Yesterday we told you how the DC health department is giving out condoms that many Washingtonians think look like they are wrapped in cheap paper, rather than foil or plastic, like Trojans, Durex or whatever brand Sen. Larry Craig uses in the men’s bathrooms.

Well! David Mariner, a blogger over at Fight HIV in DC, seems to think the health officials are getting somewhat of a bum wrap. (DO NOT pardon that pun.)

“Big Head DC uses the headline ‘DC Government Gives Out Condoms Wrapped in Paper,’” he writes. “In reality, they are the same foil-style packages used by many condom manufacturers.”

The problem is, David, thousands of DC’s poorest citizens THINK the condoms look like they’re wrapped in paper.

As Mariner himself notes, the “condoms are ugly and difficult to market. DC would have been much better off hiring an ad agency to create a cool condom like the now famous NYC condom.” The Washington Condom Distribution program is a monumental failure, he adds.

Yes, David, we totally agree. The people who thought up the paper-wrapped condoms for Washington idea in the first place should be fired. Today.