# 150,000 condoms to be handed out at the Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850 "2012-07-20T13:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/81 "2012-07-24T03:54:46Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > [joke I saw online] > > **guy:** My Olympic condoms have arrived, I’m wearing Gold tonight. > > **gal:** Why don’t you wear Silver and come in second for a change? Please god, in such a situation I don’t want to even contemplate bronze… ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/82 "2012-07-24T06:18:23Z")
> [@Confused dart cum](#): > > As I understand it, Olympians have to be sixteen. That means none of them would be underage, as the age of consent in the UK is sixteen, which is a very sensible age. There should be romeo and juliet exceptions to it of course but for the vast majority of cases it’s basically just right. Nope, this is an article about a British diver competing in 2008 when he was 14. > **[Has Olympic hopeful Tom Daley found himself a diving 'belle'?](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039799/Has-Olympic-hopeful-Tom-Daley-diving-belle.html)** > > As a member of the Olympic team, Tom Daley has more serious goals than your average 14-year-old but he still has time to make firm friends with diving teammate Tonia Couch. I’ve seen stories about 14 y/o Russian gymnasts this time, but Google isn’t readily finding them. I am vaguely curious as to whether 14 y/os will have access to condoms, and how they’ll be denied access to them if that’s the intention. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/83 "2012-07-24T09:11:30Z")
> [@williambaskerville](#): > > Nope, this is an article about a British diver competing in 2008 when he was 14. > > [Has Olympic hopeful Tom Daley found himself a diving 'belle'? | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1039799/Has-Olympic-hopeful-Tom-Daley-diving-belle.html) > > I’ve seen stories about 14 y/o Russian gymnasts this time, but Google isn’t readily finding them. Psst - already asked in post #71, answered (broadly) in #72. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/84 "2012-07-24T14:23:07Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Please god, in such a situation I don’t want to even contemplate bronze… Easy…you can come in third and she can come in both first AND second. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/85 "2012-07-24T15:50:20Z")
Fuck me that’s a good answer Engineer Dude… and I don’t even like sports. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/86 "2012-07-25T00:27:10Z")
> [@williambaskerville](#): > > I am vaguely curious as to whether 14 y/os will have access to condoms, and how they’ll be denied access to them if that’s the intention. Good heavens, I hope they wouldn’t be. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/87 "2012-07-25T05:03:09Z")
Here’s proof that my team was gonna get fucked right from the get-go. If you tie, there’s no rubber match, but here’s a bunch of rubbers. Good thing Michelle Jenneke didn’t qualify, otherwise mandatory usage of condoms would be needed amongst spectators, just to keep ejaculate off the floors. Reports say that Michael Phelps was _not_ offered any condoms. Some say this was to keep him from being reminded of all the “get fucked” sentiments from his non-diva US teammates. Others say, this is to encourage him to impregnate the most aggressive Russian swimmer and hopefully create a real-life Aquaman. The condoms are called “Safety First”, but only “First” is written on the side, that way everyone can come in first at least once, or whatever. There were initially only 25,000 condoms that would be given out for free, but the US Men’s basketball team forfeited theirs as a team. I’s good to know that there’s a lot of protection for the upcoming games. The whole area will be swollen with people, and it will be a tight fit, with the protection and all. There will be measures in place to ensure the fluidity and ease of back-and forth traffic though. The games will get heated as they always do, and there will be certain highlights. We always hope it doesn’t end too soon, but it always seems to. Then someone crosses the finish line! The protective forces now don’t have much to keep them up. The once very strong interest is now deflating at a very rapid rate. The cleanup stage is rapidly approaching, and the tear-down of facilities has started. The glory fades a bit, the sweat is wiped off, the playing fields cleaned one last time. High fives are exchanged between players, but they haven’t any energy to do much more. When will the next games happen? Well, at least in four years, but amateur try-outs run season long, and have much looser qualifications. They always talk about Gold, Silver and Bronze, but they never mention that fourth place is polished wood. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/88 "2012-07-25T05:20:37Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Good thing Michelle Jenneke didn’t qualify, otherwise mandatory usage of condoms would be needed amongst spectators, just to keep ejaculate off the floors. I wasn’t familiar with her, so I went to Youtube and… that little dance she does sure is something! She didn’t qualify? Damn. The Olympics should have some kind of automatic qualification for hotties like her. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/89 "2012-07-25T05:41:22Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I wasn’t familiar with her, so I went to Youtube and… that little dance she does sure is something! She didn’t qualify? Damn. The Olympics should have some kind of automatic qualification for hotties like her. Yeah. She’s gone viral now, and for good reason. I could watch that silly clip for waaay longer than I’d care to admit. Maybe it’s time for Allison Stokke to pass the torch as it were. The fact that she’s Aussie, you just KNOW she has a stunning personality behind that too. She’s so cute, I’d be a bit embarrassed if she saw I had wood. I bet her accent is.. THAT’S IT! SHUT IT DOWN, YOU STUPID DONKEY!! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/90 "2012-07-25T12:12:44Z")
> [@j666](#): > > [QUOTE=williambaskerville] > I am vaguely curious as to whether 14 y/os will have access to condoms, and how they’ll be denied access to them if that’s the intention. Good heavens, I hope they wouldn’t be. [/QUOTE] Yeah, why wouldn’t they? If you deny them access to condoms without denying them access to sex, you’re asking for trouble; and if you do deny them access to sex, why does it matter whether they have access to the condoms, unless you’re worried they’ll waste too many of them having water balloon fights or something. Again, I think there’s a meaningful difference between giving them condoms, and giving them access to condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/91 "2012-07-25T13:54:09Z")
It makes me laugh when people say “it’s a bad example”. People have been screwing in every situation literally since the dawn of time, even before we were people. Finally for one of the first times in recorded history - this century and part of the last - we are not only being responsible about it, we are asking our young people to be responsible about it. Would you prefer they have lots of sex and get STDs and get knocked up and then, since some of them have professional careers, get abortions? Because that is what’s going to happen. Anyone, _anyone_, who complains about giving out free condoms is _ipso facto_ encouraging abortions. That’s just the way it works. You will not stop people having sex… and honestly, why would we even want to? I never understood why a supposedly loving God that gave us the capability to have orgasms would then turn around and deny them to us. Even the 14 year olds. I’d really rather have them HAVE the condoms - or at least access to them - then them having sex without. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/92 "2012-07-25T14:01:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Even the 14 year olds. I’d really rather have them HAVE the condoms - or at least access to them - **then** them having sex without Which is probably what they’ll do 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/93 "2012-07-25T14:47:36Z")
Nice people are going to have a lot of sex with each other. I see no reason to consider that a _pessimistic_ outlook. In fact, it makes the Olympics interesting to me in a way that athletics contests themselves don’t. And I see no reason that they should cater to the qualms of people who don’t like the idea of people having fun of a sexual nature. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/94 "2012-07-25T16:06:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > You will not stop people having sex… Feh. People stop me from having sex all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/95 "2012-07-25T18:00:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They’re providing condoms, not telling anybody to use them, keeping track of who uses them or why they are or are not using them. Damn. That’s a medal table I’d like to see. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/96 "2012-07-26T15:13:25Z")
I know posting two consecutive replies is bad form, but this just occurred to me: > [@](#): > > 150,000 condoms to be handed out at the Olympics Hadn’t you heard? London 2012 is the Games of the XXX Olympiad. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/97 "2012-07-26T17:23:58Z")
Wow, for a seemingly funny article this thread sure has taken off. I think this might be my longest thread ever. Shall we try and figure out how many have been used up til now? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/98 "2012-07-27T03:04:50Z")
What are these athletes done from their first instance of sexual activity to the present day, and what are they going to do for the rest of their lives for safe sex? For this one two week period, they have to be provided with free contraception or else STDs and unwanted pregnancy will spread across the globe? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/99 "2012-07-27T03:13:23Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > What are these athletes done from their first instance of sexual activity to the present day, and what are they going to do for the rest of their lives for safe sex? > > For this one two week period, they have to be provided with free contraception or else STDs and unwanted pregnancy will spread across the globe? I imagine they go to the shops or chemist or have a supply with them. The former two might not be as easy in the quarters they’re living in, and, well, perhaps they’ll find that demand outstrips supply, if they’re lucky. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850/100 "2012-07-27T03:37:16Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > What are these athletes done from their first instance of sexual activity to the present day, and what are they going to do for the rest of their lives for safe sex? No, after being around that much hot meat in one place, the rest of their lives among us normal folk will pale. They’ll lose all interest in sex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/150-000-condoms-to-be-handed-out-at-the-olympics/628850.md?page=6)