Condom use in India is on the rise...

[sao123]

FOR USE IN SEWING NOT SEX...

From local news website...

Many In India Have Not-So-Common Usage For Condoms

POSTED: 7:50 am EDT April 25, 2005

NEW DELHI -- People in India are making good use of their condoms, but not in the way you might think.

Only a quarter of condoms made in India are used for sex.

The Economic Times newspaper reports the rest are used to make saris, toys and bathroom slippers.

Sari weavers put the condoms on their thread spools. The lubricant on the prophylactics rubs off on the thread, making it move faster through the sewing machines.

India manufactures more than 1 billion condoms a year -- which are supposed to be used for disease prevention and to curb population growth.

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

😕

 

[Baked]

I remember back in jr. high people would use condoms to make ballons or face mask.

 

[notfred]

They couldn't just use oil or something?

 

[ribbon13]

They are great for lubricating boots.

 

[Howard]

1 billion condoms * 0.25 = 250 million condoms being used for their real purpose? I'm satisfied with that.

 

[raildogg]

water balloons 😀

 

[konichiwa]

BOO

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: Howard
1 billion condoms * 0.25 = 250 million condoms being used for their real purpose? I'm satisfied with that.

So what's the math for how many sperm are being killed by them?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: aplefka

Originally posted by: Howard
1 billion condoms * 0.25 = 250 million condoms being used for their real purpose? I'm satisfied with that.

So what's the math for how many sperm are being killed by them?

Depends on the men. :Q

 

[meltdown75]

good to know... 😕

 

[nakedfrog]

Bathroom slippers? That just seems like a really bad idea.

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Bathroom slippers? That just seems like a really bad idea.

Bets whether the athlete's foot would clear up ... ?

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Howard
1 billion condoms * 0.25 = 250 million condoms being used for their real purpose? I'm satisfied with that.

doesn't india have like 4 billion people? and wouldn't those people be having sex on a faily regular basis? so basically, that's like a tiny fraction of the population using them -- FOR ONE DAY OUT OF AN ENTIRE YEAR.

i'm not satisfied with that.

STOP BREEDING, PEOPLE. that goes for everyone.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: Howard
1 billion condoms * 0.25 = 250 million condoms being used for their real purpose? I'm satisfied with that.

doesn't india have like 4 billion people? and wouldn't those people be having sex on a faily regular basis? so basically, that's like a tiny fraction of the population using them -- FOR ONE DAY OUT OF AN ENTIRE YEAR.

i'm not satisfied with that.

STOP BREEDING, PEOPLE. that goes for everyone.

4 Billion? 4 BILLION?? Which planet do you live?

 

[Adica]

That's a very interesting piece of information.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

that's not a lot of condoms for the whole year. they probly have 500 mil sexually active people, so one condom per couple per year...not good odds

 

[athithi]

I suspect these are condoms distributed by family-planning centres at heavily subsidized rates. Not only are these people hindering population control, they are also cheating the Government and the Indian tax payer at whose cost these would be subsidized.

 

[Mucho]

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