From Ricky Gervais’ stand-up Live, the Out of England tour, he talks about a safe-sex leaflet that he claims is real and was distributed to gay men in the late 80s or early 90s to avoid the spread of AIDS/HIV. There were 10 tips in all, but Gervais only shares five in his act. It’s such a great list, you wish you knew all ten, if they indeed exist. A search of the Internet could not produce any such leaflet.

Why the banana thumbnail? That’s what was on the (supposed) real leaflet that was distributed by the Terrence Higgins Trust. And I must say it has some brilliant suggestions. The below clip is slightly different than the version I saw, but it gets the main point across. Beware, it’s not safe for work…

Editor’s Note: As we learned in our Six Questions, Ricky Gervais is the favorite comedian of Michael from Cuzoogle. What else does he like? Check out his other five responses.