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No hugs or high-fives, but 150,000 condoms will be given out at Tokyo Olympics

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Organizers told AFP on Tuesday that they still plan to hand out around 150,000 free condoms to athletes, but the new rulebook urges them to "limit your contact with other people as much as possible."

Athletes will look for dates in Tinder during the game?

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Get the size right.

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@Mickelicious... I laughed so hard that I almost fell off the sofa! But you are absolutely right!

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When i look at the pic and then at the title, my mind had a whole different view then what the article is actually about. lol

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No hugs or high-fives, but 150,000 condoms will be given out at Tokyo Olympics

this is turning into the Benny Hill Show of the Olympics

Get the size right.

brilliant!

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These are the ones with a six foot extension to comply with the social distancing rule?

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Why can't they pay for them? Besides the locally made won't fit most visitors.

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I recommend the BIG BOY XL...

Don't hand out the regular ones or it will end in 150,000 condoms returned due to a misfit.

Just like the Abenomask fiasco!

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I hope they remember that foreigners are not the same size as Japanese. I hope they learned from the "Abeno mask" experience.

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Are these supposed to be worn the normal way or pulled over the head for protection against coronavirus?

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I hope they remember that foreigners are not the same size as Japanese. I hope they learned from the "Abeno mask" experience.

LOL! so what are they going to call them? Suga no Condom?

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What’s the campaign name for this: “GoTo _____?”

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Their time in Japan will be "minimized to reduce the risk of infection," and those staying at the Olympic Village will be expected to "avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact.

Do what with the condoms? Blow balloons??

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Condoms!!!??? But no hugging nor high fives!!!! That will be interesting!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! What next?

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Yes! 2020 Olympics Back in Motion!

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No hugs or high-fives, but 150,000 condoms will be given out at Tokyo Olympics

All this taxpayer money for the games and if come down to this?

I hate the Olympics. It means nothing anymore.

Society has turned to a swirling toilet with people are devoid of substance anymore.

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Organizers told AFP on Tuesday that they still plan to hand out around 150,000 free condoms to athletes, but the new rulebook urges them to "limit your contact with other people as much as possible."

Guess there'll be a lot of quickies

Or holes on the walls, lol

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All these not-so-subtle references to size are a bit pathetic.

Puts me in mind of a certain former fat president with a dead hamster on his head having a tantrum cos someone said his hands were small.

Size is like money; it ain't how much you got, it's what you do with it that counts.

And if you have to brag about it, you probably aren't confident of being able to do much with it.

Another thing that is pathetic is the whole idea that in a socially-distanced, no-hugs, avoid-unnecessary-physical-contact Olympics which probably (hopefully) isn't going happen anyway, providing 150,000 condoms is any kind of priority.

The same day that Mr Cleo gets a letter in the post telling him that his pension is being cut because the country is running out of money.

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No problem. Just make sure people have 2M long tools available........

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Condoms. 150,000 condoms. For athletes. How many athletes: 15,000 if all and every show-up. 35% are female. That's approximately: 5,000. At a minimum 5% are gay. That's minimally 250. So. The 150,000 condoms are for the males? Who supposedly will not be interacting with the natives or fans. Are they allowed to interact with so-called 'Sex Workers'? Which begs the question posted above: Do they wear them on their heads? Blow them up like balloons? Take them home as souvenirs? The Olympics are increasingly an absurdity. With incredible amounts of cash invested, with no viable return. The losses are calculated to be upwards of 10 times the cost of infrastructure. Those costs/losses are never recovered by any means over any extended period. If the Games are cancelled, the losses would be less than if the Olympics are held.

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I hope they remember that foreigners are not the same size as Japanese

True, there may be serious injuries among foreign athletes if this isn't considered properly

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it's what you do with it that counts.

Don't forget to ring the doorbell, too.

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Guess there'll be a lot of quickies

Or holes on the walls, lol

The Centre for Disease Control of British Columbia, Canada does recommend using “glory holes” to practice safe sex during the pandemic:

https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/coronavirus-glory-holes-sex/

Guess there's gonna be a run for hole-saws at the hardware store

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Will that be enough?

Invalid CSRF

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Organizers told AFP on Tuesday that they still plan to hand out around 150,000 free condoms to athletes, but the new rulebook urges them to "limit your contact with other people as much as possible."

So, quickies are highly recommend!

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Today I learn that The Olympics is just us subsidizing athletes to have "orgy" ?

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LMFAO so the Olympic committe is promoting safe sex, I wonder if their will be a gold medal for who can get laid the most!

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LMFAO so the Olympic committe is promoting safe sex

Yeah like they do at every Olympics. Are you just figuring this out now?!

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Unother reason I dont like the Olympics. I guess a lot of athaletes have no morals. I would let them bring there own condoms and not give them out. I guess they can do it with masks on.

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Ahh, you guys have all got this all wrong. I've been on to the IOC and apparently the condoms are not for sex at all. They are to cover the entire person. Its part of the Olympics "State of the art Covid-protection Kit". Its the only way guaranteed - "no Corona can get through". (You know that bit on the top-that's where the head goes). Its all for Insurance purposes apparently. According to a spokesperson,( who was actually wearing one of these, what they refer to as "Body-Condoms" whilst giving the press conference) "It'l make the steeplechase and hurdles a bit akward but the high-jumpers will have a field-day with the old 1970's 'Finsbury-Flop' technique expected to make a come back." They also received complaints from Sprinters that they'l find it difficult to lift the knees, and in the "true spirit of human ingenuity"(because, as the spokesperson said, "sport reflects mans unstoppable ability to adopt after all" - I got very emotional, hearing that bit, I'l admit) they have renamed the 100 meters sprint as "The Hop, Skip and Jump". Just for this year though (Pity). Cant wait for it.

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