There was apparently not quite as much fun and games being played as expected by organizers at last year’s Beijing Olympics with news breaking that a stash of 5,000 leftover “Olympic condoms'’ will be placed up for auction.
One man went around the games collecting everything he could lay his hands on and has now decided to put the lot up for auction — at the China International Exhibition Centre on November 29 (details in Chinese can be found on http://www.ticang.com). And that includes what remains of the 100,000 condoms distributed throughout the Athletes Village last year.
And a representative of the Sport Collection of China Collector Association — which is hosting the auction — told Chinese media Thursday the opening price for the condoms would be one yuan (0.09 euros) and that the buyer must agree to purchase the entire batch. No mention was made, however, of what size the condoms were or even which particular group of athletes failed to make use of their allotted quota.
