2005-04-23

Because you didn't ask...

India manufactures more than 1 billion condoms annually. Only a quarter of condoms made in India are used during sex. Most are used to make saris, toys and bathroom slippers.

Sari weavers place the condoms on thread spools and the lubricant on the prophylactics is rubbed off on the thread, making it move faster through their sewing machines.


Sari makers also turn the condom's inside out, place them on their fingers and use the high-quality lubricant to polish gold and silver threads used in the traditional Indian women's outfits.

As added interest and due to a predilection for vignettes of late, I give you, a Brief History of the Condom.



In a loosely related aside, a photo of
la cathédrale de Condom, near Bordeaux, France.

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