[Vision2020] And Now for Something Truly Different . . .

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the National Post (Vancouver, British Columbia) at:

http://tinyurl.com/Olympic-Condomania

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Emergency shipment of condoms headed to Olympic athletes
Story provided by National Post

Rowdy curling crowds; spontaneous street parties; public drunkenness. You
don't have to look far for evidence that the crowds at Winter Games in
Vancouver know how to have a good time.

And, as if anymore proof is needed that a wild Olympic atmosphere
permeates B.C.'s largest city, now there's an apparent condom shortage.

That's right. As you read this, an emergency shipment of condoms is
desperately making its way across Canada to the West Coast city.

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms
to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That's about 14
condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running
dangerously low.

So naturally, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research decided to step
and make sure there were no hitches in Olympic action.

"When we heard about the condom shortage in Vancouver, we felt it
important to respond immediately," said Kerry Whiteside, CANFAR's
Executive Director. The organization assembled three large boxes of about
8,500 condoms, much to the relief of libidos at the Olympic Village.
They're expected to arrive on Thursday.

Free condoms first started to be distributed at the Olympics in Barcelona
at the 1992 Games. This appears to be the first time that a shortage has
struck the Games.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown