of them without having to tell Tokyo.
They lived in a warehouse in New Jersey for almost two years and then I transferred. Never did hear of what became of them.

Send 'em my way!