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 I reach down to pull off the condom.<\/p>\n<p>  I don&#8217;t find it.<\/p>\n<p>  I realize that Irene is sitting up.<\/p>\n<p>  Indelicately, I reach between her legs and yank out my condom.<\/p>\n<p>  And her head pops off and confetti flies out.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It comes from an absolutely <em>brilliant<\/em> story posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/index.php\" title=\"WWDN Soapbox\">the Soapbox<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/\" title=\"Wil Wheaton Dot Net\">WWDN<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=272\" title=\"Rob's WWDN Soapbox profile\">Rob Matsushita<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The story itself is spread among multiple posts in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?t=4248&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=0\" title=\"WWDN Soapbox: September 27th, 1992\">a fairly long thread<\/a> &#8212; here&#8217;s a quick breakdown of all the episodes, in order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=75697#75697\" title=\"September 27th, 1992\">September 27th, 1992<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=76269#76269\" title=\"Sometime earlier\">Sometime earlier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=77144#77144\" title=\"Meanwhile, in the present...\">Meanwhile, in the present&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=79125#79125\" title=\"Truth or treat\">Truth or treat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=81557#81557\" title=\"On the couch\">On the couch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=82166#82166\" title=\"The condom\">The condom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?p=84038#84038\" title=\"The tape\">The tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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