Thread: Can you get condoms on Russia?

What's a dinger???
Here is the condom link
http://www.redavantgarde.com/shop.asp?ItTypeID=24

I'd like to know, just how you plan on getting condoms ON russia anyways.

"Russia" is obviously some sort of twisted euphemism for the male genetalia, probably prevalent in Bianca's country since the early 70's, i.e. the height of the Cold War.

Yes, Bianca, but it is a very complex, arduous, and mentally draining process, best explained by a medical professional, because it involves a great deal of flexibility, mental fortitude, and a fair bit of luck.

Originally Posted by Rosa Anna

What's a dinger???
Here is the condom link
http://www.redavantgarde.com/shop.asp?ItTypeID=24

A "dinger" is my own little word for condom. I have too much time on my hands!
-Fantom

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by Vesh

Originally Posted by TATY

Russia has a bad AIDS situation at the moment, yet they don't sell condoms as widely as other places. Here in the UK they have condom machines in almost every public toilet. I didn't notice a single condom machine when I was in Moscow.

Well you can buy condoms in any pharmacy, almost any supermarket and kiosk in Moscow.

People tend to prefer the machines cos you don't have to talk to anyone.

I like it when my partners talk back to me. And I've never used a machine, although I know some girls who have... Yup, I had to get right on top of that situation.

I fully intend to visit a pharmacy, request condoms, then look stupefied at the pharmacists response, because that's invariably what happens anytime I buy anything.

It would probably go like this...
Blackmage: Презерватив, пожалуйста.
Pharmacist: (responds with some arbitrary cost) Миллион рублей.
Blackmage: (Smiles stupidly)

Else, at a machine...
Blackmage: (ponders meaning of strange symbols...)
Blackmage: Презерватив, пожалуйста.
Blackmage: (inserts currency/credit card)
Blackmage: (removes condom)

ON RUSSIA ??? I didn't even notice the typo. Sorry. I am a terrible typist.

Originally Posted by Biancca

ON RUSSIA ??? I didn't even notice the typo. Sorry. I am a terrible typist.

I sincerely forgive thee, Biancca.

Originally Posted by TheMoonMonst3r

I like it when my partners talk back to me.

(Mother to her 13 years old dauhter): I think, dear, it's time for our first conversation about sex.
(Dauhter): Yes, mom, what you'd like to know?

Originally Posted by Biancca

I have a friend that was an exchange student in Russia and he said he couldnt get any condoms while he was there.

Is that true or is it just that he doesn't know where to get them?

I wonder, where he tried to look for condoms. Maybe, bakeries or decorative flowers shops?

I fail to see how having sex and being smart about it could ever be embarassing. Seems to be for most people though. Strange.

More inportantly, do Russians actually use condoms?

I read somewhere that during cold war times there were no condoms and the average Russian woman had 8 abortions.

PLEASE tell me that is not true.

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Ask a simple question, get a simple answer.

Originally Posted by Biancca

I read somewhere that during cold war times there were no condoms

What a nonsence. In any pharmacy. And not imported (as now), but produced locally.

Originally Posted by Biancca

and the average Russian woman had 8 abortions.
PLEASE tell me that is not true.

Did you source mention all these white bears walking in the streets?

Originally Posted by Biancca

I read somewhere that during cold war times there were no condoms and the average Russian woman had 8 abortions.

PLEASE tell me that is not true.

That is still true. But it's not because of lack of condoms (in fact, there's an abundance), but because of the sexually starved bears that roam our streets and rape our women. In a weird and blatantly undemocratic country like Russia bears are denied their right to a free sexual education. However, a young Oxford-educated and Western-oriented politician Mikhailo Potapych Toptygin is trying to change this (read all about it in the free French press!).

Originally Posted by Biancca

I read somewhere that during cold war times there were no condoms and the average Russian woman had 8 abortions.

My granny says there actually was a period in the 40s-50s (she doesn't remember more exactly) when condoms were hard to get but it wasn't their total absence.

Originally Posted by Friendy

Originally Posted by Biancca

I read somewhere that during cold war times there were no condoms and the average Russian woman had 8 abortions.

My granny says there actually was a period in the 40s-50s (she doesn't remember more exactly) when condoms were hard to get but it wasn't their total absence.

Oh for crying out loud, the country was in a state of WAR!

Originally Posted by TATY

Russia has a bad AIDS situation at the moment, yet they don't sell condoms as widely as other places. Here in the UK they have condom machines in almost every public toilet. I didn't notice a single condom machine when I was in Moscow.

I think this probably does have an effect on matters. When people are horny, even if they may go to the toilets of the bar they're already in to get one from a machine, they're not so likely to go a couple of blocks and ask the potential partner to wait for them. So there is credence to the theory that less accessible condoms in immediate situations raises the incidents of unwanted pregnancies and spreading of STD's. But many countries with a more modern image than Russia has, may also not have such facilities.

I think it is understandable that some people may not realize just how modern Russia truly is. There are many remnants of old times still standing in the way of its progression. I read a book set in the 80's and 90's and I kept having to remind myself that it was a 'current' story. It was set largely in Rostov, which by the sounds of things is not Russia's model of progress. And it was about people from the lower end of the economical spectrum. Nevertheless, Russia does have alot of rustic elements still in play compared to other modern nations.

(Sorry about the almost punned word 'rustic'. Russia = rustic. I like to keep myself amused with such feeble connections).

Wow, man I was absolutely sure that Friendy was sitting aside laughing her AO ... But then her post.. Well, who knew.

I have to say that I sure have found a jillian laughs in this thread. So just to recap-- next time I'm there I should go to a "farmacy" and pick up a bunch of кондоны, right? Unless I'm in Rostov (which one?).

This is it, my bedtime, so don't wait up. I'm ouddahere...
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