Fruit Passion Killer

On Friday I was doing my social media thing for the British Embassy and, while taking a break, I couldn’t help but notice the complimentary condoms in the men’s toilets.

Thumbs up to the British Embassy I thought, and stuck a pack in my pocket.

Only later did I notice they were flavoured.  Durian flavoured.

See below for assorted thoughts on the fruit but I think it’s safe to say that there is a very good chance that durian condoms could kill the moment.

Wiki says:

British novelist Anthony Burgess writes that eating durian is “like eating sweet raspberry blancmange in the lavatory.”[22] Chef Andrew Zimmern compares the taste to “completely rotten, mushy onions.”[23] Anthony Bourdain, a lover of durian, relates his encounter with the fruit as thus: “Its taste can only be described as…indescribable, something you will either love or despise. …Your breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead grandmother.”[24] Travel and food writer Richard Sterling says:
“ … its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia.[25]

But hey, whatever turns you on.