Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Male call

The arrival of the annual SI swimsuit edition raises the perennial moral dilemma: Do I pitch it in the trash and claim it never arrived? Or, let him have it and suffer the inevitable downsizing of my self-esteem?

5 comments:

Brenda Susan said...

Maybe you could just use a marker to add some clothes on her? Or spill your coffee "accidentally"?

Cathy Hamilton said...

I'm tempted by both ideas, Brenda. But because there are so many of "her" (one on every page), and I'm basically lazy, 'think I'll go with the accidental coffee spill. Genius. Thanks!

Cathy Hamilton said...

Update: 29-year-old son stopped by yesterday afternoon, saw the magazine and asked,"Can I take this home?''Go ahead,' replied his dad, without having opened the issue. I had a sneaking suspicion the man wanted something. Thirty minutes later, he announced he's taking a trip to OK City week after next to see a pro basketball game with guys from his high school basketball team. Fair trade.

Carol Starr Schneider said...

What a wonderful trade-off. You get the house to yourself and don't have to look at the bikini goddesses.

Unknown said...

Still haven't opened the swimsuit issue yet. That makes four years and counting. Just lack of interest, I guess.

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