Do women actually read this stuff?

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Do women actually read this stuff?
Topic Started: May 31 2012, 04:12 AM (801 Views)
campy	May 31 2012, 04:12 AM Post #1
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Crucifying women at the grocery store? I see it all the time. I didn't know how extensive it was. http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/tmi/2012/05/26/crucifying-women-grocery-store-checkout-line

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Darcie	Jun 2 2012, 07:21 AM Post #16
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	When I was waiting in line to pay for my food I happened to look at those publications. To my surprise a middle aged guy picked up the Enquirer. Do guys read that stuff?



haili	Jun 2 2012, 09:53 AM Post #17
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	He must have picked it up for his wife. A real man would never read that trash!



Darcie	Jun 2 2012, 10:05 AM Post #18
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	haili Jun 2 2012, 09:53 AM He must have picked it up for his wife. A real man would never read that trash! bounce and jump045



Trotsky	Jun 3 2012, 12:21 AM Post #19
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Actually, I never realized one is supposed to BUY those latest pronouncements about Jennifer Anniston and Sarah Jessica Parker. I thought their only functon was to provide distractions for impatent customers waiting in line, perhaps even to save the lives of a few checkout clerks who might otherwise be KILLED by angry patrons watching their ice cream melt. Reading junk is better than watching an old biddy pull out $.49 from the bottom of her purse, penny by penny.



Darcie	Jun 3 2012, 12:38 AM Post #20
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Trotsky Jun 3 2012, 12:21 AM Actually, I never realized one is supposed to BUY those latest pronouncements about Jennifer Anniston and Sarah Jessica Parker. I thought their only functon was to provide distractions for impatent customers waiting in line, perhaps even to save the lives of a few checkout clerks who might otherwise be KILLED by angry patrons watching their ice cream melt. Reading junk is better than watching an old biddy pull out $.49 from the bottom of her purse, penny by penny. OMG, that is what happened to me the other day, I was reading the headlines, how else am I suppose to educate myself. Only for me it was 3 looking for change of both sexes.



haili	Jun 3 2012, 01:05 AM Post #21
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	And for me it's usually people with credit cards and machines that don't work the first few tries; then they have to sign with a pen that may or may not work. I've waited so often that I no longer try to hurry away from the cashier. Maybe we're all getting too impatient. The last time I shopped, the woman in front of me was on her cell phone during the whole transaction, holding the phone with her shoulder while she fished out her credit card, etc. She was still talking while pushing the cart out to the parking lot and loading the groceries in the car.



Changi	Jul 28 2012, 07:51 PM Post #22
WWS UK Correspondent Posts: 1,755 Group: Member Member #703 Joined: November 19, 2009	Trotsky Jun 3 2012, 12:21 AM Actually, I never realized one is supposed to BUY those latest pronouncements about Jennifer Anniston and Sarah Jessica Parker. I thought their only functon was to provide distractions for impatent customers waiting in line, perhaps even to save the lives of a few checkout clerks who might otherwise be KILLED by angry patrons watching their ice cream melt. Reading junk is better than watching an old biddy pull out $.49 from the bottom of her purse, penny by penny. I think I'd prefer to watch the 'old biddy' doing her penny count! There must be folks who buy the stuff, otherwise it wouldn't get printed. We had a couple of so-called newspaper publications, the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport, and enough folks seemed to buy the trash to keep them being printed for 15 years or so. Some folks even believed the fantastic and often outrageous headlines and articles. Apart from the usual bevvy of photos of busty and bare breasted young 'ladies', there would be headlines such as, 'WWII Bomber Found On The Moon!' - this claim accompanied by a 'cobbled up' picture of a crashed RAF Lancaster heavy bomber! I thought that type of aircraft had a maximum ceiling of just under 30,000ft - even less if on maximum bomb load of 12,000 lbs to 22,000 pounds! Other 'headlines' included - 'Bus Found Buried At North Pole' and 'Colonel Gaddafi Was A Woman'. People bought and read this stuff and the nutty minority believed it - as we say here in Yorkshire, "Thar's nowt queerer than folk!" [translation} 'There is nothing odder than people!'. Edited by Changi, Jul 29 2012, 10:15 AM.



haili	Jul 29 2012, 12:20 AM Post #23
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	My mother loved her scandal sheets but didn't take them seriously. I read them while in line and at least it's something to look at.



heatseeker	Jul 29 2012, 12:50 AM Post #24
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	The supermarket tabloids, like more respectable newspapers, have fallen on hard times and for the same reason: people are getting their scandals from the Internet for free.



Deleted User	Jul 29 2012, 09:55 AM Post #25
Deleted User	Ever been to a ladies hair salon? Hard to find a magazine that is not a tabloid. McLeans, chatelaine, Home & Garden are nowhere to be seen. A friend of mine buys these tabloids, passes them on to someone she knows that works in a nursing home where these tabloids are passed around for reading. Kinda cruel giving those oldies a "turn on" or is it "off". ohmy 03
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margrace	Jul 29 2012, 11:27 AM Post #26
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,367 Group: Member Member #723 Joined: April 1, 2010	They don't even sell those tabloids in our area and our hairdress and Dr. Office have only good magazines. I haven't seen one of the slease ones in several years. So where do you people see them.



Deleted User	Jul 30 2012, 01:25 PM Post #27
Deleted User	Perhaps not in a small community such as the one you live in .. but in cities, yes. I have my hair cut at The Bay and the place is loaded with these magazines. As for doctor's offices ... no you will not find these types of magazines. Most are related to health, or Readers Digest, Golf, Home & Garden, Chatelaine, etc.
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margrace	Jul 31 2012, 03:31 AM Post #28
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,367 Group: Member Member #723 Joined: April 1, 2010	I wouldn't consider a town with 19,000 people a small place, maybe we are just not interested.



Dana	Jul 31 2012, 04:18 AM Post #29
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Trotsky Jun 3 2012, 12:21 AM Actually, I never realized one is supposed to BUY those latest pronouncements about Jennifer Anniston and Sarah Jessica Parker. I thought their only functon was to provide distractions for impatent customers waiting in line, perhaps even to save the lives of a few checkout clerks who might otherwise be KILLED by angry patrons watching their ice cream melt. Reading junk is better than watching an old biddy pull out $.49 from the bottom of her purse, penny by penny. I figure so too. While I wait for lottery tickets to be purchased I read the expensive gardening mag from the rack.



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