Today’s post revolves around a picture that I took with my iPhone while walking around the streets of Italy.
This curious little thing is called Enjoy Box. It’s a fun and colorful vending machine quietly peddling its wares. What wares doth it peddle, you ask me (in a weird olde-timey accent).
Well, our trusty Enjoy Box sells three things:
- Condoms
- Lighters
- Rolling Papers
Number 1 is obviously geared towards the sexually active segment of the market and I don’t think numbers 2 and 3 are really aimed at cigarette smokers (given the hippy 1960′s peace sign flowers adorning its body), but rather smokers of a different substance. That being said, I think “Enjoy Box” is an apt enough name for this sex and drugs vending machine of sin.
I really get a kick out of these things. When I lived in Bologna I would see them more often (with Bologna being a university city and all), but they were harder to spot here in Milan, so I was overjoyed to come across one the other day and felt that I just had to share it with you guys!
What, you don’t believe me about these contraptions? Well then, click on the smiley emoticon here to see the website that sells these joyous fun-time devices. 
If you ever find yourself in a bind in Italy and desperately need condoms or drug paraphernalia please remember two things:
- Have fun and be safe
- Enjoy Box doesn’t give change
This is great! I’m in Milan too but I haven’t actually seen these around. Love the name of it: Enjoy Box! LMAO!
I think it was near Piazza 5 giornate… What are you doing here in Milano?
Been here 13 years with my compagno!
Oh yeah, that’s right. I think you already told me that but I dimenticatoed!
All kinds of fun rolled into one!
Just add some nips of booze and you’ve got yourself a party!
Is that the condom package with the red hot pepper logo on it? What a strange thing to put on condoms, unless they are meant to “spice up” your sex life…
Well, Italians are known for using pepperoncini in the bedroom.
Just kidding! I guess it’s just meant to be HOT (read: sexy)….
Interesting combination of items: never saw one of these in Verona!
I’ve only seen this one in Milan. They were really everywhere in Bologna though!
You can go to switzerland and not feel too lost either : http://mdamejo.blogspot.com/2010/05/cest-aussi-la-suisse.html
(not so long ago, you could also buy cigarettes in these)
That’s crazy! Small world!
In Italy we have separate machines for cigarettes. Do you guys have those too, or are cigs completely banned from vending machines in Switzerland?
The ban on cigarettes is pretty recent in Switzerland. The age limit was 16 (now it’s 18), but you had vending machines (like the one I photographed) in stations without any kind of age control….. Now that these machines only sell condoms and rolling papers, there are still the “traditional” vending machines like http://www.elmosquit.com/images/distributeur-cigarettes.jpg that can be found in most restaurants and clubs, but with an age control system (generally special coins that you have to ask at the bar)
I see. In Italy, you have to put your ID card in the automatic cigarette vending machine before 9 pm. After that, anyone can buy them!