Girls 'condom joke' = $180,000 from the government

Janet Lee is getting a 180-thousand dollar legal settlement over what started as a condom joke. She was a freshman at Bryn Mawr College in 2003, when she tried to take three flour-filled condoms on a flight from Philadelphia to L-A.

She says the condoms were a phallic toy that students at the women's college would squeeze to deal with exam stress. Lee thought the condoms were funny, so she packed them to show friends at home. But she was arrested and jailed for three weeks on drug charges.

Authorities eventually discovered Lee's story was true and released her. Lee's lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia was to go to trial yesterday. But lawyers agreed to settle the condom case out of court. Article here.