Uhm...naked randi calendar???

[Plastictowel]

Listen I love Randi as much as everyone here...but did I read this correct?
http://www.skepchick.org/calendar/
He poses nude in a calendar...that's just a bit....nevermind I don't want to elaborate.

 

[tkingdoll]

I don't think you will see any penis.

But buy one and find out!

 

[Plastictowel]

I'm skeptical, but not THAT skeptical.

 

[SkepticScott]

I'm sure it's not an X-Rated calendar. Consider last year's Skepchick calendar; Rebecca could have been nude in her photo, but you couldn't see anything.

Maybe this year she'll be reading "Bad Astronomy: The Teeny-Tiny Pocket Version".

 

[Hawk one]

Another thing to remember is that, to my knowledge, it's a very old picture. Not Randi in his current shape.

 

[Plastictowel]

I was just more shocked to hear Randi posed naked. I never uhm...suspected that of him?

 

[tkingdoll]

I was just more shocked to hear Randi posed naked. I never uhm...suspected that of him?

Whhhyyyy? He's an entertainer, a showman, a famous magician. Also, what better way to say "there's nothing up my sleeve" than for a magician to be naked?

Houdini was often naked as part of his act:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/houdini/timeline/index_2.html

And from this website: http://www.starry.com/magic/escape/houdinimarketing03.htm

To make it more intriguing and newsworthy, Houdini invented the "naked test" where he was stripped and searched before he was manacled. This would prevent any key from being hidden away. Not only that but the Houdini realized that the "sexual" aspect of his own naked body would sell tickets.

So why not Randi?

 

[Plastictowel]

Excellent point.

 

[Plastictowel]

Sorry I just made a bad assumption that Randi took the photo recently, and it just seemed out of character. I wonder if Penn has any naked photos....mmmmmmm

jk!

 

[rebecca]

If the calendar were a movie, it would be rated PG-13. For non-Americans, that means there may be a nipple or two here or there, and the f-word isn't used more than 3 times throughout. (That last bit was a joke.)

 

[RSLancastr]

It says "various states of undress."

This could mean anything from say, barefoot, to total nudity.

I wouldn't panic just yet.

 

[T'ai Chi]

gives a new meaning to http://www.csicop.org/sb/

 

[Meri]

It says "various states of undress."

This could mean anything from say, barefoot, to total nudity.

Well, I get to find out because I just ordered my Skepdude calendar.

Hooray for naked skepticism!

 

[BillyJoe]

I don't think you will see any penis.

David Suzuki once posed nude except for a fig leaf. He said that, if the fig leaf had fallen off, it would not have made much difference.

 

[BillyJoe]

Rebecca could have been nude in her photo, but you couldn't see anything.

I'm still trying to make sense of that.

 

[BillyJoe]

....that means there may be a nipple or two here or there...

....or your money back?

 

[Dave1001]

I don't think you will see any penis.

I'm sure Randi appreciates that defense

 

[rex]

Why was the calendar called Skepdude rather than something rhyming with Skepchick?

 

[SkepticScott]

I'm still trying to make sense of that.

There was no play on words intended. Rebecca was mostly hidden behind a book. She may or may not have been nude; you couldn't tell. I most certainly (as in "please don't kill me Rebecca") do not mean Rebecca is not worth looking at. If I were 15 years younger I might have made some serious efforts in her direction.

Is that enough Rebecca, do I get to live?

 

[BillyJoe]

Rebecca was mostly hidden behind a book. She may or may not have been nude; you couldn't tell.

And poor imagination as well - you are a sad case Scotty