i think wayne gacy has the answer to that

Wow, didn't know that one.
Opps....I'm always eating sausage rolls while.......wait this could be taken a different way than intended....retreat!

Note to self: Stop eating sausages and kabobs while having sex.

Apparently it’s not widely known that any oil will damage latex, causing it to perish and fail, often breaking into several pieces, some of which can be hard to retrieve

Is it just me or is this a serious design flaw? Does this include the natural oils on your skin too?
What about hand moisturiser?

Very very informative and simple.

Thank you for sharing this. Something so overlooked and potentially life changing should be read and understood.

Let us hope that some of the future eaters will adhere to the findings and wash their hands prior to condoming. Can condom be a verb? It is now

Very interesting.

I always knew about oil based products such as vasaline, hand creams, baby oil and the like were bad for condoms. But, i never knew about fatty foods.

The thing is, as noted in the article.

The students blow the condoms up, tying a knot to hold the air in. The next instruction, to get their fingers right into whatever is on the plate in front of them, gets moans from some, others gamely diving into the crisps or the sausage. The final direction, to rub their fingers all over the condom balloon, creates hilarity among the spectators as their peers wrestle with the expanded latex. After 30 seconds or so the condoms start to burst, with screams from some of those watching. For trivia fans, the baby oil condom ruptured first, closely followed by the ones with butter, sausage roll, lipstick and, after several minutes, the packet of crisps was the final condom to burst.

In the little experiement, they went striaght from touching the foods, to touching the condoms. Normally most people who have just eaten greasy foods would wash thier hands straight after. Well, i know i would, although some would just suck thier fingers then wipe their hands on their jeans. Would this have a different effect?
Did they try the experiment with them wiping their hands with a dry cloth after fingering the foods, then trying it again with rinsing their hands with cold water (without soap) and then hot water (without soap) to see if the outcome was different.
Also, what about oil based soaps?

Originally posted by davespanners

Is it just me or is this a serious design flaw? Does this include the natural oils on your skin too?

Good point

It's been a while since i've read the insert in a box of condoms. Does anyone know if these things have been listed as a warning on the leaflet?