Penetrating the Thai Condom Market
reverendhornibastard
Depraved Deacon of Degeneracy
Thai cultural watchdogs recently banned a line of condoms named after a popular country singer, Tom Dundee. The name was deemed too suggestive for Thai consumers because “Dundee” means “good penetration” in the Thai language.
Dundee, whose real name is Puntiva Poomiprates, says he lent his name to the condom brand in an effort to promote safe sex in a country where most children become sexually active by the time they are 7 years old.
The Thai Cultural Ministry is required to first approve all trade names. Thailand’s Culture Minister, Ladda Suppachai, said the name Tom Dundee was entirely too outrageous to be used in Thai advertising.
Ironically, the Culture Minister’s name, Ladda Suppachai, would be understood in several dialects of northern Thailand as “wanna sit on my fudge packer?”
The condom market in Thailand is very lucrative because many Thais not only use condoms for sexual protection and contraception, they also wear condoms as a fashion accessory, tied around the wrist as a bracelet or even pulled over their heads as a fashion hoodie.
https://www.tuscl.net/photo.php?id=2684
The Thai Culture Ministry takes a laissez faire approach when it comes to the Thai practice of wearing conforms as a fashion accessory (as long as men don’t parade around openly wearing condoms on their erect suppachais as a way of advertising their desire for some dundee).
The launch of Michelin’s new steel-belted radial condom into the Thai condom market was delayed for several months while Michelin executives negotiated with the Thai Culture Ministry over the proposed product name, “Impervion” which the Thai Culture Minister also rejected as unduly suggestive.
“Impervion” translates in the Thai dialects spoken in and around Bangkok as “a Whopper with cheese.”
Michelin’s new steel belted radial condom was finally approved for market entry only after the company agreed to change the condom’s name to “Pink Floyd’s Pajamas.”
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[The foregoing was inspired by an oddball news item I saw about 13 years ago - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.adweek.….]
Dundee, whose real name is Puntiva Poomiprates, says he lent his name to the condom brand in an effort to promote safe sex in a country where most children become sexually active by the time they are 7 years old.
The Thai Cultural Ministry is required to first approve all trade names. Thailand’s Culture Minister, Ladda Suppachai, said the name Tom Dundee was entirely too outrageous to be used in Thai advertising.
Ironically, the Culture Minister’s name, Ladda Suppachai, would be understood in several dialects of northern Thailand as “wanna sit on my fudge packer?”
The condom market in Thailand is very lucrative because many Thais not only use condoms for sexual protection and contraception, they also wear condoms as a fashion accessory, tied around the wrist as a bracelet or even pulled over their heads as a fashion hoodie.
https://www.tuscl.net/photo.php?id=2684
The Thai Culture Ministry takes a laissez faire approach when it comes to the Thai practice of wearing conforms as a fashion accessory (as long as men don’t parade around openly wearing condoms on their erect suppachais as a way of advertising their desire for some dundee).
The launch of Michelin’s new steel-belted radial condom into the Thai condom market was delayed for several months while Michelin executives negotiated with the Thai Culture Ministry over the proposed product name, “Impervion” which the Thai Culture Minister also rejected as unduly suggestive.
“Impervion” translates in the Thai dialects spoken in and around Bangkok as “a Whopper with cheese.”
Michelin’s new steel belted radial condom was finally approved for market entry only after the company agreed to change the condom’s name to “Pink Floyd’s Pajamas.”
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[The foregoing was inspired by an oddball news item I saw about 13 years ago - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.adweek.….]
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Or does it get "tired" and deflate? 😜