# "As happy as paper plates may make them, this is going to make them happier." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811 "2003-03-07T22:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/1 "2003-03-07T22:40:32Z")
Credit James Taranto at [OpinionJournal.com](http://OpinionJournal.com) for locating [this NY Times excerpt:](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/07/health/07SPON.html?pagewanted=all) > [@](#): > > The Today Sponge contraceptive is returning to the market, the New York Times reports. Businessman Gene Detroyer, who used to make disposable plates and cups, has bought the right to market the birth-control device, which is “more convenient than a condom, less invasive than an I.U.D.” > > “This is going to make millions of women very happy,” Detroyer tells the Times. “As happy as paper plates may make them, this is going to make them happier.” ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/2 "2003-03-07T23:25:39Z")
uh huh. not doing the washing up pales in comparison to having to give birth. paper plates??? WTF? i can think of lots of things that make me happier than disposable flatware… ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/3 "2003-03-07T23:25:59Z")
The sponge scares me. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/4 "2003-03-08T00:12:13Z")
It doesn’t scare me - I’m pretty happy that it’s back. Now I just need to find someone to have sex with once I’ve got some and I’ll be a really happy camper. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/5 "2003-03-08T00:21:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Now I just need to find someone to have sex with once I’ve got some and I’ll be a really happy camper. \*\* _:waves like an imbecile:_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/6 "2003-03-08T00:26:23Z")
Lsura, give him the spongeworthy interview. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/7 "2003-03-08T01:35:48Z")
I _guess_ that’s good news. Don’t forget that the sponge doesn’t protect against STDs, though. So…um…be careful. (I can’t believe that was my 100th post. :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/8 "2003-03-08T01:49:49Z")
Huh. I read the guy’s name as Gene De **s** troyer. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-happy-as-paper-plates-may-make-them-this-is-going-to-make-them-happier/159811/9 "2003-03-08T02:14:26Z")
Have they been improved to make them more reliable? Long fingernails+birth control sponge=a now-15-year-old daughter.:eek: I don’t mean to imply that I’m sorry I had her, but I might have been sorry had my circumstances been worse than they were, you know? As it was, I was 25, her father felt like sticking around and supporting us, and all turned out well. But that was more luck than anything.