A Condom By any Other Name

If you are in China and you ask for a pack of 12 Kelitun, it will cost you S5.00. A dozen of Laiwensiji will be cheaper; it costs just $3.00. If you think Kelitun and Laiwensiji are cigarettes, well , you are wrong. Both are actually condoms produced by Guangzhou Haokian Bio-science company – condoms named in honour of President Clinton and what’s her name, Monica Lewinsky. Condoms indeed come in different names. In Denmark, it is Gummimand, which means rubberman. It is a safety tool or Ovsver in Hungary, a bulletproof vest or Pei Dang Vi, in Hong Kong, a venus shirt or Camisa De Venus in Portugal, a penis hat or Okpuamu in Nigeria, a balloon or globo in Spain and a koteca or Penis Gourd in Indonesia. As Shakespeare said, a rose by any other name is still a rose. That’s true too for a condom.