http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 06:09:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153885 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:09:37 +0000 Midfield Diamond 153885@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Agree with the above, a great idea and well-developed but wanders off a bit towards the end. I think the last para has some legs though with the talk of introducing on-line controls; it just needs a better punchline. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153874 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:27:14 +0000 pinxit 153874@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Has the well observed ring of authenticity, plus more than a whiff of wistful nostalgia, Des.</p> <p>A Triumph Bonnie * sigh * </p> <p>Stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153842 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:45:00 +0000 dvo4fun 153842@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep, the penultimate para has the best finish </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153839 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:37:38 +0000 Des Custard 153839@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think you're right AReader. The last para was detached from para 2 and could go back there if retained at all. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153775 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:41:27 +0000 Tess Goes 153775@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If it wasn't for Tenors For Men I'd make a song and dance about it </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153728 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:16:57 +0000 AReader 153728@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Last paragraph not needed. But 5* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153719 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:39:31 +0000 Gerontius 153719@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>So that's why the pages on my dad's MCN were always stuck together. I always thought it was engine oil. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153701 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:31:06 +0000 dvo4fun 153701@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And like the Commando you'd never be sure it was going to start. Still, it was worth the try just to have an excuse for pulling the leathers on </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53323#post-153700 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:26:46 +0000 Des Custard 153700@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Motorcycle News, for many years the wrapper of choice for covering up purchases of adult magazines, is set to cease publication early in 2013 on news that sales of top-shelf publications have reached a new low.</p> <p>Speaking from his office in Peterborough, MCN editor Marc Potter said that while the internet had safeguarded the future of the title for genuine enthusiasts and provided an excellent platform for bike sales, its provision of embarrassment-free porn had cost the company dearly. </p> <p>Finsbury Park newsagent Anil Patel recalled the heyday of magazine sales in the 1970s, when discreetly dropping a copy of Mayfair between the sheets of MCN and giving a smiling ‘Enjoy your evening’ was a regular occurrence. </p> <p>“Sometimes a guy would just put MCN on the counter on its own and I would quickly have to work out whether he was a genuine saddo or he had forgotten his wank mag. Then I would cough discreetly and incline my head toward the top shelf, and he would grin his thanks and pick something quickly. In some cases it was because they were too shy even to look in that part of the shop, and I’d have to quietly ask if they wanted something to read for the weekend and choose something for them.”</p> <p>But sometimes men would actually read the ‘wrapper’ and develop a genuine interest in motorcycles. “Why do you think so many mid-life crisis men go off and buy a bike?” said Chartered Geologist Reg Brown, sitting astride a throbbing Norton Commando. “It may be dangerous, but compared to the potential cost of going after a younger woman it’s a much less risky option, and the associations give you an extra thrill every time you mount it.”</p> <p>Back at MCN’s offices, Marc Potter said that all was not lost, and that if proposed measures to restrict access to online adult entertainment became a reality, the title was poised to return to its primary purpose with an add-on service to regular subscribers. </p>