Comments on: Durex launches condoms-on-demand iOS app in Dubai

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:27:00 +0000

I see what you did there

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:26:00 +0000

Yeah, I replied to your other comment before I saw this one. The description might apply to one of the other Emirates, like Sharjah. But I haven’t been to Sharjah.

By: Gyrofrog

Gyrofrog — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:25:00 +0000

You can also buy liquor in Dubai. “Culturally conservative?” Maybe compared to Amsterdam. I was in Dubai in October and my hotel was, to put it charitably, a swangin’ bachelor pad.

It might raise more eyebrows next door in Sharjah, though.

By: The Chemist

The Chemist — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:42:00 +0000

Lots of comments from people who’ve never been to Dubai I see. Sure, it’s nominally conservative.

Emphasis on the “nominally”.

By: Stephan J. Müller

Stephan J. Müller — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:54:00 +0000

https://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/kondom-localizr/id323873967?mt=8

It looks like it only includes the Selecta vending machine DB. So the Selecta app might be almost as useful. I like the app icon, however :-)

By: desertstargazer

desertstargazer — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:52:00 +0000

You can buy condoms in every gas station, drug store and club / bar / hotel restroom in Dubai. Just sayin’.

By: desertstargazer

desertstargazer — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:50:00 +0000

The notion that Dubai is “culturally conservative” is a bit (miles) off the mark. There is more booze, sex and techno here than most global cities. Think Las Vegas meets Miami, except replace the Cubans and Puerto Ricans with Indians and Lebanese, and then replace tourists from Minnesota with Saudis on a 10-day bender.

By: Bad Juju

Bad Juju — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:22:00 +0000

Gee, ya think? Did BB really get trolled into running a condom ad? Well, it is funny…

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:17:00 +0000

Plan ahead and save at Costco!

http://www.costco.com/DUREX%C2%AE-Pleasure-Pack%C2%AE%2c-54-Condoms.product.100014021.html

Of course if you shop at Costco you’ll either never need a 54 pack of condoms, or you don’t know what they’re for.

By: ocker3

ocker3 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:20:00 +0000

Now That is useful! Link? Needs more countries in the DB

By: miasm

miasm — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:28:00 +0000

rule 34
must be out there but I cant find it

By: AceTracer

AceTracer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:26:00 +0000

Seriously, they might as well call the service Boner Killers.

By: AceTracer

AceTracer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:23:00 +0000

This smells of a blatant viral marketing campaign.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:15:00 +0000

So close, sooo close, k. Here’s ‘closer’; “Saran Wrap” by the Fugs: (skip to 1:27 if the intro is tl;dl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXjsPJTKwE

By: teknocholer

teknocholer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:44:00 +0000

There in thirty minutes or it’s irrelevant.

By: kmoser

kmoser — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:15:00 +0000

I'm surprised there isn't a plastic wrap delivery service.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:23:00 +0000

You’d think that if the guy can perform an hour of foreplay while he waiting for the delivery to arrive, he’d also realize that there are other options available besides those which mandate a condom, eh.

By: Zak McKracken

Zak McKracken — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:57:00 +0000

My best guess for why this is happening in Dubai is that it’s probably difficult to get your hands on condoms by just walking into a store and buying them — people will look, might start talking and so on.

So this might just be the thing that (at least some) people need to even be in possession of condoms without running into problems with society

By: Andrew Kay

Andrew Kay — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:52:00 +0000

Not just a lol – police officers in many places (including the USA) have been known to use condom possession as evidence that a woman is a prostitute. If that’s a legitimate risk for women, especially in a country where the penalties would be very harsh, then an on-demand delivery service could potentially keep innocent people out of jail. That said, the police might start following the condom delivery vans around…

By: Stephan J. Müller

Stephan J. Müller — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:23:00 +0000

In Switzerland, we have an app that gives you the nearest location of a vending machine that sells condoms.

By: HelexGil

HelexGil — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Another sign of things to come…

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:33:00 +0000

The back seat of your cab deserved it. Just look at those soft curves.

By: Jeffrey Karter

Jeffrey Karter — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:37:00 +0000

Condoms a guy “lost” in the back seat of your cab? Yeah, right!
That story’s got Beta Tester written all over it!

By: Mitch_M

Mitch_M — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:17:00 +0000

This makes me feel even worse for not turning around and returning the condoms a young gentleman lost in the back seat of my cab last Friday.

By: Gulliver

Gulliver — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:34:00 +0000

1) Things are heating up.
2a) You suggest waiting for the pizza.
2b) You’re interrupted by police harassment.
3) Mood continues untempered.

What could go wrong?

By: toobigtofail

toobigtofail — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:11:00 +0000

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a condom is a good guy with a condom.

By: RElgin

RElgin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:59:00 +0000

Durex manufactures a radar-resistant coating for some of those drones too so win/win.

By: t3kna2007

t3kna2007 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:51:00 +0000

Finally, a good use for drones. On it!

By: Mark McAndrew

Mark McAndrew — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:42:00 +0000

Or just give the Uber drivers a supply… #addingvalue

By: aldeka

aldeka — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:30:00 +0000

…Uber for condoms?

I hate to say it, but I could totally see this taking off in San Francisco.