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Scientists Gone WILD!!!

90 days of total darkness
125 Scientist
16,500 condoms


Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday.

Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.

The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.

"Since everybody knows everyone, it becomes a little bit uncomfortable," Henriksen told the Southland Times newspaper.

About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/condoms_dc;_ ... pp0REDW7oF

well, better than having to fly in an OB-GYN in to deliver several rugrats I suppose.

125 scientists who know each other and are stuck together for a long winter of dark. It's possible that they often end up hating each other by the end of the winter. However, doing a quick calculation of 60 couples and six months of darkness it would seem they're each hoping to get some around 2.4 times a day. Maybe that's being a bit optimistic.

They are going to be busy beavers/penguins

When do they ever find time to do research?

The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.

What does a skeleton do with a condom?

bravedave wrote:

The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.

What does a skeleton do with a condom?

What, you never heard the expression "getting boned"?

alphabits wrote:

bravedave wrote:

The base only has a skeleton staff through the long winter.

What does a skeleton do with a condom?

What, you never heard the expression "getting boned"?

thank you.

I was stationed at McMurdo from Oct 1986 to March 1987. Mac town is home to some VERY fond memories. Ahh the good ole Navy days.

Skibo wrote:When do they ever find time to do research?

I guess it depends on what EXACTLY they are researching. Maybe they have a grant from the Kinsey Institute

Now that is a reality show! Why are there no cameras rolling down there? Who wouldn't watch that....125 people, 90 days of darkness, 16,500 prophylactics....


I wonder what the male/female ratio is?

TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:I was stationed at McMurdo from Oct 1986 to March 1987. Mac town is home to some VERY fond memories. Ahh the good ole Navy days.

and thank god it wasn't a British Naval Station. The days of Rhum, sodomy, and the lash could probably make a return in 6 months of winter

Your tax dollars at work.............

Come to think of it, could this kind of "activity" be contributing in any way to the loss of ice down there?????

Bfan53 wrote:Your tax dollars at work.............

Come to think of it, could this kind of "activity" be contributing in any way to the loss of ice down there?????