Site Meter Reflections on Playboy: AskMen.com celebrates the women of <i>Playboy</i> France

January 26, 2008

AskMen.com celebrates the women of Playboy France

I proudly present this unsolicited email I received the other day:
Hi,

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Johnny Testa, and I am writing to you on behalf of AskMen.com, a unit of FOX Interactive Media. As the world’s largest men’s web portal, AskMen.com is a free lifestyle content provider that attracts more than 5 million readers each month.

I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that AskMen.com recently published an article entitled ““Top 10: Playboy France Centerfolds”” that I think would be of particular interest to your readers.

Here’’s the linking URL:

http://www.askmen.com/fine_living/top_10_250/255_top_10.html

Please don’’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions as to how our two sites can work together in the future.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Regards,

Johnny Testa
AskMen.com
Thank you, Johnny. Regrettably, the AskMen article has no nudity. But it’s agreeably mind-boggling to think that the rich, elaborate history of the American edition of Playboy is paralleled by the histories of the numerous foreign editions. Trippy! Countless galaxies of fashion, fiction, and gorgeous ladies!

Pedantic nerd that I am, I can’t resist the urge to say that most, maybe all, of the women who made the AskMen top-ten list were never on the centerfold proper, even though they’re described as “centerfolds” in the article title. Having browsed the French edition of Playboy on newsstands, I notice that it imitates the U.S. edition by reserving the Playmate du mois title (i.e. the monthly centerfold) for budding non-celebrities. I hope I don’t annoy my new friends at AskMen, but I just don’t know how to turn off the nerd switch. Oh, well. Sorry about that.

(And since I’ve already made a nuisance of myself, I’ll go ahead and point out that the current Playboy Mobile campaign has the 2007 and 2008 Playmates of the Year mixed up. Sara Jean Underwood became the 2007 PMOY last year. What is she, chopped liver?)

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Posted by Brian Sorgatz at 7:01 PM

  • Anonymous Anonymous left this comment at April 6, 2008 7:29 PM  
    Poop!
  • Blogger Brian Sorgatz left this comment at April 7, 2008 3:04 PM  
    She’s neither chopped liver nor poop.
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