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So I go to the Newsagents today, to buy a magazine for a long car journey I'm going on later today. I go into me local newsies - it's closed, so I go to another one in town in search of a computer hardware mag... I pop in the shop, first thing I notice is the fact that all the PC/Games mags are on the same stand as the porno mags, in fact, directly underneath them, and some are mixed up...

... Is our hobby that much of a taboo? I'd say not.

So I grab myself a copy of 'MicroMart' (A magazine I wouldn't usually buy, but it looks interesting, so I think I'll give it a try - in the mood for some hardware geekery :P ) and get a really odd look from the lady behind the counter, as if I'm actually buying 'Asian Babes XXX' instead of an innocent, if nerdy, mag....

... This coming from a shop that sells hooky DVDs at £2.99 for new releases.

So out I come, with my purchase tucked under my arm, and head for home. As I near Unwins (local offy) I see some pikey kids hanging around nearby. I pass them, and get asked 'Oi mate, can ya buy us some vodka? We'll gizz ya money innit bruv'. To clarify, these kids are about 11 - 13 easy, so I say 'Nah mate, I'm in a rush' and hurry on.

... Well I guess their benifits-claiming mother could like vodka.

I walk up towards the underpass near my house, and run into a mate, who suggests we head pubwards for a Mother's day pint, and discuss the funny bits of Friday night (nearly getting into a fight at KFC among other things) so we go to one of our locals near the park, and buy a pint of Hurlimann. It tastes like ****ing stomach acid, like the pipes haven't been cleaned for years. I take two sips, and decide I'm gonna go. Apparently the pipes down there don't get cleaned ever, but it's never been this bad before.

... At least the landlord is going down for 3 years after slashing someone's face with a knife.

And at last I'm at home. Stupid ****ing town, can't wait to get out.

:|
 
Its the same reasoning we place the startrek section next to the porn section at work...

:p
 
Sounds.....


Eventfull.

You will be at university soon enough and nothing will matter anymore. Thats my plan anyway. :)
 
I suspect the shops just know their audience ;) Buying gaming mags probably isn't a taboo, but people who buy them I suspect are likely to want to get porn. :D
 
Yeah good point, but i can remeber being much younger and going to buy pc zone /essential playstation/ computer and video games...and thinking 'what the hell' at those magazines around my innocent games at the time. Surely that can't be right. Seeing Crash Bandicoot next to a large pair of breasts has poisoned me forever :(
 
Well most gaming mags have pictures of scantilly clad virtual women anyway. In fact, I remember a few years ago, one of them had a real picture of a woman with no top on. It was some advertisement...I'm surprised they got away with it actually.
 
its not like that here. in some bits tho, i gotta admit.

i got up at 8:30, went for a jog, came on here, popped over my m8s house for a bit , had food. thats it. and its a nice sunny day which helps :D.

comrade cant you complain to the council about your loccie? :|

i think someone should start a thread named "what have you done today?", so it wud be like a diary of everyones day, and hopefully well get more eventful stories like Burnzie in the shop etc.. :D
 
ComradeBadger said:
To clarify, these kids are about 11 - 13 easy, so I say 'Nah mate, I'm in a rush' and hurry on.
Great, now they think you're their mate. You should be more specific, and simply say 'get a job'.

I didn't know it was traditional to have a 'mothers day pint' either, must be a Faversham thing eh :P
 
sounds like a fun place to live..

round here we still have chavs but its mostly farmers getting angry cos we try and play football on their fields.
 
my day... well, woke up. went out with mother to have a meal, just about got a table without waiting and had a nice meal, she ended up paying \o/. So it was good really. Just got back :)
 
oldagerocker said:
my day... well, woke up. went out with mother to have a meal, just about got a table without waiting and had a nice meal, she ended up paying \o/. So it was good really. Just got back :)

Bit early to have a meal isnt it? I'm going for one tonite at 8pm...I can't believe you let your mother pay =/...
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
Well most gaming mags have pictures of scantilly clad virtual women anyway. In fact, I remember a few years ago, one of them had a real picture of a woman with no top on. It was some advertisement...I'm surprised they got away with it actually.


Sounds like PC Format magazine, i used to remember that having women on the front.
 
most places I see have the porn mags beside the car magazines, makes sense though guys like cars and guys like porn :D
 
Razor said:
Sounds like PC Format magazine, i used to remember that having women on the front.

You know your'e right...though the picture wasn't on the front. It was just some advert in the middle somwhere.
 
Razor said:
Sounds like PC Format magazine, i used to remember that having women on the front.

Haha that reminds me, one of my old friends got in trouble for getting that when he was 14 or something.

That's lame, I could bring a porno mag into my house, no questions asked. Not that I would.
 
You know come to think of it..I don't think I've ever bought a porno mag....ever :O I feel like I've not been initiated into some club or something.
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
You know come to think of it..I don't think I've ever bought a porno mag....ever :O I feel like I've not been initiated into some club or something.

Sure, you've never bought one...
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
You know come to think of it..I don't think I've ever bought a porno mag....ever :O I feel like I've not been initiated into some club or something.
I know how you feel. Well, no...I did buy that DVD in Ecuador..."Aficionadas Al Futbol"
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
You know come to think of it..I don't think I've ever bought a porno mag....ever :O I feel like I've not been initiated into some club or something.

When I went on holiday I bought hustler...I am m3n
 
I once found a whole heap at a friends house.. he went all red in the face... I couldn't stop laughing :laugh:
 
I ran into an old school mate (read: dickhead who hung out with my real mates (read: people who didn't punch me)) t'other day. He stopped for a quick chat which basically consisted of -

"whatcha been up to, mate?"
"nothing"
"being a bum rules, eh?"
"yes"
"got any weed?"

Oh, and at my store, ALL the magazines are under/mingled with porn. Whenever I go round I always manage to accidentally/subconciously look up at them, and I always see the "Mature (read: old) Ladies" one :(

Anyways, is this post even pertinent? I skimmed the first page but it's probably gone off-topic since then.
 
Bad^Hat said:
Oh, and at my store, ALL the magazines are under/mingled with porn. Whenever I go round I always manage to accidentally/subconciously look up at them, and I always see the "Mature (read: old) Ladies" one :(

Anyways, is this post even pertinent? I skimmed the first page but it's probably gone off-topic since then.

Hah, are sure that's not because it's what you wanted to see? :laugh:

This thread was originally a random ramble about ComradeBadger's day. I'm sure it's ok if you went a bit off-topic :) As long as you reached a conclusion about his activities... :cheese:
 
bliink said:
Sure, you've never bought one...
Yeah, I got sent a free sample of a rather tame mag from PCZone, when I signed up to their website.
bliink said:
I once found a whole heap at a friends house.. he went all red in the face... I couldn't stop laughing :laugh:
You were lucky, my friend wanted me to watch some of it with him.
I've not actually seen him in about 9 months now.

Bad^Hat a while back my friends came into college afer going toa shop and they were going on about an over 50s mag they saw :x
 
Daisy: Right, I'm going to the shops. D'you want anything?
Tim: Porn.
Daisy: Tim, I'm not going to buy you porn. You can get it from railway sidings like everybody else.
Tim: I can't, I'm an adult. I'm supposed to leave it there.
 
Omg i wish i lived in england...sounds sweet..plus i love gloomy weather (no im not an emo kid) but i'd get a lot of stares because im 6'11" and have dirty blonde hair lol. Anyways on the subject of the pornos next to the PC gamer mags.....I have no fuc*ing clue why...besides letting nerdy little 13 year olds take a quick peak at some softcore cover porn...as for buying a porno...not old enough but i've seen meh fare share of ASCII pr0n jk
 
why suffer the unneccessary embarrassment and accusing stares of buying a porn mag when you are actually right at this moment sat with your finger tips at the most powerful porn searching tool on the planet

alls you need to do is go to google and type in tom arnold and you'll have about 10 million porn sites at your disposle

...i've been trying to accomplish '40 days 40 nights'....i lasted 3 days and blew it.....literally....sky high

talking about observations...i'm lonely :(
 
oh....another observation...

on this forum, i've noticed that some people have inserted the :( smiley...

then suddenly it will sometimes be followed by :cheers: ...surely this is contradictory to ones emotions, yes?

PHILIP......PIPE, SLIPPERS, BOOBS AND LEGS THANK YOU
 
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