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[Franklinnoble]

Amorous Swedes to Get Emergency Condom Deliveries

Tue Jun 1,10:50 AM ET

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish aid organization will roll out a new line of defense to the country's emergency services next week -- the condom ambulance.



From Friday, June 4, amorous couples can call the telephone number 696969 and a white van featuring a large red condom with wings as a logo will deliver them a packet of 10 prophylactics.



"We need to increase the usage of condoms," said Carl Osvald, marketing manager for the Swedish Organization for Sex Education, the non-governmental organization behind the initiative. "It is 50 percent about pregnancy and 50 percent about sexually transmitted diseases."



The ambulances will operate in Stockholm and the southern cities of Malmo and Gothenberg. The service, aimed at young people, will run until June 25 and be available between four in the afternoon and nine at night.



A packet of 10 condoms will cost 50 crowns ($6.72), less than they cost on average in the shops.



The incidence of sexually transmitted disease is increasing rapidly in Sweden and not enough young people use condoms, Osvald said.



"We need to change attitudes to condoms," he said. "If we need to get out in to the bedrooms to make things better we will do it."

[Wolfpack]

I got nothin', though Fritz or Afoci should be along any time now....

[GoldenEagle]

I do not know if I can wait on the condom ambulance.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

I do not know if I can wait on the condom ambulance.

The Ladies Man recommends you try doing it in the butt.

[stevew]

Not even sure how you would attempt to make this call, or talk to the driver.

[stevew]

Invariably this will result in some father dropping off condoms to his own house after the guy dating his daughter calls the "hotline," not knowing the chick he is about to score with has a father in the condom distribution business.

[Hurst2112]

"It is 50 percent about pregnancy and 50 percent about sexually transmitted diseases."

...and 100 percent about not hurting the little boys.

[dawgfan]

I had a friend tell me about his experience travelling in Finland. Apparently casual sex is more common and socially acceptable there - he was in the kitchen early the next morning after hooking up with a girl the previous night and the father came in and chatted with him, telling my friend he likes to meet his daughter's partners.

I don't know how similar Sweden is in this area, but my impression has been that the Scandanavian countries are fairly similar in this regard.

From a financial perspective, wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective for authorities there to simply provide free condom distribution in bars & clubs and whatnot?

[stevew]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

I had a friend tell me about his experience travelling in Finland. Apparently casual sex is more common and socially acceptable there - he was in the kitchen early the next morning after hooking up with a girl the previous night and the father came in and chatted with him, telling my friend he likes to meet his daughter's partners.

I don't know how similar Sweden is in this area, but my impression has been that the Scandanavian countries are fairly similar in this regard.

From a financial perspective, wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective for authorities there to simply provide free condom distribution in bars & clubs and whatnot?

Reminds me of that part in Trainspotting where Renton wakes up and realizes he is at his dates parents house, and she is still in high school.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by stevew

Reminds me of that part in Trainspotting where Renton wakes up and realizes he is at his dates parents house, and she is still in high school.

Heh, yeah - I think in my friend's case she was a little older than that...