Letter: Letters : Creative condoms

From Ian C. Sharpe

Bath

I’m sure multifunctional condom tips are pouring in, as it were
(Feedback, 14 February).

Here are mine: I fill a condom with descaler and roll it over the end of a
tap to get rid of the deposit that accumulates due to hard water. A rubber band
will hold it in place for half an hour or so.

My favourite alternative use, however, remains untested. Years ago, a
colleague who was a fellow motorcyclist told me that a condom makes a good
emergency half-gallon petrol can.

Sadly, despite keeping rubbers of the highest quality in the toolkits of
various machines over the years, I never ran out of petrol.