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Stick this in your pope and smoke it

OK, so I’m a little slow on writing about this one, but the distribution of condoms, the pope says, aggravates the HIV/AIDS problem. Huh?

From The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/17/pope-africa-condoms-aids

More than two-thirds – 67% – of the global total of 32.9 million people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa.

Three-quarters of all Aids deaths in 2007 happened there.

Well, I’m with Richard Dawkins on this one: the pope must be a bit dim (as reported in reasonWeekly) http://reasonweekly.com/richard-dawkins/richard-dawkins-says-pope-is-stupid-for-claiming-that-the-use-of-condoms-could-increase-aids-problem

Professor Dawkins, the prominent biologist and atheist, said that Benedict XVI would have blood on his hands if his beliefs were followed by Catholics around the continent.

Speaking at a university in Spain, he said: “I wonder on what basis anyone can say condoms make Aids worse. The Pope is either stupid, ignorant or dim.

“If people take his words seriously he will be responsible for the deaths of thousands, perhaps millions of people.”

So, I thought I’d create a list of famous condom moments in film, television, books

Days of Thunder – Tom Cruise racing a condom up Nicole Kidman’s inner thigh

Pretty Woman – Julia Roberts’ range of choices for Richard Gere

Vivienne: “Pick one. I got red, I got green, I got yellow. I’m outta purple but I do have one gold circle coin left, the condom of champions, the one and only nothing is getting through this sucker. What d’you say?”
Edward: “A buffet of safety.”
Vivienne: “I’m a safety girl!”

Naked Gun