If you read the newspapers or surf news websites, you will probably remember how approximately 2 months ago they were all abuzz with reports of Marge Simpson (from The Simpsons) baring it all for Playboy magazine (November '09 issue)
I have been a fan of the TV show ever since I first watched an episode four years ago (to think I was scandalized at first! I hadn't seen Family Guy or South Park yet!) You see, Playboy magazine & me go way back. My Dad is a sailor. Sailor & Dirty Magazines go hand in hand, nothing to be embarrassed about there! I've known what Playboy magazine was ever since I was 3. I'm not saying that they were irresponsible parents when we were all on the ship. I'm just saying you can't hide anything from a kid for long! Also, the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner & me share a common birthday - April 9th! Anyway, when I heard of this Playboy issue, I knew I wanted it. So I told Mom, & think as we might, we couldn't think of any bookstore that we thought might sell Playboy magazine. So we did the next thing we could think of- ask Dad!
Dad was a little perplexed with the request at first, but he promised to do all he could to get it. He was heading to Brasil at that time, & told me he would probably only get it in Portuguese there. But he said he'd try.
And then I forgot all about it (not really, I just resigned to the fact that I wouldn't get this collector's edition) And yesterday, when we were at the dentist, Dad called. To tell me he'd managed to get the issue for me! (Incidentally, it costed more than a one-year domain registration costs. But how else will Hugh Hefner be able to keep up a lifestyle like his?) He boasted to Mom that he was able to procure the magazine without leaving the ship. When Mom asked him how, he said that he had asked the super (short for superintendent) to get a copy for him. He even told the guy that his daughter wanted the issue. The super was concerned & asked my dad if I was above 15. But he got it after my dad reassured him that I'm 17! So I'm pretty happy that Dad was able to get the magazine for me (Thanks Dad!)
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so are we happy about it, btw dad bringin a playboy issue for daughter.....hmmm, a good sign of parents being close to their kids
ReplyDeleteWith all the porn websites available on the internet, and just two clicks away, even for a school going child, magazines like playboy,debonair and many such magazines are nothing to sssshhhhhh about. But india always makes a big deal of such things. Anyway, whats not available to know in the schools, colleges, boardings etc.? It's better when parents have some kind of open control of such things, and the kind of relation you have with your dad, is very healthy in such matters.
ReplyDeleteI see a lovely father-daughter bond here. :-) Trust is the basis of all relationship, though this post wasn't about that but subtly it hinted this fact. Enjoy your collector's edition. :-)
ReplyDelete@Shahid- I'm very close to both my parents! I fight with them a lot but can share just about everything with them! BTW, why no new post on your blog for quite some time?
ReplyDelete@Nilesh- Very true. Though both Playboy & Debonair are more of glossies than porn magazines.
@Vittal- Thanks! :)
Marge and playboy? Freaky! :|
ReplyDeleteAge 3 ? :o I mean could you even read back then? :P
Interesting article !
@Matt- Yes it's pretty freaky at first!
ReplyDeleteI was a very smart kid! Do not underestimate my powers! Also, in Playboy, it's usually the pictures that count more than the words. Thanks!
Haha !Somehow I expected this to be your answer! :D
ReplyDeleteFreaky at first? It is still freaky!:P
And what is the deal with 15? It is usually above 18 !!
Interesting read, I enjoyed, thanks
ReplyDelete@Matt- *gets a sheepish grin* How can you say one has to be 18 years just for buying some stupid magazine like Playboy, a slightly-erotic glossy? In India the age of consent is 16. Same in UK. Some activists in UK actually wanted to bring it down to 13! So what's the biggie in just getting a magazine? I'm not *doing* anything, am I?
ReplyDelete@Sandeep- Thanks for reading. Happy you liked it!
... And your stats say... you are just seventeen, Pearl...!!! I must concede, you are much more mature psychologically/intellectually than scores of grown-ups that we have around... ;)))
ReplyDeleteCheers to you!!! God Bless You, honey!!!
Ha!:)
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean one has to be 18 for buying or reading this stuff!
I was merely surprised at the super's query as to whether you are above 15,usually people ask you ..above 18? :P
And I would have expected this coming from the super, "Seriously?for your daughter?" :P
Anyhow like many said,it is nice to know that your family shares this special bond. :)
Cheers!
@Shrinath- Thank You! God bless you too!
ReplyDelete@Matt- Yes, I see what you mean. 15 surely is a weird number here. Thanks!