Recycled Condoms used as Hair Bands??WHAT?
- September 10th, 2008 4:34 pm
I was midway through a home dye job in some attempt to cover up my horrid roots. (I know. Shoot me.) When I decided that I hadn’t been on snopes.com in at least a bazillion days, so I hopped on over only to be punched in the face by the fact that people in China are using Recycled Condoms as hair bands. I know. I know. Take a deep breath.
Unfortunately, it isn’t nearly as nasty as it sounds. They aren’t using USED condoms; rather they are recycling condoms that did not pass inspection for some reason or another. Either way, I was pretty grossed out.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not exactly thrilled about the idea of using prophylactics to hold up my pony tail. (Do you call it a pony tail?) Apparently, the condom is wrapped in colorful materials and passed off as hair band. Are you checking your hair band right now? Does it smell like old sex? According to snopes,
the hair bands were fashioned from used and abandoned or low-quality condoms rejected by the factory.
Once again, maybe it is just me, but if it isn’t good enough for some random man’s penis, it isn’t good enough for my hair.
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On another note, I recently left a teaser in a post about a new writing job I had that I was REALLY excited about but I couldn’t talk about yet.
But now I can! A while back I started writing for a new website for women by AOL called Lemondrop. It’s new and fabulous, and officially up and running today. Here are some of my articles if you want to go check them out and possibly comment (which would be awesome):
Step Up and Introduce Yourself
SnackDown: Which is better, Pizza Rolls or Frozen Pizza?
September 10th, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
thank you so much. you just ruined my appetite. for that, i’m grateful. and…i’m going to go get my hair chopped off…just in case the pony tail holders i’ve been using…are the aforementioned ones…you never know.
melissas last blog post..What Would You Do?
September 10th, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
This is one thing that I WILL NOT be adding to my hair accessory boutique anytime soon.
September 10th, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
And to think I make fun of people who wear scrunchies… this post has completely changed my perspective of hair accessories I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing. I keep some around for when I’m washing my face, but I’ll stick with the scrunchies… I’m not gonna raid my goody drawer for a hair band.
Sam (The Edge Of Insanity)s last blog post..Election ‘08… Rock The Vote
September 10th, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
Now I know what to do with all the latex ones I have that I am now allergic to. Thanks for the idea!
Jennifer As last blog post..Working Women: The oldest debate for women of women
September 10th, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
ewww…I think that I will cut my hair.
Mollys last blog post..We have guests
September 10th, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
Okay that is just nasty either way.
White Hot Magiks last blog post..Political Prowess
September 10th, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
No, no, no, and also NO! ICK!
Rhis last blog post..And, burnt sienna is not even an attractive color
September 10th, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Eww.. This is taking the three R’s a little to far. I will wear my hair down from now on, thank you very much.
September 10th, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
This is why I use the really skinny black ones. Yup.
Grey Streets last blog post..Wordless Wednesday (Sweet, yummy coffee)
September 10th, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
I must be the only one that would use the hairbands…hmm…
Congrats on the new job!!
Marias last blog post..May I Ask You a Question?
September 10th, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
okay, that is so gross. I guess? I mean, where does the rubber in rubber bands come from anyway?
OH, and I mailed your package today. Life got in the way. Sorry ’bout that, but you’ll see it soon.
Texan Mamas last blog post..Everything I know about Being a Friend
September 10th, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
Um, ewwwwww. I may shave my head before actually using a hair band again. That’s just all kinds of gross going on right there. I don’t care that they were never used. In that way.
Karens last blog post..And Then She Said…
September 10th, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
Condoms as hair thingys? I thought about it. And it doesn’t bother me. There are times I need my hair up so badly I’d probably at least -consider- a used one. But only if I knew what penis it came from. Congratulations on the new gig!
Lisas last blog post..Parmesan Couscous
September 10th, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
I can see the dinner conversations now…
“Is that a condom in your hair?’
morethananelectricians last blog post..Whoops!
September 10th, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
Congrats on the writing gig!
Jenn @ Juggling Lifes last blog post..Freshman/First Day
September 10th, 2008 @ 10:52 pm
Sometimes recycling can go a bit too far… Ummmm no thanks, I’ll wear my hair down.
BTW pizza rolls rock! Not that I eat them anymore but when I did? I loved them.
The Flirty Girls last blog post..Samovar Tea Lounge and Cynthia Glinka
September 10th, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
Um, yeah–that’s gross. But why did China have to go public with this? Why not just ship these babies straight to U.S. dollar stores without telling anyone what’s in them? China, you’ve changed.
dianeinjapans last blog post..Lotus Ride 2008
September 10th, 2008 @ 11:18 pm
Wow. Truly nasty. (Tho I love dianeinjapan’s comments…ha!)
September 10th, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
Oh dear god, no no no.
Next you’ll want to use my IUD for an nose-ring!
Anissa@Hope4Peytons last blog post..I seem to have misplaced my crown
September 11th, 2008 @ 1:29 am
Congrats on the gig! I think condom hairbands would be OK, as long as they weren’t lubricated. But, I don’t wear hair bands. And I don’t really have hair.
goodfathers last blog post..Introductions
September 11th, 2008 @ 3:58 am
I stared for the longest time at that picture, trying to figure out what it was.
Now that I know………ew.
September 11th, 2008 @ 5:23 am
Well, I guess that’s it’s innovative, but I think that I’ll stick with my etsy ponytail holders. Cuter, less gross. More my style.
sassafrass last blog post..Danger
September 11th, 2008 @ 6:44 am
There just has to be a better use for them than hairbands, has to.
Infant booties? hehe
September 11th, 2008 @ 6:52 am
That is just too much. Anyone know where I can purchase organic, dick free hairbands?
September 11th, 2008 @ 7:45 am
So … does that make hair bands the latest form of advertising? That’s even better than a tramp stamp.
September 11th, 2008 @ 7:59 am
Oh. My God. That is so awful.
But. Are they ribbed? For her pleasure?
It begged to be asked.
September 11th, 2008 @ 8:16 am
I had seen an article about this before I read the snopes write-up and the first thing that came to my mind was “where did they get the USED condoms”? Is there a condom recycle bin?
Or picture little Chinese girls walking the back alleys at dawn. Scary. I didn’t believe even before I went to snopes.
September 11th, 2008 @ 8:20 am
Sometimes, Ignorance IS bliss! Yuck on the condom thing..
Great articles!
September 11th, 2008 @ 8:32 am
Congrats on the writing job!
That picture is disturbing… but once the whole thing is wrapped up in the pretty green stuff, I actually don’t think I’d mind it too much.
I just wonder how easily they break. *giggle*
September 11th, 2008 @ 9:28 am
Oh my God! Gross! Maybe they’d like to fashion my baby’s newborn umbilical cord/belly button clamp as a bag tie???
congrats on the new job. I’ll check out the site.
Mom/Mums last blog post..Tagged!
September 11th, 2008 @ 10:15 am
ew ew ew ew
no no no!
I’ll check out the new site soon.
September 11th, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Ok, that is SOOOOO gross and falls under the catagory of things I wish I didn’t know…however I am now ripping all my hairbands apart to see what is inside of them…I might just have to go back to scrunchies!
~K
kels last blog post..Forever Changed
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Texan Mama,
yay! I can’t wait.
-Amanda
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Michelle,
Me too. Truthfully, I think I might even wear one of them.
-Amanda
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:15 am
Carolyn,
That is a very good question.
-Amanda
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:16 am
eeww!
Congrats on the writing gig!
September 11th, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
With spermicide or without?
I am so glad I have short hair.
September 11th, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
Ewwwwwww!
jyl @ mommygossips last blog post..Land of the Free and Home of the Brave—The Before and After
September 11th, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
OK, no ponytails for me. I love to read snopes and somehow I missed this one, thanks. It is lunch time and I really didn’t need to eat. My diet thanks you.
September 11th, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
Well, it seems like such a waste to just throw them away.
September 11th, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
And here I am thinking what a great idea!
Congrats on the gig-too cool.
September 11th, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
Well, I HAVE been meaning to wake up in time to straighten my hair more often and stop throwing it in a ponytail. This helps.
Kates last blog post..More or less effective than A-Rod? Discuss.
September 11th, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
Holy crap. That’s disgusting.
September 11th, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
That’s just so wrong on many levels. But hey congrats on the writing gig, that’s brill!
September 11th, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
I’m gonna pass.
And for the record, I like the whole pizza. And I will eat it all.
lisas last blog post..Part XXII: History Lessons
September 11th, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
Have I lived a sheltered life? Cuz I’m wondering since when are condoms flesh colored?
Cocottes last blog post..Six Degrees To………Cocotte?
September 11th, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
Officially grossed out. Off to go check out Lemondrop.
Caras last blog post..More than the Crust
September 11th, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
Cocette,
I asked myself the very same question.
-Amanda
September 12th, 2008 @ 10:08 am
oh…they are always so ahead of the curve in China..
alis last blog post..being gammy makes me tangenty. and other goodies.
September 12th, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Well I don’t think I’m going to be using these for my ponytails =D
September 12th, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
Eww. I don’t think I could use those.
zandors last blog post..Buzzz
September 13th, 2008 @ 7:55 am
Hmmmmm. No. I don’t think so. I could not get past the condom part of the hairband. Ewww.
Shannanb aka Mommy Bitss last blog post..You Should Read This, Really, It’s Important
September 14th, 2008 @ 1:55 am
Wow, what will they think of next? I’m morbidly curious if they sell them to people (there or here) or if it is just their personal stash of condom pony tail holders.
Congrats on the writing gig, I’ll have to check that out!
Karen
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September 16th, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
That made me throw up a bit..
but forget about me..
CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOB.. I am a little late..but hey.. that is freaking awesome!
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October 7th, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
omg…i throw my hair up every day. ick…