Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?) John McCain

Am I being “age-ist”? Maybe. But maybe not. The world is a pretty complicated place right now and I’m thinking that it’s not such a great time to elect our oldest President ever. So sue me.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Playboy Magazine.

Playboy Magazine is younger than John McCain.

Playboy Magazine debuted in 1953. John McCain was born in 1936. So, by my math, that puts him at 17 years old when the first issue hit the stands… damn near the perfect age. I’m guessing he - along with his contemporaries Vaclav Havel, Silvio Berlusconi, James Dobson (the conservative wingnut), and Roger Miller (the king of the road) - pretty much exploded. (Al Goldstein, on the other hand, saw his future.)

I really don’t understand Playboy - I mean, it’s 2008… is anyone actually buying this magazine? There are hotter photos in the Newport News catalog, my eight year old second cousin tells funnier jokes, and I could give a crap what Don Rickles and William H. Macy are each up to these days. Much like McCain, the magazine is a dinosaur - headed for extinction thanks in large part to the Internet.

And don’t even get me started about “Hef”. Put some clothes on, stop pretending that the Viagra still works, and stop kidding yourself that these girls actually like you.

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posted by admin at 8:42 pm  

10 Comments »

  1. but but but nekkid starlets. you knows they are bidding up to get lindsy lohan nekkid.

    i used to read the articles of my uncles. kind of useless now.

    Comment by pansypoo — July 22, 2008 @ 9:18 pm

  2. Great blog, I like it already after only five minutes. :-)

    I just have to ask, when you say that you ‘could give a crap’ what Rickles & Macy are up to, doesn’t that mean that you actually do care?

    The way that the meaningful expression ‘I couldn’t care less’ has warped into its total polar opposite, the [in context] meaningless ‘I could care less’, while still remaining in use in exactly the same way is one of the great mysteries of modern day US English. IMHO. :-)

    Comment by Leisha Camden — July 23, 2008 @ 7:39 am

  3. 2,

    yeah, i always muck that up…. thanks for calling me on it!

    :)

    Comment by admin — July 23, 2008 @ 8:29 am

  4. “I could care less.” carries the unspoken subtext of I would have to work really really hard to do so.

    Comment by Ron — July 23, 2008 @ 9:03 am

  5. Hey, it’s not so much who reads it anymore. Although I suppose if you like your starlets airbrushed to perfection, it would be the magazine for you. As for Hef, well, now that he has that reality show on (what channel is it again?), it looks like he won’t be putting the clothes on anytime soon (shudder at the thought). Anyhow, as long as he does not have to sell his spare jewelry to make ends meet (see recent NYT article on the rich and the economy), he should be ok. Spooky, huh?

    1953: that is a long time. How the mighty have fallen. And yet there is something about those “old” Playboys. Oh well. Best, and keep on blogging.

    Comment by Angel — July 23, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

  6. Leisha:

    Although I completely agree on the misusage of “I could(n’t) care less” I actually think I could give a crap is the correct expression in this case. Rather than suggesting that he has a great deal of concern about what Rickles and Macy think, it states the exact amount that he cares; one crap worth.

    Comment by not my leg — July 23, 2008 @ 3:31 pm

  7. not my leg: thanks for clearing up that difference! I’m Norwegian, so occasionally there will be instances of English usage that confuse me … :-)

    One really does learn something new every day. :-)

    Comment by Leisha Camden — July 23, 2008 @ 5:25 pm

  8. I work in an adult store and I can say people do, indeed, still buy Playboy. It’s several dollars cheaper than other major nudie mags, and definitely classier.

    Comment by badfae — July 25, 2008 @ 11:46 pm

  9. My roommate loves playboy merchandise, and I’m sure that that’s helping Hef out a lot as well. o.0

    But I agree, and push it one more further, why go for the paper women when you can get the real ones on the street? So, you’ll save yourself the STD by getting playboy. But where’s the fun in that?

    Comment by Casey M — July 29, 2008 @ 7:52 pm

  10. Is Hef kidding himself that the girls like him? We may never know what he’s thinking.

    Does he care? Probably not. Why should he?

    It’s good to be the king.

    Comment by CP — July 30, 2008 @ 12:24 pm

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