Cocktail Condoms? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Cocktail Condoms!

When we first heard that one of Boston's city councilors proposed putting protective plastic cocktail covers on cocktail lids. We thought, "Oh, no. This is just too embarrassing. This is late-night talk-show-host fodder."

Councilor Stephen J. Murphy has good intentions - he thinks the lids would discourage perverts from slipping date-rape drugs into the beverages of women who may leave their glasses unattended.

That sounds like a nice gesture, although not all women are helpless creatures who will be rescued from date-rapers by plastic lids. There's a whole lot of things that can be done to deter potential perverts - more alert bartenders, people looking after their friends, a kick in the nuts. Any of these moves would be more successful than lids on booze glasses.

Here's how it works: the cocktail condom peels off and adheres to the rim of the glass. Then you can puncture the cocktail condom with a straw and drink away.

If you can. The straw will make the booze hard to drink. You'd have to use a straw, and can you imagine drinking wine with a straw? There's a reason that alcoholic drinks are adult beverages. We'd rather not feel like our gin & tonic is a 7-UP.

In the city council video of this week's council meeting, Murphy said got his bright idea from Dateline NBC. Thanks a lot, Dateline NBC? To Murphy's credit, he was giggling the whole time while presenting the idea, so he knows he's going to get a hard time. Jerry McDermott also supports the cocktail condom because he's worried about the rufies.

If you are really worried about it, we would recommend printing coasters with reminders about why you shouldn't leave your drink unattended on them, such as the ones suggested by a Women's Center at the University of Louisville. Image from the University of Louisville.