Student Talks Genie-lord.
Long Story Short:
Monday morning… Starbucks… Decided to read a magazine.
Rant on.
Apparently the people behind the Student Talk magazine don’t grasp the concept behind jokes. I was reading a ‘joke’ about why men lie; and one of the characters was ‘Lord’. I guess that was a bit blasphemous for their sakes… so they changed it to ‘Genie’. If you are going to those lengths to make a joke politically correct… at least make sure you edit it right.
It is early… and I haven’t had any caffeine… I will start with this statement. ‘We Honorable Men’… It isn’t enough that the person butchered the joke (and a bad one at that). Whoever wrote this article has either lost grasp of the English language or has been watching too many rap videos.
Student Talk is a English-language magazine directed at students… if these people can’t get a couple of jokes and run on sentences correct; then we have some issues.
You can find the complete Student Talk article here.
Bazaar usually has better writers (or editors for that matter); but this page caught my eye. I guess they either found Getty images too expensive or used all the pictures; they have now started using soft-core porn images.
You can find the complete Bazaar article here.
Rant Off.
I seriously have no comment hehehe but yeah they totally butchered it! I mean why can’t they steal correctly or not steal at all! Ugh
and how did you know its a softcore porn picture ? :p
Ok I just saw the nurse.. which hospital please! hehehe
What did you have at Starbucks?
I hate these magazines…
OK that joke was horribly chopped up! Secondly that image is hilarious! hahaha.. they were too lazy to edit it!
Jackie:
I think copy/replace was a bit too much too handle.
forzaq8:
Who else would pose like that?
Marzouq:
Not Kuwait .. I am sure Dubai has those hospitals.
adorra:
Normal Coffee .. I am a simple person.
Maze:
Ditto; I prefer blogs ..
Marzouq:
They probably didn’t get the joke in the first place ..
The editor probably didn’t have enough caffeine as well ;p blame it on that. And about Bazaar’s picture .. uhhh, no comment ;P I would say enna 7a9al hashay mn bab il taghyeer ;P
I’m still trying to get the joke my lord!!!
And in response on who would pose like that…
The poor girl had to start a modeling site online in order to pay for her colledge tution and due to lack of members and all these forums jacking up her site and posting all pics for free, it would take her another 5 years to pay off her first semester. poor thing ; ;
B u t t e r f l y:
I have come to the conclusion that the Editor doesn’t know english .. check my latest post.
TAT:
You mean my genie ..
She looks more like a Russian mail-order bride.
ok…ok the picture was a bit racy BUT it isnt soft porn….just interesting enough to get people to read the article which happens to be about getting a complete check up before getting married. We promise not to publish any more pictures of nurses in short skirts holding long needles! (are french maid costumes kosher?)
bazaar:
Women in nurses costumes are fine by me; (just get a hotter girl next time). Anyway, I just didn’t feel the picture suited the article.. It would have been great for a article about adultery or problems in the bedroom.
This is Zeina M., the person who started Studentalk and the publishing house behind it.
I want to personally thank you for taking so much time and putting so much effort into researching Studentalk.
I never thought any of our readers would go to such lengths. Unless, you are working for another publication!!! Did we, by any chance, step on your toes lately? Has our success been so frustrating to you?
Anyways, as the saying goes, there is no such thing as bad publicity. So thank you for the free campaign.
Personally, I believe, if something is not controversial it is stagnant.
I thank you for reading Studentalk, please do not miss my letter from the editor in the January 2007 issue. I shall have a few words for you in it.
P.S: I would like to see you on a unicycle but I don’t advise you to inhale carbon monoxide, but then, good luck on both!!