geetha in sydney says this note appeared in the shared dining room the day after the city’s gay mardi gras. the best part? “a few people admitted the condom might be theirs, but nobody would take credit for the note.”
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118 responses so far ↓
#1
Quite Contrary
And why NOT the backyard?
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:10 am rating: +4
#2
wiggles
The back yard is a perfectly good place to use a condom.
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:11 am rating: +10
#3
Abe Froman
The back yard is no place to use a condomn!Take your chances and do it raw!
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:13 am rating: +6
#4
William
That condom was fucking delicious.
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:28 am rating: +8
#5
Drave
Looks like the damn thing’s still in the package… if the owner of this condom actually used such things he’s a magician!
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:30 am rating: +9
#6
amazon
I agree. The roof is a much more suitable place.
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:52 am rating: +6
#7
AuntyBron
Maybe the owner lost it while he was swinging from a tree during some hot monkey-love.
Jul 26, 2008 at 1:04 am rating: +5
#8
SF Iris
Dear housemate:
Thank you for returning my condom. A dear friend gave it to me, and so had a lot of sentimental value.
Jul 26, 2008 at 1:14 am rating: +39
#9
fink
I was trying to open it, but soon lost interest in the project and decided to move on without it.
Jul 26, 2008 at 1:40 am rating: +19
#10
snee
i don’t enjoy happy faces with noses.
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:13 am rating: +12
#11
Canthz_B
Please forward this note and my missing condom to my wife.
She swears I cheated on her because she counts my condoms and I was one short.
Do you know how lame “I must have lost one, Dear” sounds?
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:34 am rating: +23
#12
Canthz_B
Him: Come on Baby, we can do it under the stars.
Her: Do you have protection?
Him: Sure…*pulls out condom*
Her: Oh Hell no! I’m not doing it with a no-frills rubber! *heads back to mardi gras party*
Him: *Dejectedly drops cheap prophylactic and follows like a whipped puppy*
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:42 am rating: +13
#13
ellemarie
The hilarity to me is in the word ‘provided’ off there at the end. They were trying to sound witty but it’s really quite creepy if you ask me… like s/he’s running some sort of cult, and “You may only have sex in your PROVIDED sex rooms. (Where I may observe you and take notes.)”
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:44 am rating: +9
#14
Troy McClure
If you run a Gay Mardis Gras, and local wowsers can find nothing more to complain about than whether sex is indoors or out, ur doing it rong.
Jul 26, 2008 at 3:03 am rating: +14
#15
Stringyhair
Dear Condom User,
We can’t charge you for a room if you use the back yard. Please be more considerate to our financial situation.
Thanks!
Jul 26, 2008 at 4:22 am rating: +13
#16
TygerAKC
What’s wrong with the backyard? My first child was concieved in the backyard!
Jul 26, 2008 at 6:40 am rating: +1
#17
se
I think that the ending is not there because the note writer ran out of room.
The ending was to have been “provided you can drag him up the stairs”
Jul 26, 2008 at 10:20 am rating: +9
#18
ama
oh baby, it turns me on when you read the surprisingly complex paragraph about STIs on the condom wrapper…
Jul 26, 2008 at 11:33 am rating: +1
#19
Canthz_B
I suspect the arrow on the note is there because above the condom is the “Today’s Special” chalk board featuring rump roast and a tossed salad!
Jul 26, 2008 at 11:51 am rating: +23
#20
secondsout
The back yard is no place for an orphaned condom, yet somehow the shared dining room is?
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm rating: +3
#21
secondsout
It almost looks like it says that the back yard is no place for such thumbs. I suppose you wouldn’t need a condom if you used your thumb.
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:43 pm rating: +3
#22
Red Letterboxer
I appreciate the author’s thoughtfulness in providing an arrow in the margin – just in case the person was in doubt as to which condom he was writing about. “This one! Not that other one that I’ve tacked up by the toaster.”
Although he should be careful, as an arrow in the margin can be quite painful.
Jul 26, 2008 at 1:01 pm rating: +8
#23
Lurker
But it was raining! And Dad told me to always wear a raincoat!
Jul 26, 2008 at 1:41 pm rating: +2
#24
se
What’s the problem here? Isn’t the back yard usually where one goes in the back door?
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:10 pm rating: +8
#25
aaa
Honestly, the note-writer is doing us all a favor. Not only are they trying to keep people from being arrested for sexing in public and littering, but they’re offering a free condom for anyone who wants it. Just another shining example of the spirit of brotherhood and civility of Mardi Gras.
Jul 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm rating: +3
#26
Canthz_B
Shows you what I know.
I thought Gay intercourse takes place in the “back yard”.
Jul 26, 2008 at 3:47 pm rating: +3
#27
Mishee
See, this is why I don’t use condoms.
Jul 26, 2008 at 4:53 pm rating: +2
#28
ama
it could have fallen out of somebody’s pocket. darn skinny jeans.
Jul 26, 2008 at 5:30 pm rating: +2
#29
morpho aurora
maybe it was a couple of boy scouts. oh wait, never mind
Jul 26, 2008 at 10:34 pm rating: 0
#30
morpho aurora
oops gigglebraxing
Jul 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm rating: 0
#31
Miss Inlink
I would’ve thought comments about children would be off limits, but doesn’t appear so.
“Fly Fishing” “Plumbing” are real funny. Is that what comes to your mind when you think Boy Scouts?
Jul 27, 2008 at 7:59 pm rating: 0
#32
bekah
haha oh wow
Jul 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm rating: 0
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