Went to Walgreen’s last night, intending to buy a small 3-pack of condoms, since I had left mine in my sock drawer at home (They do a lot of good there!).
It seems that Walgreen’s sells the Greatest Condoms Ever Rolled Down The Shaft Of A Penis. While I didn’t expect the monolithic chain that is Walgreen’s to be in the same competitive price bracket as the local Chevron, I expected to pay $3-4 for a 3-pack.
I was sadly mistaken. I guess no matter the brand, condoms sold at Walgreen’s are cast from solid platinum by silken-clad eunuchs. I guess eunuchs are good at that sort of thing.
The 3-pack was a mind-boggling $7, in defiance of logic, supply & demand, and my good nature. I spent a good minute attempting to deduce the reason for the exorbiant price (eunuchs being the only semi-plausible yet humorous response my feeble mind could envisage).
I began to take a wider view of the selection, and could not help but notice that the 36-pack of the same brand of condom was $23.
Hmm. I ain’t too good wit’ me numbers, but that comes out to roughly:
$2.3333/jimmy for the 3-pack
$0.6389/jimmy for the 36-pack
Hmm.
Hmm…
Yep. I am now one of “those people” who come into a store at 10PM, looking slightly disheveled, and buys a 36-pack of condoms.
And the night wouldn’t be complete without the look of confusion that slowly transitions into a wry smile on the part of the cashier, who probably just learned about these things in his health class.
Every clerk needs a good story. Nice of you to oblige him. As to the quoted part above, I assume you mean Kimono Ultra-Thins. Hands (and other parts) down the best condom around.
I once bought condoms, a bottle opener and a box of stemware as one purchase. This was valentine’s day night. The clerk was trying to contain his laughter.
Yes, but of course using all 36 would have been excessive, as I had to be up early this morning. So needless to say, the remainder of that purchase, combined with my existing pile once I got home, has resulted in my current total of…
46 condoms in my sock drawer.
Along with my passport, holster for my .38, and 2 pairs of socks.
If there are 46 condoms and only 4 socks in your “sock drawer” shouldn’t it really be your condom drawer? As in “I keep both pairs of socks in my condom drawer.”