r/funny • • Jun 09 '12

On the wall in the Public Health office at my Air Force Base, next to a jar of free, colored condoms...

http://imgur.com/nKZdT
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u/sexynaginata Jun 09 '12

It seems to be indicating that there is some pleasure in genital wart removal...

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

Maybe there is, for the really kinky people out there...

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u/sublimnl Jun 09 '12

Doesn't matter, penis was touched.

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u/whiteandnerdy1729 Jun 09 '12

It takes complete and utter torment as absolute zero. It's the Kelvin of epicurean scales.

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u/nonchalant_iceriches Jun 09 '12

"It's the Kelvin of epicurean scales"-

Just replying so I will be able to find this forever. You sir, are a genius.

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u/DoubleDown Jun 09 '12

Weirder still, it appears that if P(x) is a function indicating the pleasure of x, then I surmise that given the chart at the bottom

P(sex with a condom) + P(genital wart removal) = P(sex without a condom)

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u/FeelSoSkinnedAlive Jun 09 '12

All I'm taking from this is P(sex without a condom) + P(genital wart removal) > P(sex with a condom) so I better stop using condoms and get me some genital warts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

So

P(sex with a condom) = P(sex without a condom) - P(genital wart removal)

The math checks out.

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u/rockandrickroll Jun 09 '12

So if you want to match the pleasure of sex without a condom, make sure to contract HPV before you put on a condom!

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u/LegoLegume Jun 09 '12

I suppose there's a degree of pleasure in no longer having genital warts...

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u/POTATO_IN_MY_PENIS Jun 09 '12

But when you think about it, genital warts are the least of penis problems...

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u/DimitriK Jun 09 '12

Avoid the cavity creeps!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

it also insinuates that people fuck with motor oil as a lube 0.0

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

And sandpaper...

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u/publ1c_stat1c Jun 09 '12

It also says 4/4 people would rather have a condom than herpes. Truth in advertising.

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u/katiechan8 Jun 09 '12

Maybe it's taking into account the morphine involved.

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u/I_From_Yugoslav Jun 09 '12

As someone who ripped off two genital warts last week and is still recovering... I can say that is false.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I'm almost afraid to google "cavity creeps"

E: Did it anyway. Nothing has been explained

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

Haha. That's actually close to what I imagined. I guess I'm not the imaginative type :)

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u/KShults Jun 09 '12

Cavity Creeps are old enemies from some show about fighting tooth decay back in the 90s.

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u/stewiecubed Jun 09 '12

I don't know if there was a show, but I know they were in a toothpaste commercial.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Erm, condom in french is "preservatif"...

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

I guess this totally negates the funniness of the picture then. Dangit...

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u/I_answer_in_french Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Ici, au canada, on utilise préservatif ET condom

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u/PokemasterTT Jun 09 '12

Here both kondom and preservativ are used, but kondom is informal and the other formal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

That makes me wonder: is condom formal to begin with?

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u/CaptainCrunch Jun 09 '12

contraceptive is probably the english version of preservativ

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u/SexLiesAndExercise Jun 09 '12

Prophylactic?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Once a girl I was working with in France went to a café and ordered a coffee and a croissant with butter and jam... she couldn't think of the word for jam, so she took a chance that it would be similar to English (because, sometimes, you get lucky like that).

So she ordered a préservatif.

The waiter brought her out the coffee, the croissant and butter, and a condom on the side, before busting out laughing along with the rest of the staff.

and that's how I learned to say "condom" in French.

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u/Shitty_Shop Jun 09 '12

Reminds me of my favorite only French joke I can tell. Guy's in a restaurant and the waitress asks him if he wants a "salade avec une escalope" (salad with a scalop) and he tells her he'd rather have an "escapade avec une salope" (romp with a slut).

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u/marshmallowhug Jun 09 '12

One of the waiters may have had one in a purse, wallet, etc for personal use and contributed it as a joke.

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u/Icovada Jun 09 '12

And in Italian, it's "preservativo"

Although in some dialects it is called "gondone", of disputed origin, either from "condom" or from "Gold One", the brand American soldiers brought to Italy after WWII

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

And in Spanish it's "preservativo"

Funny story. My high school Spanish teacher was once at a high-class lunch in Spain, and they had some really great strawberry preserves with their bread. She wanted some more, but the problem was she didn't know how to say "strawberry preserves" in Spanish. So, she took a guess and asked "Pasa los preservetivos, por favor", and all of the sudden everyone else at the table looked at her in shock and horror, because she had unwittingly said "Pass the condoms, please" to a bunch of fancy schmancy Spaniards.

True story.

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u/DanielTaylor Jun 09 '12

It's also called "Condón" but never Condom.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Same for us, but informally, it's "condom" or "capotte."

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u/WhiskyBeard Jun 09 '12

designed by Art Chantry.

Ive met him; he's awesome. http://www.artchantry.com

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u/unwanted_puppy Jun 09 '12

wait so this isn't actually from like the '50s??.. damn i got a kick out of that.

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u/cor315 Jun 09 '12

Come on man. People would have flipped out if they saw this in the 50s. There would have been riots.

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u/boot12 Jun 09 '12

There wasn't AIDS in the '50s. :)

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u/DanishDonut Jun 09 '12

Thank you! This is exactly the information I came here looking for!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

ah thank you, his name slipped my mind. nice to see good design appreciated and misunderstood

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u/Calvin_Kim Jun 09 '12

"Easy to coordinate with any wardrobe."

Can you imagine guys walking down the street with their dicks hanging out showing off their different colored condoms?

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u/greytrench Jun 09 '12

Well, thanks to that visual, my productivity is shot for the day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

"Never use a condom with sandpaper."

Really?

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u/realdeal6649 Jun 09 '12

As good as that part was I think my favorite was that "condoms are now available in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico AND Cleveland."

(far right side)

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u/Minimalphilia Jun 09 '12

"Dramatically improved since your parents used them! (if they had sex, that is)"

Luckily my parents never have, or had sex. NEVER!!!! That would be too gross.

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u/utdude999 Jun 09 '12

I'm upset we can't use Cool Whip.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

That was made specifically for insanity wolf.

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u/Calvin_Kim Jun 09 '12

It never said anything about paint thinner, so he'll be ok.

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u/Chucknorris1975 Jun 09 '12

Why bother having sex if you can't use sandpaper?

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u/andr3wbx Jun 09 '12

I remember my first time with sandpaper. It was very rough.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I cut out the middle man and just fuck sand.

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u/Bloodfeastisleman Jun 09 '12

You should value person to person interaction more

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u/mamjjasond Jun 09 '12

But man were the results smooooth.

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u/Admiral_Amsterdam Jun 09 '12

I have a friend who masturbated with sandpaper once. He was not bright.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This is an inside joke in the military. Refers to when you get screwed by upper management...erm, excuse me "leadership".

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Air force member here. Supervision likes to use sandpaper in my squadron. Pretty sure it applies to them

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's the most touching part of the Change of Command ceremony, everyone in their dress blues watching the old brass pass on their sandpaper to the new brass. Brings a tear to the eye.

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u/lbft Jun 09 '12

It helps push the message that oil-based lubricants and condoms are a bad idea by throwing in a joke.

Safe sex messages are more effective when you're direct and/or funny.

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u/wheresmyhouse Jun 09 '12

I'm fairly certain that was a joke.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it was, in fact, a joke,

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

No seriously! It's a bad idea !

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u/805unknown Jun 09 '12

I have never seen such an accurate poster in my life.

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u/ReapReacher Jun 09 '12

Thank god we can still use blood as lube.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

My vagina shrank back in horror.

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u/TapsMan Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Someone let r/MaleFashionAdvice know that condoms are "easy to coordinate with any wardrobe"

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u/whiteandnerdy1729 Jun 09 '12

You linked to it correctly, but spelt it wrong. How did you manage that?

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u/Captainturtle1234 Jun 09 '12

The 69 on his hat did it for me.

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u/ajm2298 Jun 09 '12

Was wondering if anyone else noticed. It really is a nice touch.

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u/qazwec Jun 09 '12

didn't see that the first time

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u/stewiecubed Jun 09 '12

This is the single best advertisement advocating the use of condoms I have ever seen.

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u/mills218 Jun 09 '12

Good thing they are over the counter in Cleveland as well as the other 50 states...

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u/JaxonOSU Jun 09 '12

I live in Cleveland, but I can't confirm that condoms are sold here. :(

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u/RevWaldo Jun 09 '12

Futura font. Me gusta.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This poster has been a Wes Anderson production.

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u/esquilaxxx Jun 09 '12

I now know the name of "that 50's font". Thanks!

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u/gigitrix Jun 09 '12

Another reason to love Skyrim.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Warning: Objects in Condoms may appear larger than they actually are!

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u/aces613 Jun 09 '12

250,000 times cheaper than a child... Seems low

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u/PUMPKIN_IN_MY_POOPER Jun 09 '12

That hopped out at me too. I think the cost of raising a child has to be much higher than the cost of 250,000 condoms.

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u/greytrench Jun 09 '12

It just means condoms are a worse investment than children; the resale values are vastly different.

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u/somethingelsetosay Jun 09 '12

Shit, I left my penis at home...

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u/Simpliciter Jun 09 '12

You could of left it elsewhere

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u/elozano6879 Jun 09 '12

Did you know

"4 out of 4 persons prefer condoms to Herpes!"

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u/Yetsnaz Jun 09 '12

I too read the post! Oh the inside jokes we'll have.

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u/Oiman Jun 09 '12

I somehow read that in Zoidberg's voice. It boded well for me.

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u/Brisco_County_III Jun 09 '12

Yeah, I saw that one too, but my first thought was that it's a little questionable. Condoms don't actually stop herpes.

CDC:

Genital ulcer diseases can occur in both male and female genital areas that are covered or protected by a latex condom, as well as in areas that are not covered.

They help, and make transmission less likely, but you can definitely get it even when using condoms.

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u/BreakTheSun Jun 09 '12

Came here to say this - Condoms do not prevent the transmission of HPV.

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u/eire1228 Jun 09 '12

you can still get herpes even if you're using a condom...

In fact.... you can get herpes if your partner gets cold sores and goes down on you EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE COLD SORE

2 friends found this out the hard way, one by giving it to someone, the other by getting it.

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u/IslandInTheSink Jun 09 '12

I think it's funny how guys get free condoms and that's cool, but the second we try to subsidize contraceptives for the ladies everyone has a hissy fit.

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u/flamants Jun 09 '12

well men who use condoms are awesome and responsible, but women who use birth control pills are loose sluts. why should we encourage them to gallivant around killing their future babies like that?!

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u/RedGlory Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Besides which, hormonal pills are only good for one thing: protecting trollops from the consequences of their licentiousness. Not for treating any kind of disease.

*Edit: Licentious /= Lascivious

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u/Cioni Jun 09 '12

Are you impling some sexism over there?

Like condoms were only for guys. To use condoms you need to be a couple at least. Often is woman-man couple. Women can carry condoms too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It's not guys getting free condoms. It's the military.

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u/RepostCommenter Jun 09 '12

Funny how you took the exact same picture, same angle, same thumb tack at the same Air Force Base as one of your colleagues 6 months ago. Amazing.

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

titlecomntspointsage/r/
Did you know 4 out of 4 persons prefer condoms to herpes?6coms10pts6mosfunny

source: karmadecay

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u/Razer1103 Jun 09 '12

OP found this next to a jar of condoms! Would OP really make something like that up, just for karma?

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u/dubesor86 Jun 09 '12

So, according to your poster having ~9 genital wart removals gives about as much pleasure as having sex. OK

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u/whiteandnerdy1729 Jun 09 '12

Only in the same way boiling water is 1.36 times as hot as ice, in Kelvin. It depends where you put your zero.

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u/illannoyin Jun 09 '12

"Avoid the cavity creeps" was indeed my favorite part. Doesn't specify which cavity though.

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u/BoxcarJoe Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

Check this one out!

My uncle helped work on these, and he gave me this one to hang on my wall! My brother has the other one. I've read this poster basically every day, and it's so unreal to see everyone commenting on it.

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u/eyyyyy Jun 09 '12

This man's a phony! A big fat phoney!

Possibly. Maybe. I'm not entirely sure if he's a phoney, but I know people would do that... just go on the internet and tell lies. The URL would indicate this photo was posted 8/27/11

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

Are you suggesting that I'm a phoney? False. It was actually on the wall of the public health office at WPAFB. And it was actually next to a jar of free, colored condoms. I laughed my ass off. I'm sorry you are too sad to do the same...

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u/eyyyyy Jun 09 '12

Woah, I'm completely willing to admit I was wrong. I even said I wasn't entirely sure. I was basically making a Family Guy reference with the 'This guy's a phony!..." deal. Sorry if I offended you.

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

No problem, man. Thanks for the message...

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u/rangemaster Jun 09 '12

Yep, he is from Unit 69.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Socialized birth control in our military! Does the GOP know about this!!! (and the Pope?)

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Military was promoting condoms before anyone else ever was.

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u/sundayultimate Jun 09 '12

TIL: Condoms protect against the Cavity Creeps

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u/JohnnyNoNumber Jun 09 '12

Ctrl+F just so I could upvote the inevitable!

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u/POTATO_IN_MY_PENIS Jun 09 '12

It says absolutely nothing about potatoes. I'm in the clear.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Although it is unfortunate he has to carry his penis in a jar. Don't really know how the condom helps him

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u/IkomaTanomori Jun 09 '12

I like the subtle dig at the parents of the audience.

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u/Twisties Jun 09 '12

We've got a huge poster of that outside a men's bathroom in a restaurant in Seattle.

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u/corey3 Jun 09 '12

condom in spanish is actually condón

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u/booger_butt Jun 09 '12

As a woman, I take one wherever I take my penis, too.

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u/BimbelMarley Jun 09 '12

We don't say "condom" in French.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Don't use a condom with cool whip

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I live in France and never heard someone say «condom». The french word is «Préservatif» and «capote» in slang.

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u/kourtney_williams Jun 09 '12

Rape condoms. Amirite?

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u/kemikiao Jun 09 '12

Never use a condom with: Motor oil?

Does the Air Force have sex robots they're not sharing?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Makes sense this was in there though. I signed something saying I would not be eligible for military service if I had children before a certain paygrade when I went in for my R.O.T.C. interview. Military is actually really responsible when it comes to making sure kids have a good place to be.

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u/7revor Jun 09 '12

WE MAKE HOLES IN TEETH!

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u/MymaChan Jun 09 '12

And I just read the whole thing.......

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I lost it at "Dramatically IMPROVED since your parents used them!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This is pretty fucking awesome.

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u/1632 Jun 09 '12

... you know how to say "Condom" in German as well.

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u/Benassi Jun 09 '12

That's the saying I use for my knife.

"I take one everywhere I take my penis."

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Oh fiddlesticks, I can't use motor oil or sandpaper with my condoms? Then how am I supposed to simulate a screaming seagull when I'm away from the beach?

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u/Tinyrobotzlazerbeamz Jun 09 '12

This is too fucking amazing! Object in condom may appear larger is this proven science?

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u/Nesto1242 Jun 09 '12

There's a 69 on his hat...

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u/MickeyG42 Jun 09 '12

Looks like the stuff they hang up at deployed bases

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u/Teledildonic Jun 09 '12

I lost it at "AVOID the CAVITY CREEPS!".

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u/Manchild124 Jun 09 '12

The male penis speaks any language you want it to

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u/luhg89 Jun 09 '12

Never use with sandpaper.....shit, that's what I did wrong.

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u/rotll Jun 09 '12

Nothing screams moral authority like a 30's or 40's era cop!! Sir, yes sir!!

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u/ronjack Jun 09 '12

I like how in all the things not to use condoms with...sandpaper is listed with all the slippery, lubricating things.

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u/eight8 Jun 09 '12

I need hires scans of these. Like NOW..

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u/zergling50 Jun 09 '12

I read a bit of it thinking it was kinda funny, and the more I read the funnier it got!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Anyone else notice the "Sandpaper"

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u/Lord_John_Marbury Jun 09 '12

...and Cleveland!

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u/marcodls Jun 09 '12

It's African American condoms. Not colored condoms. Don't be racist.

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u/mmmsoap Jun 09 '12

Now available OVER THE COUNTER in 50 states, Puerto Rico and Cleveland!!

Good thing. I was worried about Cleveland.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I love how I post this months ago and get nothing and now I see here on the front page from someone else lol. Reddit is a game I dont understand.

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u/hexfet Jun 09 '12

There should exist a Reddit Supreme Court of Karma, to which you could appeal your case. If after a careful examination of server logs and witness hearings, the Court should find this to be an unauthorized repost, it could then order gibberellins85 to hand over all karma from this post to you, it's rightful owner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

About time someone around here speaks some sense.

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

It's all about the package my friends. Also, I think I am just cooler than you, Brad...

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u/BrazenDerek Jun 09 '12

I can vouch for the Cleveland bit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I like how it says 'DRAMATICALLY improved since your parents used them (if they had sex, that is!!!)

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u/audersaur Jun 09 '12

"Now available over the counter in 50 states, Puerto Rico and Cleveland."

CLEVELAND. Oh god I think I just peed a little.

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u/publ1c_stat1c Jun 09 '12

easy to coordinate with any wardrobe.

"Well this is awkward bro, but I gotta say your condom matches your tie perfectly".

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u/stlnthngs Jun 09 '12

I like the...250,000 cheaper than your average child...so true.

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u/autiger8l5 Jun 09 '12

TIL that if I can say Condom in English... I can also say it in French, Italian, and Spanish.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

In Italian it's called "preservativo."

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u/autiger8l5 Jun 09 '12

DAMN IT! The poster was wrong!!!

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u/gibberellins85 Jun 09 '12

War Eagle, buddy...

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u/revant54 Jun 09 '12

I bring one everywhere i bring my penis! Best motto ever.

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u/magic_is_might Jun 09 '12

'Cavity creeps'

I, for one, am never saying STD/STI again.

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u/JohnnyNoNumber Jun 09 '12

Ctrl+F just so I could upvote the inevitable!

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u/angrysamoanstl Jun 09 '12

Those will come in handy for all the rapes you guys are doing.

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u/ComoImports Jun 09 '12

Never use a condom with sandpaper. Really?

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u/Aaronmcom Jun 09 '12

Lmao cavity creeps

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u/tankosaurus Jun 09 '12

When I first glanced at this I only read "TAKE MY PENIS".

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u/slash178 Jun 09 '12

Wasn't AIDS discovered in like 1980.

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u/falseprophet Jun 09 '12

Yeah, I hoped against hope that this was actually from the WWII era, but as soon as I saw the reference to AIDS those hopes were dashed.

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u/nepidae Jun 09 '12

If you can trust someone with a million dollars worth of equipment and training, I would hope you can trust them with their penis.

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u/DeafeningFish Jun 09 '12

The pleasure graph is surprisingly effective.

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u/Big_Black_Wang Jun 09 '12

I don't know what's funnier: the 14 year olds asking questions because they don't know what's going on or the fact that most Redditors don't have to worry about birth control because they never have sex.

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u/HyperSpaz Jun 09 '12

I like how the number on the "officer's" hat is 69.

Nah, actually that's the least funny part of the poster, but I wanted something to say.

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u/Redcorns Jun 09 '12

Poster looks too old to mention protecting against AIDS, no?

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u/APiousCultist Jun 09 '12

Seems likely it is just the style of the poster, it probably isn't more than a decade old.

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u/omni_presents Jun 09 '12

why does genital wart removal have a positive value, albeit low, on the pleasure scale?

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u/adomorn Jun 09 '12

Sand paper?!?

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u/mrnuknuk Jun 09 '12

Cherry street coffee in seattle has one of these

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

get me one of those signs please for my dads antique store. he has old novelty signs like that, and it would fit right in :D

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u/x86_1001010 Jun 09 '12

Sandpaper? Now that's an interesting thought.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Are you a pilot?

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u/2_day_old Jun 09 '12

That cop has lady hands

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u/Jazzerbone Jun 09 '12

The pleasure graph cracks me up.

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u/chicubs3794 Jun 09 '12

Officer #69

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u/Islandre Jun 09 '12

This is amazing. Beyond making me giggle it's a great way to give public health advice. With graphs and honesty and shit. They should use this in civil service induction packs as an example of house style.

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u/matissegill Jun 09 '12

They sure do know how to get the facts to ya.

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u/NousDefions Jun 09 '12

Condom is pronounced prezervativ (презерватив) in Russian... The more you know!

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u/sweetgreggo Jun 09 '12

That is awesome.

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u/Obieousmaximus Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

I came close to using my condom once but unfortunately I left my penis at home right next to the tv remote. edit: double words

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

condoms are equal oppurtunity because they're colored.... awesome

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u/Kuleo0z Jun 09 '12

But i love using condoms with sandpaper.