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Turbo Monkey
Mar 14, 2005
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This is why I reuse condoms
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This set of 110-year-old condoms, made from the swim bladders of fish, are up for auction in Vienna. Delightfully, they seem to have been meant to be reusable, as evidenced by the former owner's careful tally of how many times each condom had been used. It looks as though you were only supposed to reuse 10 times.

And this:

Employing human and animal tissue is not an achievement of modern medicine: both have long been used, for example, to dress wounds. Particularly popular – and particularly expensive – were the swim bladders of fish. The translucent outer skin of these air-filled pouches, which consist of just a very few layers of cells, is extremely fine. They melt when heated carefully, and the resulting liquid was used for a variety of purposes, such as dressing especially sensitive wounds (in what were called court plasters).

Because they’re so soft, fish bladders were popular as condoms: “Fish bladders are preferable to rubber since, being significantly finer and more durable, they are not as obtrusive as rubber, and the sensation is hardly affected if at all” (from an Ed. Baumgartner sales catalogue of Lucerne, Switzerland, 1908).

The condom was moistened before use. In terms of size, fish bladders from catfish and sturgeon, which was quite common until the 19th century, were both suitable. Cleaned, split and dried lamb intestines were also popular for this purpose. Since neither material was very elastic, the condom had to be secured to the penis with a ribbon or a rubber ring. Furthermore, they were expensive, and after each use they were washed, carefully dried, rubbed with oil and bran to prevent cracking, and used again.
 

scrublover

Turbo Monkey
Sep 1, 2004
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#rubbermonkey :monkey:
scrublover as an exchange student in germany, uh, many years ago: Kann Ich Dein Gummi borgen?

entire class erupts in uprorious laughter.

scrubby is befuddled.

the not to be fazed teacher herr muller: david, you just asked him to borrow a condom. i think you mean to ask for an eraser, yes? that would be a radiergummi...
 

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding the baggage carousel.
scrublover as an exchange student in germany, uh, many years ago: Kann Ich Dein Gummi borgen?

entire class erupts in uprorious laughter.

scrubby is befuddled.

the not to be fazed teacher herr muller: david, you just asked him to borrow a condom. i think you mean to ask for an eraser, yes? that would be a radiergummi...
If you're fast enough a condom could be an eraser.
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
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After trying 10+ sleep drugs and most of the fairy dust herb ones I've ordered some tea, I fucking hate tea.
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I'm so jealous of people that sleep well, jerks!