Tourists travelling to Thailand will be greeted with an "international" size condom along with the traditional smile in July to mark a global AIDS forum in Bangkok, a Thai senator said on Thursday.

Senator Mechai Viravaidya said larger condoms would be handed out for free at the airport while a choice of sizes would be on offer in some taxis, the main train station and at freeway toll booths throughout the July 11-16 International AIDS Conference.

"There will be two sizes. A larger international condom and a smaller local one," Mechai told AFP, adding "but if a local feels they need an international condom then they will certainly be given one."

"It's just to let people realize we do have a problem with AIDS in the world and condoms are the major way of preventing it," said Mechai.

He said about 350,000 condoms would be handed out, but that if stocks dwindled more would be supplied.

Mechai spearheaded Thailand's first condom awareness campaign in the late 1980s which is credited with dramatically reducing the kingdom's annual rate of new HIV infections.

The US$15 million AIDS conference, themed "Access for All", will bring together up to 20,000 delegates including world leaders, scientists, activists and people living with HIV-AIDS.

I wonder how the farang guy with his farang wife reacts.

"Honest dear, I thought they were handing out freshen up towels.... "

Small ones at that

I for one find this whole issue to be "sizeist"

Luckily for me I am hung like a bull

A bull hamster that is

Kind of sounds like they are promoting the old ASIAN TIGER SEX CAPITOL image to me,wouldn't it be better to pass out literature about AID/HIV and the recommended forms and procedures of prevention than passing out ONE any size or one size fits all latex?

Maybe have a huge one 5 feet long and blowed up full of air and tied onto the radio antennas on all taxi's and automobiles. Kinda like Union 76 did for awhile in trhe states with the orange ball for antennas ot Exon did with the tiger tail hanging out of your fuel fill door.

Yea,thats it,Have a used condom hanging out of the fuel door on all taxi's