カンガルー・コンドームでオリンピック準備委員会がもめる

The guerilla marketed, kangaroo-branded condoms that appeared in the Olympic Village at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
　カンガルーがロゴとしたコンドームがいきなり２０１２年ロンドンオリンピック選手村に表れ、ロンドン五輪準備委員会はもめているとオーストラリア紙The Ageが８日報道した。
　選手村の中では公式スポンサーでないオーストラリア製のアンセル避妊具が表れ、オーストラリアの象徴一つボクシングをするカンガルーのポスターが貼られ、「ダウン・アンダー」というオーストラリアのニックネームひとつと陰部が同意味であることにかけて言葉遊びもした。
　ロンドン五輪準備委員会は、同避妊具が公式なスポンサーのものではないため撤去するという。カンガルーコンドームについてコメントを控えた。
　今大会では、相次いで開催者がコンドームに関して頭が痛くなった。7月26日までに選手村向けにコンドーム15万個を用意して配ったが、7月30日までに「供給不足」となり、追加の準備に追われていたという。

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