Condom factory burns down in France:
The ex-Prime Minister of France, is awoken at 4am by the telephone.
'allo, its the Heath Minister here. Sorry to bother you at this hour but there is an emergency !! I've just received word that the Durex factory in Paris has burned to the ground. It is estimated that the entire French supply of condoms will be gone by the end of the week."
PM: "Sugar !! The economy will never be able to cope with all those unwanted babies. We will be ruined."
Health Minister: "We're going to have to ship some in from Germany ?"
PM: "No chance. The Germans will have a field day on this one."
Health Minister: "What about Britain ?"
PM: "I'll call David Cameron. Tell him we need one million condoms, ten inches long and eight inches thick. That way they'll continue to respect the French.
Three days later, a delighted Health Minister rushes out to open the boxes that arrived at the Post Office.
He finds one million condoms - 10 inches long, 8 inches thick, all coloured Red, white and blue with small writing on each one.