The delightful iVillage copy editor and Green channel producer just sent me the following Ideal Bite newsletter, which I read in total disgust and dismay.  (You must read it to the end!)

Is the third time really a charm?

The Bite
Yes, yes, yes! Everyone knows to turn used condoms inside-out for another go, but with a quick rinse, you can save additional latex and cash by using condoms three times before chucking 'em, instead of just two. Recycling just got 33% sexier.

The Benefits

·   Making cents while making love. Think of all the pennies you coulda saved if you'd adopted this tip during your slutty phase in college.

·   Saving the planet, one love glove at a time. According to science, if we don't start reusing condoms more frequently, we'll drive the wooly mammoth to extinction.

·   Pre-lubrication. Reusing saves lube too.

Personally Speaking
Condoms can tear during rinsing even if you're careful, so be gentle. That said, we've been doing this for years, and it's resulted in only three unexpected pregnancies.

Wanna Try?

·   Centers for Disease Control and

·   Planned Parenthood - y'know, just in case.

April Fools, Biters! Feel free to pass this along...we'll be busy sorting through the hate mail from readers who didn't make it this far.

Yyyyyep.  I fell for it, too.  (Of course I did...  Then again, I was definitely one of those readers who didn't make it that far!)