# National Geographic = Sports Illustrated.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118 "2003-02-10T15:32:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118/1 "2003-02-10T15:32:56Z")

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National Geographic has a swimsuit issue.

Just like Sports Illustrated.

Stare. It’s still in front of me. National Geographic swimsuit issue. This is not happening.

Travel/scientific mag is simply a front for swimsuit manufacturers!

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AAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

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Thirty posts later:  
This is worse than finding out Scientific American is joining cholesterol-lowering-drug manufacturers, adding SCIENTISTS’ voices to the businesses calling Hey Fatso, Lose Weight.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118/2 "2003-02-10T15:37:18Z")

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I saw that too. I thought I was hallucinating.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118/3 "2003-02-10T15:51:33Z")

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"… National Geographic takes the reader on a historical tour of the swimsuit over the last 100 years.

The photos in the magazine brought out “a sense of fun and wonder – as well as total astonishment at what some people will wear in public,” said Bill Allen, National Geographic’s editor-in-chief. "  
source: [http://happypress.org/mt/hp/archives/000010.html](http://happypress.org/mt/hp/archives/000010.html)

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118/4 "2003-02-10T16:38:43Z")

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I saw this at Barnes&Noble and had to look twice to make sure I was seeing things properly.

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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-sports-illustrated/154118/5 "2003-02-10T16:45:08Z")

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Well that’s got to be better than a bunch of pictures of topless Kalihari women.