Eggplant-flavoured condoms are a disgusting and thankfully fake idea

Using protection is sexy AF, and food can be an aphrodisiac, but last we checked the eggplant (or aubergine) wasn't the kind of thing one wants their privates to taste like.

This didn't stop condom brand Durex from trying to convince the world that they had abandoned all reason and logic and were launching eggplant-flavoured protection.

Initially, most were confused.

But social media was quick to calling Durex's bluff, considering impracticality of such a condom and the widespread agreement that no one wants their privates to taste like veggies.

Durex have since tweeted that it was all a rouse, highlighting that we humans are gloriously gullible creatures with a predictable love of sexual entendre, emoji and food.

Well played Durex. Well. Played.