How do you feel about the yearly SPORTS Illustrated Swimsuit edition?

[trumad]

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I like it... Swimming is a great sport and why not show swimwear.

[RockaFowler]

1. There are some really cool bathing suits in there

Totally dating myself by calling it a bathing suit, though

I kind of like it. Maybe one day I can be a model. At 40 it's not likely

[trumad]

2. 40

Young Pup.

[RockaFowler]

4. Thanks Pal

I still feel young at heart

[applegrove]

25. They used to have the best swimsuits in there. I can remember one that was just layer, upon layer of

colored tubes. It was gorgeous. When I sewed swimsuits I forgot about that one. At least I think it was SISI. Then they went all bikini all the time. Ridiculous.

[Angry Dragon]

3. They should then show them swimming in these suits

otherwise it is just beach underwear

[trumad]

5. So when you go to the beach and see a woman in a bikini...

You think it's Beach Underwear?

[Angry Dragon]

9. A swim suit means to actually swim in it

[trumad]

14. So all those women at the beach with bikini's on---don't swim?

Seriously?

[Angry Dragon]

18. don't know

All I know is that none of women are shown swimming in them
because these suits would not stay on while swimming

[HuckleB]

28. I'm sorry that you had to spend so much time explaining that reality.

[MaineDem]

6. I don't buy that issue.

I think it's demeaning.

You asked.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. My FIL Used To Re-Up My Subscription Every Year

One of his holiday gifts to me was to resubscribe to SI. I can honestly say that i used to throw away the swimsuit issue. My wife would get the mail, set the issue on the kitchen counter and i would toss it out.

I've never had any particular desire to look at it. Well, maybe when i was 18.
GAC

[MineralMan]

7. I prefer swimsuit multiplication, myself.

[Goblinmonger]

8. I went to a Catholic Seminary for high school

The nun that was the librarian there would cut out the pages with the swimsuit pictures and black out the naught bits on the cover. We never really appreciated that.

[bigwillq]

10. I think it's fine.

Although I would like to see more of the athlete's in their swimming trunks.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Sports Illustrated became a crap publication about 10 years ago...

...and yet I have a subscription this year. But only because of the Packers Super Bowl Champs Tshirt and video.

Nice try trumad. Someday you\'ll get what I\'m talking about.

[MaineDem]

13. ^5 n/t

[Auggie]

12. I'm reminded of an awesome S.I. Swimsuit thread you posted a few years back

I still laugh over it.

[HappyMe]

16. Meh!

My only complaint is that they don't have any guys in the issue.

[motely36]

17. Really don't see the point of it

It's not like SI is selling swimsuits.

[caraher]

20. Right - which doesn't mean it's entirely pointless.

They're selling magazines. Oh, and readers' eyeballs to advertisers. As long as they've printed it, it's been the annual "please cancel my subscription" issue, but presumably the SI bean counters figure they more than make up for the business it loses with the business it would not otherwise receive.

At best it's an anachronism. And it's a fine example of why not everything that has "Sports" in the title is really about sports.

[joeybee12]

19. A big no from me...

I always thought this was shameless since SI started this.

[applegrove]

26. I actually bought it some years because I was interested in sewing swimsuits and they

had great ones in there. Then they went all bikini all the time.

[caraher]

21. Also... that should be "edition."

I was wondering whether they'd added on an extra bedroom or something

[trumad]

22. Fixed

LOL---

[fishwax]

23. pretty pointless--though I confess I looked forward to it in jr. high when I got my subscription

[RockaFowler]

24. My husband just went ga-ga over this picture

He asked what this was all about. And he laughed and laughed.

Again I have no problem with this thread or the Cheerleader thread

[DinahMoeHum]

27. Look at it this way. . .if he stopped "going ga-ga". . .

that means he's dead.

[TBF]

29. I think we should submit this picture for next year's issue:

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