Benjamin Franklin Ruins Sex For A Generation Of Teens

From what I know, the legendary Benjamin Franklin was quite a womanizer. (Do you think he yelled “Now that’s Benergy!” after the money shot? Erhm, y’know, best to pretend I didn’t write that and move on.)

Apparently, though, Franklin is concerned about too much sex, or at least unsafe sex, since he’s featured in a PSA about teenage pregnancy. (Kudos to Kate for noticing this.)

Yep, it’s Ben Franklin, talking, Monty Python-style, about teenage pregnancy.

Here’s the full text:

Hello there, I’m Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers and inventor of numerous practical inventions, including the lightning rod, bifocals, spectacles and the stove. But I’m not here to talk about myself, I’m here to talk about teenage pregnancy. So you think it’ll never happen to you, eh? Well it does happen, to over 35 percent of girls in the U.S. every year. That’s over one-million girls. And two out of three teen mothers never even finish high school! So before you have sex, think of me, Benjamin Franklin.

Let me repeat that last line: So before you have sex, think of me, Benjamin Franklin.

A Message from Benjamin Franklin [teenpregnancy.org]
Ben Franklin Wants You to Think of Him Before You Have Sex [Starting A Landslide In My Ego]