Just think what Hustler could accomplish with this ...

February 14, 2008 1:40 PM

"A lot of people won't lick a magazine no matter how good it tastes." You think? And yet this is not the first time it's been tried.
posted by jbickers (35 comments total)

Many people don't know this, but MeFi tastes like blueberries, AskMe tastes like mint, and MeTa tastes like burning. Go on, lick your screen and see!
posted by Horace Rumpole at 1:43 PM on February 14

Huh. They just taste like dust to me.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 1:45 PM on February 14

Oh..and no way would I lick a magazine ad.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 1:45 PM on February 14

Depends on the magazine.
posted by Pollomacho at 1:51 PM on February 14

Doesn't the adult industry usually lead with new technologies?
posted by NationalKato at 1:53 PM on February 14

I could see the porn magazine industry making a comeback with this.
posted by item at 1:54 PM on February 14

What NationalKato said.
posted by item at 1:54 PM on February 14

Why does mine taste like a 9 volt battery?
posted by drezdn at 1:58 PM on February 14 [2 favorites]

Because you're licking a 9 volt battery.
posted by LordSludge at 2:00 PM on February 14 [4 favorites]

Why does mine taste like jonson?
posted by Dizzy at 2:10 PM on February 14 [1 favorite]

Why does mine taste like a 9 volt battery?

Is this what you are licking by chance?
posted by Pollomacho at 2:11 PM on February 14

I would create an anti-smoking ad with this :

Wanna know what people taste when they kiss you : Peel and lick.
posted by racingjs at 2:12 PM on February 14 [2 favorites]

Do the snozzberries taste like snozzberries?
posted by Faint of Butt at 2:15 PM on February 14 [1 favorite]

Dude. Yuck.
posted by Mister_A at 2:18 PM on February 14

No one's mentioned snozberries yet?
posted by puke & cry at 2:19 PM on February 14

Oh, nevermind.
posted by puke & cry at 2:20 PM on February 14

'Sokay. With two Zs they taste different.
posted by nebulawindphone at 2:22 PM on February 14 [1 favorite]

From the article:

(think doctors' offices)

the flap can't reseal, giving people an easy way to know whether the ad has already been licked.

I usually don't never pick up the magazines in doctor's offices because I do not want whatever's going around.

Fixed that for myself.
posted by Zinger at 2:23 PM on February 14

I never liked the idea of Scratch 'n' Sniff, let alone putting my tongue on glossy paper.
posted by pax digita at 2:55 PM on February 14

I thought MeTa tasted like ash from all the flameouts.
posted by slogger at 3:11 PM on February 14

I would create an anti-smoking ad with this

Problem is, the smokers won't notice that it tastes bad.
posted by atbash at 3:16 PM on February 14

My wife bought this issue of People before we got on the plane and was very surprised when she saw me try it out. It wasn't exactly as described in the article, when I opened the flap it was a removable strip just like a Listerine breath strip that dissolves on your tongue.
posted by jeffmik at 3:27 PM on February 14

It's funny you should mention Hustler Magazine. It worked for Bud Light.
posted by tellurian at 4:35 PM on February 14

I have this comic book character I used to draw while growing up. Never did much with him. One of the things I wanted to do was an issue where a corner of the comic cover was blotter. The whole thing would be blotter art, but one corner would actually have some acid on it.

When can we get ads like that?
posted by symbioid at 4:37 PM on February 14

Just did some lick testing on my Nintendo DS and iPhone last night. Pocket portable cunnilingus trainer apps: out of the question.
posted by rlk at 4:40 PM on February 14

I'm just waiting for some disgruntled worker to mess with these.
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 5:59 PM on February 14

Why does mine taste like jonson?

Are you reading this?
posted by metric space at 6:14 PM on February 14

it's a real old idea - and they weren't giving you some stupid grape jelly
posted by pyramid termite at 8:33 PM on February 14

I thought MeTa tasted like ash from all the flameouts.

Let me check.

Nope, tastes like bile, sulfur and tears. Narsty.

On the plus side, it's about 80 proof.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:28 AM on February 15

Go on, lick your screen and see!

Tastes just like the window on the short bus useta taste to me.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:16 AM on February 15

If I had encountered one of those ads without having seen this thread, I probably would not have thought twice about licking my magazines. I also eat food that people leave in hallways after meetings though so I guess sanitation isn't a huge priority for me.
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 7:41 AM on February 15

I tried this the other day, and it tastes like grapes & aluminum foil.

link to my flickr
posted by ekstasis23 at 10:22 AM on February 15

You know those Fabios they have on those romance novel covers? I always thought they should have them in scratch-and-sniff.

You've got an embossed scratch-and-sniff Fabio on your cover? Oughta sell like hotcakes.
posted by Anything at 5:35 PM on February 15

I licked it. It tasted good. Then I had a half hour long panic attack, wondering if someone had maybe tampered with it, even though I bought the magazine new from the back of the stack. I am, however, still alive....
posted by WaterSprite at 7:00 PM on February 15

I am not sure if I really care about buying grape juice, supposedly natural, that I can taste on a magazine. I'm going to assume they don't squish real grapes onto the paper.
posted by evilelvis at 4:26 AM on February 16