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Photos: LifeStyles Condom Fairy Helps Protect NYers
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 14, 2011
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It's still a tough job market out there, but those of you desperately searching for work, take heart: there are plenty of job opportunities in the recession-proof field of public humiliation. Just ask Elliott Timmons. This morning the LifeStyles condom company paid the Bronx native good money to stand around in a T-shirt with red wings on his back, holding a bow and arrow and a big bag of condoms. Nice work if you can get it, and don't mind trading in your dignity for some cold, hard cash. Timmons Another actor was featured as the "Condom Fairy" in this NSFW commercial for LifeStyles, but today Timmons performed the role of the "Condom Cupid." And according to his Facebook page, this Cupid has some advice for lonely single American ladies:
Why So many American women are single? because,US women want too much from a man.Their ideal man must have loads of $$$,he must be good looking,have sexy car(s),have large bank accounts,spoil the US women with gifts,and money,and US women are too dam shallow,and picky...
Then you have the foreign women who don't want too much,from a man,just to be loved,treat them with respect,looks aren't important to them,and they treat US men better than American women do.Which is why when I have my funds under control,I'm going to somewhere like Germany,Japan,or other European countries cuz European Women,and Japanese Women really know how to treat brothas:)
And with all this big condom money, Timmons must be ready to retire to Tokyo, where he'll have those respectful foreign ladies eating out of the palm of his hand. As for this morning's publicity stunt, we're told Timmons handed out 300 condoms to a bunch of shallow American old maids who'll probably never use them anyway.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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