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| Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:48 AM PDT                                |
| 15 Of The Weirdest Magazines Still In Print Posted: 04 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT It's great to live in a world where there's a magazine for every possible interest and/or fetish. (Google "balloon fetish" sometime if you don't believe us...) But in today's economy, it's a wonder that a lot of these publications are still churning out issues. (If the national papers are in trouble, how can the Fortean Times survive?) Who buys these sometimes bizarre, occasionally creepy, and oddly specific publications? Who publishes them? Do they have columnists and staff cartoonists like other magazines? And are there weird dentists out there who stock their waiting rooms with them?  Crappie World Magazine Yes, we know a crappie is a type of freshwater fish highly sought after by sportsmen. But come on. Crappie World? What is this, Depressed Emo Teen Monthly?  I Love Cats I Love Cats is yet another mag devoted to cat obsession, which in itself isn't a problem. No, the issue here is the title. Cat Fancy is catchy, while I Love Cats is just plain lazy. Of course you love cats. Why else would you buy this magazine? It's certainly not for the nuanced writing or stylish cover layouts. If you're going to give it such a bluntly obvious title that so clearly panders to its desired demo, might as well just go with I Am Lonely.  Student Group Tour In case the vague title confuses you, Student Group Tour is the "publication for individuals, educators and organisers actively planning trips for student group travel". So if you need information about how to get your group out of an international incident in Taiwan, you're sh*t out of luck.  Bacon Busters Australia's top hog-hunting magazine offers how-to articles, fan fiction, and the famous Babes and Boars section. Really though, is that any different than your average issue of Playboy?  The Bark Forget stuffy old Dog Fancy. That's the Monocle magazine of dog-lifestyle mags. The Bark is the choice for hip young canines everywhere. With catchy headlines like "Pop Goes the Dog" and a slick layout, it's like Details for dogs. Which would be fine, if dogs had any concept of what a magazine is outside of "that thing that gets rolled up to hit me with when I wee on the floor."  Cowboys and Indians Ah, nothing like a celebration of the ol' Wild West. Nothing dated or vaguely racist about this magazine, no siree. Pass the chewin' tabaccy, pard'ner. We got a hankerin' to spit and take away some tribal lands.  Model Airplane News To be fair, this magazine has been published since 1929. Back then, news about model airplanes was the only thing people had to distract themselves from the Great Depression.  A Bear's Life At last, a publication about the exciting lives of our furry friends. Eating salmon, stealing pick-a-nick baskets, snoozing through the winter months OH MY GOD! It's a magazine devoted solely to hairy gay men. Different kind of bear entirely.  ance Teacher With respect to overworked, under-appreciated dance teachers the world over, we think even they would agree that they don't need their own magazine. And also that you should work on your grand jeté.  Garden and Gun Perfect for your late afternoon six-gun tea socials, Garden and Gun looks like pretty much every other magazine about life in the American south. Oh, except for the genteel Southern dame on the cover who's about to murder a harmless goose with a high-powered weapon. But don't worry, the mag's tips on how to create your own English-style garden should distract you from your bloodthirsty urges.  Sheep! Bi-monthly Sheep magazine (what, they couldn't make it a daily?) features such departments as "Wool Gatherings" for sheep-related events and a roundup of sheep in the news called "Newsbleat." To be honest, that's funnier than Private Eye has been in years.  Y'all The magazine of Southern American people. Not to be confused with sister publications If-N, I Reckon, and You Boys Ain't From Around Here.  OMFG OMFG! It's the Official Meetings Facilities Guide magazine! It's totes our fave mag after LMAO, aka the Leicestershire Motorist Alliance Organisation digest!  Miniature Donkey Talk Now in its 21st year of publication, Miniature Donkey Talk is the guide for new miniature donkey owners. Does it tell you why they look like My Little Ponies? (Honestly, slap some glitter on one those things and they'll be ready to jump over a rainbow in no time.) From the magazine's Web site: "We have never had a complaint about the quality of our publication." That's because the poor little donkeys being forced to carry spoiled little children on their backs do not possess the power of speech.  Girls and Corpses Finally, a publication for the coveted gravedigger/horny-13-year-old-boy demographic.  |
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