France One French condom-maker decided to throw water on its country's famous passion with classic spot now all over YouTube. In it a boy throws a major temper tantrum at a supermarket after his father refuses to buy him candy. After repeatedly screaming "I WANT THOSE SWEETIES" in French and knocking boxes off of shelves, the ad slyly inserts the punchline (which we won't totally spoil for you, but you already know it involves condoms). It seems French condom ads frequently employ children.

Argentina The action in this spot gets started before a single offspring is conceived. A teenage Argentinian couple are going at it hot and heavy, but just before it's about to turn into a porno (with scene-appropriate music and all) the girl's parents, inevitably, walk in. Flummoxed the boy has to decide quick what to do with the condom he was just unwrapping... We won't ruin this punchline either.

Kenya English boy band Blue probably never intended for its song "One Love" to be used like this. After a Kenyan businesswomen loses her umbrella cover in the wind, she's approached on the street by a man who offers, yeah, a Trust brand condom as a replacement. We have no proof but we are going to venture a guess that trying to a pick up a woman off the street by pulling a condom out of your pocket will most definitely never work. The Swahili tagline is nothing but optimistic: "Life is fine with Trust."

U.K. Ah, dry British humor is at its best when it's about sex. This man's litany of excuses for not needing a condom includes The Lord of the Rings, satellites, and African medicine men. It's part of a larger Durex ad campaign across the pond, in which at least one hinted at bestiality.

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