| Jenny
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| 6486. Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:11 am |
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| Assuming of course, as we do, that there will be a series 3. |
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| garrick92
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| 6490. Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:32 pm |
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| Bloody hell, easy, tiger! We haven't even finished this one yet! |
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| Jenny
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| 6491. Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:08 pm |
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| <does Tigger impersonation and bounces all over the thread> |
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| Hans
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| 6844. Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:05 am |
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"C" is for... Condoms. I just finished reading Neal Stephanson's Quicksilver and in it he would have us believe that putting a sausage skin over your hotdog to prevent pregnancy is an invention of the Turks. Is this true? Anybody?
"C" is also for... Conservation. Turns out China has more pandas then originally thought. It was just their methods of surveyance needed to be updated. The Head Ranger at the Chengdu Panda Reserve tells me it was a case of Dogs v. Droppings. They used to use dogs to track them down. Using this method they might find one but others would be warned and flee the vicinity. They now use the more modern method of examining their droppings. These contain lots of information concerning the individual bear, for example the diameter of the dropping: each bear's anus is of a differing diameter. |
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| Flash
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| 6856. Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:45 pm |
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| Well now, I like that panda stuff. Did he say how many there really are? Wouldn't it be great if they turned out to be a pest species, and had to be culled? What would the WWF do then? Amalgamate with some other pro-wrestling organisation, I suppose. |
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| Jenny
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| 6859. Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:07 pm |
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One website gave this information, of which I had read the 'animal gut' and 'Charles II' bits before elsewhere:
| Quote: | Condom history guru’s aren’t 100% sure where the term “condom” came from, but they do have a couple of theories. One is that it is named after a "Dr. Condom", who supplied King Charles II of England with animal-tissue sheaths to keep him from fathering illegitimate children and getting diseases from prostitutes. Others claim the word comes from a "Dr. Condon" or a "Colonel Cundum.
The other (and more likely) origin of the term comes from the Latin word “condos”, which means receptacle.
Wherever the term came from, it is one of the most highly recognised words in the English language today.
1350 – 1220 BC:
Egyptian tribesmen used condoms to protect themselves against infection, injury and insect bites.
100 – 200 AD:
Scenes in cave paintings found in the South of France indicate the use of condoms by Europeans as early as 100AD.
1500’s:
Italian anatomist Gabrielle Fallopius invented a condom made of linen and conducted syphilis trials among 1,100 men. None of the participants using the condoms became infected with the disease.
Later in the 1500s, one of the first improvements to the condom was made. The linen cloth sheaths were sometimes soaked in a chemical solution and then allowed to dry prior to use. These were the first spermicides on condoms.
1700’s:
Historical documents suggest that condoms made from animal guts (yuck!) were in use as a contraceptive during the 1700’s. However they were quite expensive and as a result were often reused! At the time, the condoms were promoted as "an armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection".
In 1758, the infamous French lover Casanova is said to have used condoms to prevent his girlfriends from getting pregnant.
1800’s:
The Japanese have two different types of condom to choose from – one is the Kawagata or Kyotai condom, which was made of thin leather; and the other was the Kabutogata condom, which was made of tortoiseshell or horn. Hmmm, do you think that was painful?
1843:
The condom industry got a real boost with the discovery of the revolutionary process of “rubber vulcanisation” (nothing to do with Star Trek’s Dr Spock). This enabled condom-makers to mass produce condoms that were more reliable and less expensive than earlier versions. Prior to this discovery, condoms were made of crepe rubber and sulphur.
1861:
The first ad for condoms was published in The New York Times. It was for "Dr. Power's French Preventatives."
1873:
The Comstock Law (named after one Anthony Comstock) made the advertising of any sort of birth control illegal. It also allowed the postal service to confiscate condoms sold through the mail.
1930’s:
Liquid latex replaced crepe rubber as the “material of choice” for condom manufacture. By 1935, 1.5 million condoms were being produced each day in the US.
1980’s:
The post-war baby boom of the 1960’s and “free love” in the ‘70’s did big things for the world’s population, so its not overly surprising that condoms became more widely available in the 1980’s. Condoms appeared on the shelves of pubs, supermarkets, service stations and even the local dairy, as people moved to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancy.
In 1987 a Japanese brand called Kimono went on sale in America. The condom was thinner and more lubricated, and ads for the product talked about pleasure as well as protection.
1990’s:
A large number of different types of condom came on to the market, including condoms with different colours, flavours and textures.
By 1993 the annual production of natural latex condoms had reached 8.5 billion.
2001:
Durex launched a polyurethane condom - Durex Avanti - so the small percentage of girls and guys that are allergic to latex, no longer had the excuse not to use condoms.
2003:
An estimated 6-9 billion condoms are used worldwide each year. |
http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/articles/2810 |
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| Jenny
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| 6860. Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:11 pm |
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And another website gives:
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Middle Ages
The history of condoms in Europe begins in the sixteenth century, when the venereal disease syphilis reached epidemic proportions. In 1564, the Italian doctor Gabriel Falloppio wrote in the book 'Morbo Gallico', that a linen bag drenched in a solution of salt or herbs formed a protection against the disease. In the eighteenth century linen and silk condoms were used, as well as sheaths made of lambs' and goats' gut. To prevent them slipping off, a ribbon on the open end of the condom was tied around the penis. The sheaths made of bladder or gut could be used more than once; in contemporary paintings and prints they are some-times seen hanging on a hook or a clothes line to dry. |
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| Jenny
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| 6861. Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:11 pm |
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| Quote: | Origin of the name
The word condom is probably derived from Latin "condus" meaning receptacle. Another explanation is that the gut condom was invented by the English army doctor Colonel Quondam in around 1645 and that the word is a corruption of his name. We do not know who invented condoms, but we do know that they were in use. There is evidence of this in the writings of Marquis de Sade, Casanova and James Boswell. The latter, a Scottish lawyer and writer, protected himself against sexually transmitted diseases by using a linen condom. During a visit to an Amsterdam brothel in 1764, he drank with a prostitute, but the encounter went no further as he'd left his "armour" behind. When visiting a brothel in Marseilles, Casanova tried so-called "English raincoats", and spoke of reaching great heights. |
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| Jenny
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| 6862. Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:13 pm |
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| Quote: | Specialty Shop
The concept of a specialised condom shop such as Condomerie® Het Gulden Vlies is not a new one. In the 18th century, there was already a condom shop in Amsterdam. In The Hague, the trader Mathijs van Mordechay Cohen sold "condons" that he made himself from lambs' bladders and ribbons.
In the middle of the eighteenth century, trade in condoms thrived in London. At the centre of this activity were two ladies, Mrs Phillips and Mrs Perkins. They each had a condom shop and openly competed with each other in their pamphlets. Mrs Phillips also ran a wholesale company on Half Moon Street on the Strand. The two women both had large stocks of bladders, sheaths and other contraceptives, which they sold to apothecaries, travellers and ambassadors. The ladies used rhymes to advertise their products, showing evidence of a liberal and enlightened mind.
For the less well-to-do there was a certain Miss Jenny, (no relation) who sold washed second-hand condoms. |
http://www.condomerie.com/EHistCondo.html |
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| Flash
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| 6865. Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:08 am |
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| Quote: | | (nothing to do with Star Trek’s Dr Spock) |
Sorry to trivialise, but that'd but Mr Spock, 2 i/c USS Enterprise. Dr Benjamin Spock was another chap altogether. |
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| Jenny
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| 6878. Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:29 pm |
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Quite right to point that out Flash - QI should be nothing if not accurate.
I have a photograph of myself, taken in August 1978, a couple of weeks after the birth of my eldest son. He and I are both stretched out on the sofa, fast asleep, and on the coffee table in front of me is an open copy of Dr Spock's volume. A picture is worth a thousand words... |
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| Hans
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| 6880. Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:59 pm |
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| Concerning the pandas, they thought there were only two or maximum three in a 301.5 km sq. area. Turns out there are at least ten if not more. |
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| Flash
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| 6884. Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:46 pm |
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| So still not exactly overrun, sadly. |
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| Cleverina Clogs
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| 9592. Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:39 pm |
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| I think more info about the human body would be quite interesting. There are plenty of men that could do with a bit of education out there! |
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| laidbacklazyman
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| 9607. Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:46 pm |
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| C for Christmas. There are a lot of misconceptions about christmas that should catch a lot of people out |
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