Olympic villages ran out of free condoms

[gsk8]

Love is in the air!!

Olympic villages ran out of free condoms. Organizers promise a Valentine's weekend restock.

Olympic organizers promise that the villages where athletes live won't run out of free condoms again during the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

www.cbsnews.com

On Valentine's Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for the athlete villages was promised by the organizers after going short during the week.

"We can confirm that condom supplies in the Olympic Villages were temporarily depleted due to higher-than-anticipated demand," the Italian organizing committee said in a statement Saturday. "Additional supplies are being delivered and will be distributed across all villages between today and Monday."

 

[noskates]

Why do I think this is hilarious!

 

[tstop4me]

Well, the Olympics is the epitome of "where the rubber meets the road."

 

[skatedreamer]

"higher than anticipated demand"

 

[Chantilly]

When in Rome I guess!

 

[yuumagical]

There's another article about this situation featuring a quote from none other than Donovan Carrillo:

Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo remarked, "I just saw that this morning. I was, like, shocked as everyone else."

But the best quote of the article is from IOC spokesman Mark Adams:

"It is rule 62 of the Olympic Charter that we have to have a condoms story. Faster, higher, stronger, together."

That's one way of interpreting the Olympic motto...

 

[tstop4me]

Maybe the unanticipated shortage of condoms resulted from the unanticipated shortage of the Tina and Milo plush stoats? At this point, the medal winners get a pair of them along with their medal. Everyone else is scrounging for them. So if they can't cuddle up with plush stoats, they have to cuddle up with something (someone) else?

With a few exceptions, most athletes are far from home; and many are far, far from home. Reminds me of the Stephen Stills lyrics:

"And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with"

 

[tstop4me]

But the best quote of the article is from IOC spokesman Mark Adams:

"It is rule 62 of the Olympic Charter that we have to have a condoms story. Faster, higher, stronger, together."

Reminds me of the Kate McGarrigle lyrics:

"Go, leave
She's better than me
Or at least she is stronger
She will make it last longer
That's nice for you"

 

[skatedreamer]

A friend told me today that athletes grab the condoms in bunches just because they have the Olympic logo on them. They take them home to give out as souvenirs.

But the logo thing...oh gawd, the visual!

 

[elektra blue]

There's another article about this situation featuring a quote from none other than Donovan Carrillo:



But the best quote of the article is from IOC spokesman Mark Adams:



That's one way of interpreting the Olympic motto...

one of those cases when faster isn't a great thing

 

[tstop4me]

one of those cases when faster isn't a great thing

It is if they're in the warm-up room, and an event is coming up for at least one of them.

 

[tstop4me]

But the logo thing...oh gawd, the visual!

Whatever do you mean? Ménage à cinq? Fifth time's a charm?

 

[skatedreamer]

Whatever do you mean? Ménage à cinq? Fifth time's a charm?

Are you sure you're quoting the right person? I didn't say anything about a ménage à cinq.

 

[elektra blue]

It is if they're in the warm-up room, and an event is coming up for at least one of them.

coming is the key word here

(kids go to bed this thread isn't for you)

 

[lariko]

Are you sure you're quoting the right person? I didn't say anything about a ménage à cinq.

Olympic rings. I'll never think of them the same way again.

 

[tstop4me]

Are you sure you're quoting the right person? I didn't say anything about a ménage à cinq

I was quoting you. And, yes, you didn't say anything about a ménage à cinq; I introduced it as a hypothetical example. You had originally written:

A friend told me today that athletes grab the condoms in bunches just because they have the Olympic logo on them. They take them home to give out as souvenirs.

But the logo thing...oh gawd, the visual!

From this I gathered that the imprint of the Olympic logo on a condom evoked a shocking, jaw-dropping image in your mind. I wondered what that image was. I suggested two hypothetical scenarios: "ménage à cinq" and "fifth time's a charm". Just curious as to what visual flashed through your mind. But perhaps I misinterpreted your post completely.

 

[Andrea82]

A friend told me today that athletes grab the condoms in bunches just because they have the Olympic logo on them. They take them home to give out as souvenirs.

But the logo thing...oh gawd, the visual!

Yes.
And a few days ago some of them were getting sold on Vinted for 105 euros...

 

[moonvine]

A friend told me today that athletes grab the condoms in bunches just because they have the Olympic logo on them. They take them home to give out as souvenirs.

But the logo thing...oh gawd, the visual!

Adam said in his book that he was disappointed because they were generic condoms with no logo. Guess someone was listening!

 

[moonvine]

Maybe the unanticipated shortage of condoms resulted from the unanticipated shortage of the Tina and Milo plush stoats? At this point, the medal winners get a pair of them along with their medal. Everyone else is scrounging for them. So if they can't cuddle up with plush stoats, they have to cuddle up with something (someone) else?

With a few exceptions, most athletes are far from home; and many are far, far from home. Reminds me of the Stephen Stills lyrics:

"And if you can't be with the one you love, honey
Love the one you're with"

They’re (almost all) young people who are in fantastic physical shape and are in general good looking. I’ve always heard a lot of physical ..interactions happen.

 

[formersk8ter]

Adam said in his book that he was disappointed because they were generic condoms with no logo. Guess someone was listening!

Which Adam? (Sorry, I'm nosy.)