# FHM and MAXIM delivered to city hall **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167 "2006-05-17T21:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/81 "2006-05-18T20:51:28Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Thanks for those thoughtful comments such as they were. > > Yeah i maintain it is soft porn, at least that FHM is… Maintain whatever you like. Doesn’t mean it’s true. > [@](#): > > I wonder if my city would be as blase if someone was receiving “high times”, or “your gay life” or something like that. ::shrug:: I highly doubt it. Dude! And they probably wouldn’t let you get the al-Qaeda newsletter either! Which is like _totally not relevant!_ Just like _your_ comparison! > [@](#): > > By posting about it here it helps vent my frustration which has mounted due to other issues in the office (city manager tiptoeing up behind female workers in his socks and stands there breathing until you notice or he says BOO). Lack of resources for my department, and on and on. Ahh. So because your job is unpleasant, you wish for other people’s jobs to be unpleasant as well? > [@](#): > > My oppostion to those subscriptions has nothing do with prudism, sexism yes. BUt no doubt others will see girlie magazines in the workplace as a positive progressive symbol of our culture. I disagree. 🙂 That’s very nice. Guess what? You don’t get to force your personal politics on others! Besides, I thought you said earlier that you don’t care _what_ sort of magazine it is. Is that because you consider _Better Homes and Gardens_ to be offensive and sexist as well? You’re not being consistent. Either they shouldn’t be allowed any non-work-related magazines at work - which, as has been pointed out, is ridiculous for firefighters - or they should be. I can’t imagine a less important issue than this. Since fires are rarely scheduled in advance, firefighters end up doing some waiting around. They spend a lot of time at the station. They spend some of that time reading magazines. Maxim and FHM may be tacky, but they’re _not_ pornography. (Frankly, if they have the privacy to jerk off in their off time, they probably do it. So the fuck what?) Stop with the slippery slope shit, too - no one is impressed by your argument that next week they’ll be reading _Big Black Bondage Dominatrix Monthly_. It’s clearly something their boss thinks is acceptable, and you frankly clearly don’t understand anything about the situation if you think firefighters shouldn’t be allowed to read any magazine while at work. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/82 "2006-05-18T21:15:34Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Ah, but what if it was the female firefighters who got Butt Fucking Monthly and it was the male firefighters who got Hung Studs Monthly? Whatever floats their boat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/83 "2006-05-18T21:16:54Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Okay - I just had an eeeevil thought: Can we get **chela** ’s address at city hall and send her the **FHM Magazine for $6** from the Google ad below? 😉 This happened once where I used to work. One really bitchy lady got a subscription to Adam and Eve. Only the immature morons in the mailroom would steal it before it found its way to her desk. Turns out that the immature morons in the mailroom ordered it in her name just so they could do that. The reason I know this is because at the time, I worked in the mailroom. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/84 "2006-05-18T21:20:45Z")
> [@chela](#): > > … > > My oppostion to those subscriptions has nothing do with prudism, sexism yes. BUt no doubt others will see girlie magazines in the workplace as a positive progressive symbol of our culture. I disagree. 🙂 Does anyone under the age of 80 (maybe besides a pre-teen boy or a snake handler) use the word “girlie” to describe magazines anymore? And if they do, would you presuppose them to be the forerunners in the war against sexism?? Seriously, the saddest thing here apart from what has already been mentioned, is that **chela** probably won’t actually respond to the _content_ of these posts in a way (if at all) that shows any comprehension. Lastly, and just as a side note, could anyone detangle his/her intent behind emailing girdle images to the fire fighters. Perhaps I’m so lost on what actually constitutes porn, but what the aim was here has me completely baffled. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/85 "2006-05-18T21:38:04Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Okay - I just had an eeeevil thought: Can we get **chela** ’s address at city hall and send her the **FHM Magazine for $6** from the Google ad below? 😉 > > BTW, **Guin** , if you think getting yelled at for Teen was surreal - I once asked my hometown librarian if there were a way I could request that the library get a subscription to [Analog](http://www.analogsf.com/0606/issue_06.shtml). I was told, in a very haughty voice, that the library would never get one of **those** magazines. Wha? A sci-fi magazine is somehow “naughty?” Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/86 "2006-05-18T22:02:13Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Does anyone under the age of 80 (maybe besides a pre-teen boy or a snake handler) use the word “girlie” to describe magazines anymore? I do. But mostly out of a sense of irony. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/87 "2006-05-18T22:11:34Z")
**Chela** , just curious: at which job do you work in City Hall? What’s your department’s function? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/88 "2006-05-18T22:23:58Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > …_“Gentleman’s Relish”_, anyone?.. [Gentleman’s Relish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman's_Relish) ? 😕 ? Whipped cream might be a little kinky to some, but that sir is perverse! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/89 "2006-05-18T22:24:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I do. But mostly out of a sense of irony. Yeah, but **Miller** , you’re like one of the coolest guys going. We’d _all_ be able to use it if we came across that hip. 😉 Instead, I’m just a wannabe. [P.S. My crush on you isn’t showing, is it? :o 😛] ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/90 "2006-05-18T22:24:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Wha? A sci-fi magazine is somehow “naughty?” Damn. Perhaps, when talking to the librarian, **OtakuLoki** shouldn’t have pronounced it “Anal Log.” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/91 "2006-05-18T22:26:17Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > > [@Martini Enfield](#): > > > > …“Gentleman’s Relish”, anyone?.. > > [Gentleman’s Relish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman's_Relish) ? 😕 ? > > Whipped cream might be a little kinky to some, but that sir is perverse! > > CMC fnord! Nonsense! What better for a gentleman’s…ahem…hot dog? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/92 "2006-05-18T22:41:22Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Lastly, and just as a side note, could anyone detangle his/her intent behind emailing girdle images to the fire fighters. . . . what the aim was here has me completely baffled. I believe the motivation was along the lines of _“Neener neener neener.”_ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/93 "2006-05-18T22:42:44Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > I believe the motivation was along the lines of _“Neener neener neener.”_ And will have roughly the same effect on a group of grown men; namely “huh?” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/94 "2006-05-18T22:49:08Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > And will have roughly the same effect on a group of grown men; namely “huh?” 😕 Yeah, but wait until she starts prank calling them and asking them how they like their girdles or leaving empty plus-size L’Eggs containers in front of nearby fire stations. _Then_ they’ll learn! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/95 "2006-05-18T23:08:57Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Does anyone under the age of 80 (maybe besides a pre-teen boy or a snake handler) use the word “girlie” to describe magazines anymore? I do. I also use the terms Flesh, Nudie, and Titty. With no sense of irony whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/96 "2006-05-18T23:15:08Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I do. I also use the terms Flesh, Nudie, and Titty. With no sense of irony whatsoever. Ok y’all. Quitcher messin’ up one of my only decent points. ::: harumph ::: By the way, thanks **Uvula Donor** , I’m as clear as mud now on the purpose of _one adult colleague_ behaving so maturely to another, over NON-work related issues that should (if there’s truly [!!] a problem) be addressed in a proper manner. Wonder what the highers ups would think of such, um, lack-of-chain-of-command interference? All I can say is that’s just one more reason why I’m thrilled that I no longer work in any type of office environment. Busybodies… egads! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/97 "2006-05-18T23:20:58Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Yeah, but **Miller** , you’re like one of the coolest guys going. We’d _all_ be able to use it if we came across that hip. Gosh! ---
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/98 "2006-05-18T23:30:11Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > You think _that_ counts as “fetish”??? Ahh, sweet, sweet innocence. > > Lookit, I consider myself a square and the last magazine I bought featured a naked chick in a bathtub with an octopus on her head. I SAW THAT ONE!!! Skin Two or Marquis? I forget. I did see it though and wondered about the life of a fetish model and the stuff they have to go through… Maxim is funny and tame comparatively. Inky ---
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/99 "2006-05-18T23:58:08Z")
Sorry to double post, but Og, I have the latest version of FHM on my desk right now. Granted, I write about sexuality, and so my “outraged” meter is probably considerably lower than the norm, but this edition is seriously funny. The cover feature is Jenny McCarthy (who is holding up **quite** well, I assure you) who on the inside does a photo-spread - with bitingly sarcastic personal commentary - covering modern interpretations of bedtime tales. It’s a scream. Little red riding hood? If the OP wants a little steaminess in her life aside from sending girdles to men who will probably laugh it off as a stupid, childish - and I do mean CHILDISH - joke, then I would be happy to send her a subscription to Scarlet, “The New Women’s Magazine That Everyone’s Talking About” from the UK. Scarlet: The Magazine that turns women on! (Warning: NOT SURE IF WORK SAFE) [www.ScarletMagazine.co.uk](http://www.ScarletMagazine.co.uk) Enter the real world of grown ups…if you are one (it has been suggested here that you may not be of age yet. If you’re over 18, then send me your address and I’ll gladly sponsor you a subscription, as long as it goes to your work mailbox. My e-mail is in my profile. Inky ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167/100 "2006-05-19T01:05:07Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > [Gentleman’s Relish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman's_Relish) ? 😕 ? > > Whipped cream might be a little kinky to some, but that sir is perverse! > > CMC fnord! I was, of course, referring to the Novel/Play/TV airplay (which featured an _excellent_ performance by Billy Connolly!)… 🙂 _Tipping The Velvet_, whilst not porn, did have Victorian Lesbians in it and as such, was most watchable indeed! 😃 This is usually the point at which I would make some comment about the difficulties of finding good Corset/Garter Lesbian Porn, but that would be largely irrelevant to the topic at hand… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fhm-and-maxim-delivered-to-city-hall/357167.md?page=6)