# Why were guys so excited about the Olsen twins turning 18? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864 "2010-01-21T17:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/61 "2010-01-22T10:19:32Z")
So long as they don’t actually deflate. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/62 "2010-01-22T11:21:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Really? Honestly? > > Wow. It’s amazing how people can have such vastly different tastes in what is attractive. > > I’d take the two of them over Angelina Jolie any day. Especially because there’s two of them. Here’s a [pic](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/213423984_a82afcda90.jpg) of most of the guys saying they’re ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Jump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jump)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/63 "2010-01-22T12:08:08Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I know the obvious answer will be, “HOT BLONDE TWINS WHO ARE NOW LEGAL!” But I always thought they were **homely ass babies, goblin like little kids, and troll-y teenagers**. I mean, this isn’t some, “You guys are pedophiles for liking these girls when they were under eighteen! All of you!” thread. I can see why guys think, say, Miley Cyrus is attractive. Or a variety of younger looking actresses. But the Olsens? Oh god, no. > > **Does anyone actually think they’re hot?** To me the concept of waking up as an Olsen twin would **send me into a Kafka-esque nightmare.** (all bolding mine) Is there any chance you could post a pic so we could not only judge who we’d rather wake up with, but also give you our honest criticism? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/64 "2010-01-22T12:47:12Z")
**Enright3** and everyone else: please be sure that any links are safe for work. That is, if you’re looking at that picture at work and your boss walks by and sees that on your screen, it’s not a career-limited situation. Just because the nipples are covered doesn’t mean that picture is workplace safe. I’ve broken the link. Please see [Rules for Posting on Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697028#post7697028) and [Cafe Society - Forum Rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601) (Post #5.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/65 "2010-01-22T14:11:57Z")
I want to thank **Freudian Slit** for starting this thread. I’d pretty much forgotten about these hotties, but in the past 24 hours I’ve looked at some great pictures. Yeah, I know, the very opposite of **Slit** ’s intention, but I’m generally not up for the game of “Ha ha, someone’s ugly!” It’s fantastic when that backfires. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/66 "2010-01-22T14:12:09Z")
I am mildly pleased at the thought that one day, both of the Olsen twins will no longer be deemed newsworthy, and I will not have to see their raccoon-like, overly made-up faces on the front pages of celebrity mags as I go through the supermarket checkout aisle. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/67 "2010-01-22T14:24:16Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I am mildly pleased at the thought that one day, both of the Olsen twins will no longer be deemed newsworthy, and I will not have to see their raccoon-like, overly made-up faces on the front pages of celebrity mags as I go through the supermarket checkout aisle. So I need to collect them now, in case the supply dries up? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/68 "2010-01-22T15:55:10Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Eye of the beholder and all that. > > They’re not the most ravishingly beautiful women I’ve ever seen, and I certainly wasn’t eagerly waiting for them to turn 18 (I only knew about that because someone brought it up). But if someone asks me if I’d hit that, and I bother to search for a photo, then honestly? Yeah. Seconded. Not really my type, but I wouldn’t kick 'em outta bed. Another pic: [Desktop Wallpapers | WallpapersOK](http://www.justdesktopwallpapers.com/images/celebrities/olsentwins/olsen_twins_1280x1024.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/69 "2010-01-22T15:57:16Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Jeez, I’m so desperate I’d tap Billy Ray. I have made a note to teleport you a couple of hookerbots this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/70 "2010-01-22T15:58:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Another pic: [Desktop Wallpapers | WallpapersOK](http://www.justdesktopwallpapers.com/images/celebrities/olsentwins/olsen_twins_1280x1024.jpg) Oh my. They are moving up on my list mighty fast. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/71 "2010-01-22T16:04:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Seconded. Not really my type, but I wouldn’t kick 'em outta bed. Another pic: [Desktop Wallpapers | WallpapersOK](http://www.justdesktopwallpapers.com/images/celebrities/olsentwins/olsen_twins_1280x1024.jpg) Photoshop! :D;) ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/72 "2010-01-22T16:36:28Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > I also think Miley Cyrus is killer-cute, but that voice! AAUUGHH! [http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/miley-cyrus-bikini-pictures-1.jpg](http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/miley-cyrus-bikini-pictures-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/73 "2010-01-22T16:52:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Seconded. Not really my type, but I wouldn’t kick 'em outta bed. Another pic: [Desktop Wallpapers | WallpapersOK](http://www.justdesktopwallpapers.com/images/celebrities/olsentwins/olsen_twins_1280x1024.jpg) > [@runner pat](#): > > Photoshop! :D;) [Photoshop](http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/58500/Olsen-Twins--58687.jpg) from [this page](http://www.freakingnews.com/Symmetric-Celebrities-Pictures--2485-23.asp). [Here’s the original](http://www.stylebyme.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/olsen-twins.png). ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/74 "2010-01-22T17:11:30Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [this page](http://www.freakingnews.com/Symmetric-Celebrities-Pictures--2485-23.asp). Compared to the others, this one looks fairly normal… [http://www.freakingnews.com/Christina-Aguilera-Pictures-66963.asp](http://www.freakingnews.com/Christina-Aguilera-Pictures-66963.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/75 "2010-01-22T17:27:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am a shallow, petty little man, as everyone knows, far more prone to cursing the darkness than lighting a candle. And even I must concede that Paris Hilton is quite comely. [http://www.freakingnews.com/Paris-Hilton-Pictures-67058.asp](http://www.freakingnews.com/Paris-Hilton-Pictures-67058.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/76 "2010-01-22T18:12:05Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am a shallow, petty little man, as everyone knows, far more prone to cursing the darkness than lighting a candle. And even I must concede that Paris Hilton is quite comely. Don’t you have a closet full of flying taloned monkies available to you? Please instruct them to rip out your tongue and chew off your fingers for making such an outrageous statement. Yes, I know, no sexbot for me. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/77 "2010-01-22T18:22:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Don’t you have a closet full of flying taloned monkies available to you? Please instruct them to rip out your tongue and chew off your fingers for making such an outrageous statement. > > Yes, I know, no sexbot for me. In the first place, the monkeys are, for obvious reasons, trained never to risk the slightest harm to me. They’d bite off their own fingers first. In the second place, I already sent the hookerbot. Per your earlier statement, it has been configured to look like Billy Ray Cyrus. There was a third place but I forgot what it was. In the fourth place (and this is really directed at **Lobsang** , a deliberately mangled-by-photoshop picture does not change anything. I could photoshop a picture of myself so that I appear to have a 12-inch penis but that wouldn’t make it so. I also forgot the fifth place. I really need to get a memo pad. Finally, I am not saying that Hilton is Earth’s hottest women, or Earth’s hottest blonde, or Earth’s hottest dumb blonde party heiress. Obviously she isn’t. But she’s not bad looking, either. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/78 "2010-01-22T18:30:48Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Finally, I am not saying that Hilton is Earth’s hottest women, or Earth’s hottest blonde, or Earth’s hottest dumb blonde party heiress. Obviously she isn’t. But she’s not bad looking, either. Not bad looking if you think a [space mantis](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/111/1134/320/zorakhilton.jpg) is atractive. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/79 "2010-01-22T19:01:37Z")
Oh, yes, you did specify hookerbots, which means I have to put coins in their ‘slots’, which may be a problem given their intended use. However, I am not so desperate that I will _pay_ to have sex with a Billy Ray Cyrusbot. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864/80 "2010-01-22T19:06:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oh, yes, you did specify hookerbots, which means I have to put coins in their ‘slots’, which may be a problem given their intended use. However, I am not so desperate that I will _pay_ to have sex with a Billy Ray Cyrusbot. In the first place, Rhymer Industries hookerbots require no coins and are indistinguishable, on a tactile, visual, and olfactory level, from the persons they simulate. In the second place, that statement seems in opposition to this > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Jeez, I’m so desperate I’d tap Billy Ray. In the third place, obviously I was comping you the 'bots services. I have, once again, forgotten the fourth place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-guys-so-excited-about-the-olsen-twins-turning-18/525864.md?page=5)