Gadling

I spent the summer of 2003 working in the Public Affairs Office of the US Embassy in Malawi. Pinned above my desk was a newspaper clipping, with a headline that read, "I am not a condom." I read that clipping every day -- and laughed about it every day.

The subject of the piece -- a Member of Parliament -- was explaining how indispensable he was to Government and how he could simply not be tossed aside, like a worthless rubber. Hence: "I am not a condom." Arguably, his decision to compare himself to a prophylactic was not in his best interest -- but it sure did give some reporter a headline that wrote itself.

Speaking of headlines that write themselves, check out this clipping, titled "Condom truck tips, spills load." Opening with the line, "The rubber truly hit the road yesterday..." this is one travel story I'd love to have covered -- if just for the easy jokes.

Easy jokes include:

• Condoms can't save truck driver from accident
• Condoms fall off driver's big rig
• Spilled condoms make for messy clean up

Got a better one?

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