New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene [Ed. note: Keepin’ our minds clean?] is giving out free condoms with fun slogans in English, Spanish and Too Drunk To Remember:

The English-language condom wrappers bear the slogan “Get some,” while the Spanish-language version has the word “Póntelo” — which translates as “Put it on.”

Hmm. So… Pleasure. As opposed to… Protection? What you saying about Latino juices, NYC? Why the discrepancy between the English and Spanish advertisements?

But why the discrepancy between the English and Spanish advertisements?

Yeah! That’s what we want to know:

“We have to use the words in the way they’re used in the communities we’re trying to reach,” Dr. Sweeney said, explaining that “Get some” did not readily translate into an easy-to-remember Spanish idiom. “We have to use the vernacular of the people we’re trying to reach.”

We guess “cojelo” would be too naughty. But surely our lovely and hopefully double-jointed readers can come up with some better slogans…

Hit us with your best shot, guys.

N.Y.C. Condoms in Translation [The New York Times]