They are given out like confetti at music festivals and inside Olympic villages, but to the general public, the sale of condoms remains almost an under-the-counter affair, writes Nina Page

Perusing the shelves in my local supermarket the other day in my search for something to soothe the stomach pains of one of my offspring, my attention was grabbed momentarily by something on the top shelf.

Now hang on a minute and stop tittering at the back you cheeky devils, while the subject might be of a saucy nature I believe that maybe what I have to say is a completely valid point.

For not only can I not believe just how expensive condoms are if you actually have to buy them but they are also security tagged in our particular shop, meaning that it’s a right old performance just to purchase them and not exactly that discreet.

I mean maybe it’s just me being picky but doesn’t keeping such an item under maximum security seem just a little like they’re taking the phrase “safe sex “to the extreme?

Read Nina's fortnightly column in today's Medway Messenger which also takes aim at Killer Clowns