What's the only thing worse than hanging out in an STD clinic waiting to be treated? Being accosted by a stranger with a clipboard who wants to know if you were, like, totally wasted when you had the unprotected sex that left you with a not very festive case of crabs. Apparently this is what it took for the International Journal of STD & AIDS to confirm the obvious: that drunk-off-your-ass sex tends to lead to unsafe sex.

We have to admit that even cynics like us were shocked by how high the numbers were: Only 14% of the men and 18% of the women interviewed at various STD clinics around the U.K. said they used a condom with a new sexual partner. And 76% said they had unprotected sex as a result of boozing it up. (As an aside, WTF re: the photo accompanying this article?!)

Anyway, given all the drinking that you'll no doubt be doing in the next two weeks--no judgments here, how else are you supposed to survive the holiday office party?--and given that the Brits don't exactly have a monopoly on boozy bonking, we just wanted to pass on this, er, sobering news. Friends don't let friends go bareback, so if you see a friend stumble into a cab with a near stranger, do her a favor and shove a condom in her purse (or his pocket) so they're less likely to end up with the Christmas gift that keeps on giving. We'd do the same for you, petal.