Don’t Flush Condoms. The End.

Hey – at the very least it will convince you to take out the trash, no?

-Heather… off to plan my Burning Man 2008 camp…
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I had a friend who lived in an apartment. Early one morning, he woke up to a weird sound. Raw sewage was slowly backing up into his tub and toilet. As people began getting up for the day and running water, the speed increased until he had a pool of sewage a couple of inches deep covering his entire apartment while he rushed to move as many things outside as possible. The cause of the back up was a knot of condoms and tampons. Ick. That was enough to convince me to never flush either of those.
you guys are totally sex obsessed. when this is nothing better to write about, out come the sex tips. what I want are biodegradable condoms to throw in the compost bin.
Aside from the "Swimming in the Amazon" tip. This is something my wife and I have no need for in our lives. For biodegradable condoms, both lambskin and latex will break down over time. However this will most likely not happen in your compost pile. Lambskin doesn't protect against STDs though.
As a student of wastewater treatment and an employee of our local water/wastewater service provider, I'm certain that a condom could not make it through a wastewater treatment plant. It shouldn't even make it through pre-treatment steps.
In "my" case I am sure the little critter was merely a by-product of some beach whoopee rather than wastewater overflow. Still ... people DO flush all kinds of non-degradable contraband down their toilets and it really is time to stop doing that. THey make 'plastic' toothbrushes etc. out of corn these days; wonder if the same technology would work with rubbers?
I'm sorry, but I must have missed this somewhere: What's the ~best~ (as opposed to second best) thing about sex on the kitchen counter? Also, I'm wondering what ~women~ can do to prevent that nasty fish from taking up residence in their urethras.
EW! OK, so I didn't even KNOW flushing was an "option" (of many, as I now sadly read...) That's soooo gross! We've been tossin' em in the trash since the 80's...Not that I'm thrilled with that either, but....
Wouldn't the best thing about sex on the kitchen counter be the sex itself? Or maybe its the close proximity to protein and sugar to keep your strength up for a marathon session. You choose.
I never gave it a thought. It seems the most natural way to dispose of used condoms, is to flush them down the toilet after use. I always have and as it is the neatest and most convienent, I will continue to do so.

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