Most condoms out there are made from latex. That’s due to its perfect elastic properties and strength. But latex has also always had some drawbacks - for some people at least. Many people out there suffer from latex allergy, which makes it virtually impossible to wear latex condoms. Polyurethane on the other hand is expensive, not as elastic and soft as latex.

Now there’s a new promising technology being launched by LifeStyles Condoms called SKYN promising to provide skin-to-skin sensation. It’s made from a new non-latex, polyisoprene formula which focuses on sensitivity. But it has the advantages of latex.

You could say that Pronto Condoms made a dream come true for many people out there. The ultimate question was: How to get a condom on in just 4 seconds?

Since the launch of the Pronto Condom applicator it’s not a question anymore. It’s mission impossible accomplished so to speak. It also remains true though, that you can only get the super fast condom applicator in South Africa only.

But fortunately we have good news to announce here. The South African inventors are currently checking investment opportunities to take the product global and available to a wider public. Until then let’s have a closer look at this product and what it does.

Lawsuit…condom found in a pizza

WAYNE - Four Wayne County men have filed a suit against a local pizza restaurant. They claim they found a condom under a pizza they ordered.

This one is from the neverending list of let’s say interesting civil actions in American courts. Not too long ago a man filed a suit after he bit into a prophylactic in his hamburger at Burger King (at least he claimed so).

William Boyd Adkins, William Adkins Jr., Wesley Allen Blankenship and Curtis Ray Blankenship Jr. filed the suit Nov. 3 in Wayne Circuit Court against Giovanni’s Pizza located on Big Sandy River Road in Prichard.

Dear Condomuntiy reader, I probably don’t have to explain that stealing condoms is illegal. On the other side, using condoms as football socks holders or as party lights is perfectly alright, we know that too.

But you might be a little bit surprised that placing a condom over a doorknob could get you in serious (legal) trouble. Isn’t that good to know? We warned you.

Alright, here’s what happened. The priest in charge of the Newman Catholic Center at the Montclair State University found an unused condom covering the doorknob of the center.

Many African organizations who are struggling to provide education about condom use as the tidal wave of HIV/AIDS on that continent just gets bigger, watched the American presidential race with great interest, all believing that Obama could be a real god-send in helping overturn some of the Bush policies on STD and birth control prevention.

Some of those policies have been cited for hindering STD prevention efforts, especially when it comes to condom education, which has led America’s national health watchdog, the Centers for Disease Control, to pull some of its condom information from its Web site. The director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation says “The U.S. administration has certainly succeeded in demonizing condoms rather than showing that they can be part of prevention of both unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.”

Under Bush, restrictions were placed on both national and international AIDS funding; any national or international agency funded or in need of funding from the US were sanctioned if they dared whisper the word abortion.

The last designer condom dispenser we wrote about arose mixed emotions in the blogosphere to say the least. I’m sure it will be different with this little item by Alessi.

Alessi is an italian design company who mainly does gadgets and accessories and converts these everyday objects into little pieces of art. You’ll find everything from baskets/fruit bowls/centrepieces to kitchen boxes/biscuit boxes/containers in their portfolio.

Now you’ll also find the fancy Alessi Cohndom Box.

Port St. Lucie, Florida — Recently we reported about the 7-Eleven robbery where 10 boxes of condoms and one energy drink went missing. The robber sitting in a wheelchair got away. At that time the condoms were the hold-up reason.

Now there’s another weird case known to the public. In Port. St. Lucie a cross-dressing robber snatched a 74-year-old woman’s purse. During the assault he lost his faux breast - a water filled condom in a white gym sock. This time around the condom was part of the disguise.

Next time you cross-dress for Halloween or the like - know that you can use condoms for a fake breast. Just fill it with water (or silicone for the realistic type) tie a knot and you’re good to go. Just make sure you don’t leave it behind.

During history’s headiest, and certainly most expensive, political campaign, Republican candidate John McCain was asked “Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?” McCain‘s answer to the reporter who asked the question? After a long pause, all he could come up with was “You’ve stumped me.”

This led the most important pro-birth control organization in the US to hand out specially made condoms to political delegates, with a label that read “Protect yourself from John McCain”.

We will never know if perhaps those Humble Little Condoms did help get Barrack Obama elected, but the fact that he is being touted as  America’s “First African American” president does beg the question, “Is he in tune to his own community when it comes to condom use?” or more accurately, lack of condom use?
If not, he needs to be.

Antwerp, Belgium - “Spring is on its way” is the latest installation by Belgian conceptual artist Jan Fabre at Antwerp’s contemporary art museum Muhka.

The piece of art with the meaningful name has become the talk of the town recently because of its distinct looks and because of its smell. Fabre’s installation scheduled to run until the start of spring 2009 consists of condoms filled with onions and potatoes hanging from the ceiling.

Local media reported that many visitors and even museum guards protested against the smelly spring art. 8 years ago Jan Fabre covered some university pillars in Ghent in ham and understandably after a while the complaints came at that time too.