Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Antarctic Condom Arithmetic

165,000 condoms were shipped to an Antarctic research station to meet the needs of its staff of 125 people.

165,000/125 works out to 132 condoms per person, which is enough for two screws per week, with 18 condoms left over for use as party balloons, presumably.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The linked story says 16,500 not 165,000. Might have been corrected since you first saw it.

Anonymous said...

If they are screwing another human, that would be 4 screws per week (2 humans use 1 condom). If they are screwing penguins, then 2 screws per week is correct.

Bob said...

Anonymous said...

The linked story says 16,500 not 165,000. Might have been corrected since you first saw it.


Or I simply blew it. (see anon 2's comment).

Bob said...

Anonymous said...

If they are screwing another human, that would be 4 screws per week (2 humans use 1 condom). If they are screwing penguins, then 2 screws per week is correct.


D'oh! That should clue you in to how often I've been needing condoms lately.