Posts Tagged ‘Condom stories’

Condom thoughts from Jon Stewart

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

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For those of you, who think I am not aware what Jon Stewart says blogging,  let me assure you, I do.

Jon Stewart is my favorite news anchor. I did not make a mistake, his independent and unique way to comment on current news and events makes me THINK. I enjoy his sense of humor, his way of analyzing our life.

That’s  why I felt so excited to see him live in Atlantic City.  He was performing in Borgatta.

His monologues and sketches were real, visible and funny.

I especially enjoyed his thoughts about a ban on condom’s ad on public TV. It comes down to following –

Do you think that teens will be encouraged to have sex by watching condom’s commercials? No, they most likely go wild after drinking beer. However, beer commercials are running on every single channel!

It was worth to drive to AC just to breeze fresh air coming from the ocean and get a bit of refreshing thoughts to my head.

Jon, you should live forever!

JLS Condom made with LOVE

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

POP Band JLS (stands for Jack the Lad Swing), came up with a new CONDOM – in order to promote condom use.

Condoms will have a snappy name Just Love Safe.  This name is inspired by the band hit song Everybody In Love and abbreviation of group’s name.

Idea came out from the band interview with The Sun a month ago. First it sounded like a joke, but Durex company got in touch with them (Durex is always on a top of  the game) and the idea became a reality.

MARVIN HUMES, ASTON MERRYGOLD, ORITSE WILLIAMS and JONATHAN “JB” GILL decided on color-coordinated condoms to each one of them;

Aston gets a blue one, Marvin will have green, Oritse signs for red and JB for  yellow.

POP Band JLS is a winner of Shagger of The Year award in 2009. Women are in love with charismatic young musicians and the band is famous as being irresistible Casanovas.

Their influence on young fans will help worldwide campaigns to encourage safe sex and use of condoms.

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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

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Condom distribution at 2010 Vancouver Olympics

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

 

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It started with this news report

 

During 17 days of Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control distributed 100,000 condoms. Then, when a rumor started that there was a shortage, a new shipment of 8,500 additional condoms came from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research. 

Free condoms were distributed not just among athletes, but also to security, maintenance and volunteers. They were handed out in public bathrooms of the pavilions, when people were attending free concerts. Volunteers participated in the condoms distribution. 

Clay Adams of Vancouver Coastal Health said, “When you’ve got a global audience like this, it’s a huge opportunity to educate the world”.

He also mentioned that 40 000 condoms out of 100 000 condoms were distributed among athletes. 

Adams said, “Indications are that Vancouver topped the podium for Winter Olympics. Although we recently heard that they issued 35 million condoms for Mardi Gras in Rio, so I suppose we all have a long, long way to go to reach that mark.”

The first time free condoms were handed out at the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. But Vancouver marked this story as the first time getting shortage of condoms in the history of Olympics.

 Thanks Canada for raising AIDS awareness!

The following video gives you a funny summary on the story

Santa Costume from Condoms?

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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Holiday spirit is in our houses, on our streets and at the malls. Santa, as a cheerful guest, is greeting us everywhere. But owners of Bangkok’s restaurant  “Cabbages and Condoms”, decided to go further than cheering guests  with Santa.  Their Santa’s costume is made from… condoms! So, why did they use such an unusual name for their restaurant ?

Everything in the restaurant is about condoms! It happened to be, that the owners of the reastaurant promote  condom use. They feel, that the word condom has to be used in common language as often, as any regular words. Because cabbage is used a lot in food in Thailand, condoms use suppose to be  as common as use of a cabbage.

What a great idea!

50 Cent tried to make new condom

Monday, November 30th, 2009

 

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Safe sex campaigns are usually associated with condoms distribution.  A common thing is to have a custom logo on a condom wrapper with some kind of AIDS/STD awareness expression. Sometimes celebrities are contributing in those campaigns just by allowing using their images or names.   

 Famous artist, rapper, performer 50 Cent had a great idea about worldwide safe sex campaign Wrap It Up. He wanted to make a new condom brand by applying sex-boosting ingredients to the condom. It would bring more pleasure and sexual satisfaction to safe sex with condom. Unfortunately, the idea failed to become reality. Scientists were not able to come up with a possible result. 

“I was looking for the opportunity to create a new safe sex campaign. The Wrap It Up campaign is something that is used so often, it wasn’t effective anymore. So I thought this is a great opportunity for me to get involved,” said artist according to news articles.

 I would love to express my gratitude to 50 Cent, just for trying to make a difference in a global fight for safe sex awareness.

Condom for the Night Before Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

I happened to see this short video and I liked it. On a night before Thanksgiving people try to think (or not to think) about tomorrow’s fiesta with family, friends, loved ones. Bars, restaurants, cafe are busy to serve food and drinks. It is very easy to get carried away with a feeling of coming holiday.  Easy relationships, one-night stands are typical for that night. However… Tomorrow comes, and you are back to reality. Do not forget to protect yourself. Wear Condom!

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis raise in 2009

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Curious couple

Latest statistics show that sexually transmitted diseases are spreading among teens in USA faster than before.  It is especially sad, because three well treatable STDs, such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis are among them.

It happened partially because of a wrong approach to sexual education among young generation. Abstinence only sex education is not working!

Don’t we know that a forbidden fruit is always sweet?

Statistics published by Reuters are devastating:

- 100,000 more occurrences of Chlamydia showed up in 2008 versus 2007.

- Teen aging girls have the most cases of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea (409,531) than age group of women.

- 71 % Gonorrhea and around 50% of Chlamydia and Syphilis cases are accounted among African-American community.

- Syphilis cases in women group is 36% higher in 2008 comparing to 2007

According to John Douglas, director of the division of sexually transmitted diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “We have among the highest rates of STDs of any developed country in the world.”

“We are not honestly and openly dealing with this issue and it’s the larger issue of sexual health,” said John Douglas. He specifically mentioned the importance of condom use,  regular STD testing and Sexual Education.

Condom joke by J.B. Smoove about Michael Richards

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

I am a big fan of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. The last episode was so funny, that I was laughing hysterically. The best moment was J.B.Smoove as Leon Black and Michael Richards as himself.  I think it was a genius scene between those two characters, considering a bad, racially tensed episode with Richards few years back.

I never heard about comedian and actor J.B.Smoove.

He is hilarious!  I also respect his kindness and wisdom. This is what he said about Michael Richards unfortunate incident, “You can pass the blame along, or you can accept your responsibility, and he accepted his actions. Sometimes, when you get a girl pregnant, you blame the condom. His condom broke that night.”

Mr. Smoove, I admire you!  What a talent!

David Beckham Condom

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

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People, listen up; do you like soccer (aka European football)?

How about David Beckham? Oh, yessss!

There is a new condom on the market – you can buy it only in  Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid Spain. It has an image of sleeping David Beckham on the cover.

This image is a copy from an art video made by an artist Sam Taylor-Wood. Video was inspired by Andy Warhol’s film Sleep and it was on display at National Portrait Gallery in England.

The idea of showing this image on condom’s wrapper makes art to promote condoms.

Baroness Thyssen, who is a big supporter of the initiative, is a famous Spanish beauty. Her wealthy art fan husband found the museum. She says, “I don’t see why anyone should be scandalized. It is a way of bringing art and responsibility together.”