# What's the strangest/stupidist magazine you've ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732 "2000-11-18T07:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/61 "2000-11-23T07:17:49Z")
My wife is so pissed that I inspired a multi-paged thread started by making fun of her goofy Rubber Stamber mag.:p: ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/62 "2000-11-23T07:19:35Z")
I mean Rubber STAMPER mag. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/63 "2000-12-31T20:06:45Z")
I am reviving this thread just so I can say: Modern Ferret For people concerned their rodent might be a tad out of date. There’s a subheading that actually says something about “the ferret lifestyle”. ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/64 "2001-01-01T06:39:12Z")
My dad gets wierd right-wing newsletters of the “the sky is falling” variety. One article was titled “Environmentalists are paranoid schizophrenics.” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/65 "2001-01-01T07:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tzel \* > \*\*My dad gets wierd right-wing newsletters of the “the sky is falling” variety. One article was titled “Environmentalists are paranoid schizophrenics.” \*\* Why knock an article that’s based in fact? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/66 "2001-01-01T09:23:22Z")
_peers at **pkbites** _ ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/67 "2001-01-01T16:12:55Z")
Strange to me because I’m a diehard fisherman, I guess: Crappie World Catfish Insider ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/68 "2001-01-01T17:26:53Z")
Hope I’m not offending anyone by saying this, but I found the British humor magazine **Viz** to be completely incomprehensible. Don’t get me wrong, I usually love Brit humour but with this one I couldn’t make out a single joke; I even showed it to a friend and he couldn’t make heads or tails of it either. I remember that the cover proudly proclaimed something like “Featured in this issue: Noddy’s Piles, Fat Slags, and Other Assorted Shit.” Huh? What the hell does that mean? And speaking of porn mags, I just don’t get **Celebrity Skin** – grainy, low-res, badly lit film stills of mostly unknown actresses. There isn’t even that much real nudity. ---
**Author:** ![schief2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/69 "2001-01-01T19:09:04Z")
My side job is in a bookstore…to me, the strangest/most entertaining titles we stock on a continuing basis are: **Varmint Hunter** - all about huntin’, skinnin’, and eatin’…varmints. **Crochet Fantasy** - sadly, this is NOT actually a porno mag. Just patterns and such. **Trailer Life** - they mean more like RVs and stuff, but it still makes me smirk every time I walk past it. This doesn’t include the more run-of-the-mill oddities we carry like the aformentioned knife magazines, the pro wrestling fanzines, and the tattoo magazines, which are basically just Hustler for those with more, um, specialized tastes… ---
**Author:** ![labdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@labdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labdude)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/70 "2001-01-02T01:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\* > There is a really interesting periodical called something like \*Back to Nature \* or \*Back to basics \* or \*back home \* that really caters to a more self sufficient lifestyle. That part I agree with. But they take it to the nth degree and have articles that features " Build a house for less than $3 a square foot". \*\* There are 3 of these magazines that I know of Countryside, Backhome, and Backwoods home. The only one that deserves comment is Countryside. The magazine is 90% written by the readers and is real folksy. It’s very much like a magazine version of a computer BBS. The articles are along the lines of “How to make Pickles” and “how to milk a goat.” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/71 "2001-01-02T06:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by schief2 \* > \*\*My side job is in a bookstore…to me, the strangest/most entertaining titles we stock on a continuing basis are: > > **Varmint Hunter** - all about huntin’, skinnin’, and eatin’…varmints. > > \*\* Me too. And tonight, having nothing better to do I was leafing through our magazine listings- did you know there is not only a “Varmint Hunter” but also a “Varmint Master”? I was relieved to see it listed in the hunting section, rather than as some sort of bestiality/sado-masochism type thing. There is also not one but two magazines dedicated to rubber stamps (the other being the appropriatly titled “Rubberstampmaddness”) Other titles I liked: “Amphibian Yearbook” “Pittsburg Cigar Lifestyles” “World of Interiors” (perhaps it’s only me that finds that title amusing.) “Kite Passion” “Bears and Other Top Predators” (how embarrassing to be a predator and not make the cut.) “Cold Fusion Developers Journal” “TV Hits Dicaprio” (Ok, I know it must just be an entertainment magazine with a special Dicaprio edition, but I prefer to think of it being dedicated to braining Leonardo with electronic appliences.) ---
**Author:** ![Pink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/72 "2001-01-02T08:32:02Z")
I don’t get **Arizona Highways** , which is in all my doctor’s offices. Arizona must have, oh, 5 higways, right? What do they do for issue 2? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/73 "2001-01-02T15:37:03Z")
I can’t belive I forgot to put in: “Christian Motorsports” ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/74 "2001-01-02T17:41:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KJ \* > **Strangest: Powerpuff Girls Powerzine. I saw this in a video store. I have no idea what the hell they’d put in there. I’m guessing merchandise ads, posters, or information about the movie, scheduled for release in like 2002. It’s a very strange magazine idea, though.** Uh-oh. Look. I want my local comic book shop to stay in business. It’s a collector’s item. There’s an episode guide and a brief interview with the show’s creator, Craig McCracken. It’s not even a real magazine - it’s a one-shot parody of magazines, complete with a Mojo Jojo advice column and fake ads. Also lots and lots of real ads for plastic PPG stuff. Okay, I’m a tool. I still think _George_ is weird, though. Clebrity politics, ugh. Would this have flown without John-John? How does it survive without him? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732/75 "2001-01-02T19:29:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by phreesh \* > > **I once bought ‘giant robot’ magazine. Very disapointed to see it was a Japanese pop culture mag. Best title I ever saw, though.** > > The title says (cries out, in fact), to me, Japanese Pop Culture, or, more specifically, anime and model-building.\*\* Yeah, but there weren’t _any_ anime or giant robots or model-building bits in it. At least the copies I’ve seen. Some mildly suggestive soft-porn-wanna-be, but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-stupidist-magazine-youve-ever-seen/41732.md?page=3)