Does anyone else get this problem?

[zarathustraspake]

Every month, when my Fortean Times arrives in the post, my girfriend goes, "Oh God, not that shit geek magazine again? You're a geeky saddo! When are you going to start growing a beard?"


Then, a couple of hours later, she'll be nicking it so she can read it herself.

 

[escargot]

My ex-husband was like that, except that he wouldn't read it - no sports section, y'see. I sacked it off and got a fresh one. Maybe that'd work for you?

 

[Rrose_Selavy]

Every month, when my Fortean Times arrives in the post, my girfriend goes, "Oh God, not that shit geek magazine again? You're a geeky saddo! When are you going to start growing a beard?"

Yes, I tell myself that when it drops through the letter box -

-

 

[James_H]

ah, my girlfriend loves the fortean times, she steals all my copies and takes them home.

 

[Mighty_Emperor]

Every month, when my Fortean Times arrives in the post, my girfriend goes, "Oh God, not that shit geek magazine again? You're a geeky saddo! When are you going to start growing a beard?"


Then, a couple of hours later, she'll be nicking it so she can read it herself.

Ah ha I have cunningly avoided this by being single and growing a beard!! Whose laughing now?? No one? Ah well

 

[_Lizard23_]

The only problem in my FTMB commune of a household is giving the others a chance to read it before I take it in the bath and ruin it.

 

[Bigphoot2]

My copy arrived today and I had the pleasure of being asked by the postie "You some sort of weirdo then?" when he gawked at the cover.

It didn't bother me too much, I was in a state of shock that he'd actually delivered mail to the correct address.

 

[DerekH16]

Every month, when my Fortean Times arrives in the post, my girfriend goes, "Oh God, not that shit geek magazine again? You're a geeky saddo! When are you going to start growing a beard?"


Then, a couple of hours later, she'll be nicking it so she can read it herself.

Ah ha I have cunningly avoided this by being single and growing a beard!! Whose laughing now?? No one? Ah well

Me, actually see?->




There again, I'm also bearded and single...

 

[escargot]

I was married to a beardie, does that count?

He was also quite insistently sceptical, even when he was bombarded with phenomena. 8)

 

[ogopogo3]

Years ago, I mentioned an FT article to my 30-year-old friend.

His 19-year-old girlfriend snorted and chimed in, "Fortean Times? Yeah, that shit was cool when I was 10 years old."

Granted, she was a total bitch, but since when did we become uncool?

 

[rjmrjmrjm]

Forteana became uncool when X-Files finished... Oh unless it's about conspiracy theories or Dan Brown... that's still cool.

 

[Pietro_Mercurios]

...

He was also quite insistently sceptical, even when he was bombarded with phenomena. 8)

Does it wash off?

 

[escargot]

:lol:

If you read the 'Phantom Drip' IHTM, you will find him there, being supernaturally leaked upon. He was also mobbed by our ghost cat, subjected to mindreading and generally confused as only a stubborn sceptic can be. 8)

Had a lot to do with our divorce! :lol:

 

[henry]

Forteana became uncool when X-Files finished... Oh unless it's about conspiracy theories or Dan Brown... that's still cool.

I have it the other way round, or are you being ironic? Forteana is incredibly cool (except the Star Trek covers), whereas Dan Brown is dullsville.

Not that I see myself as an ambassador of cool or anything...

 

[kirmildew]

I don't know if we're super cool or grossly geeky, but I lend my FTs to my nanna when I've read them and she thinks it's great

 

[rjmrjmrjm]

Don't worry, that was irony. I don't think Dan 'Bore'own is cool.

 

[colpepper1]

FT had a run of lurid covers some years back and I swear the postie lobbed them through the letterbox in a dismissive way if such a thing were possible. I think it was when the editors were trying to appeal to the X-file generation. They've toned down the fright porn a bit now.
I actually miss that inky, unglossy fanzine thing but them I'm ver, ver, old.