Comments on: Puberty

By: LYT

LYT — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:10:42 +0000

I can answer some of those, Justin.

The Sun is similar to the New York Post. Probably less reliable. And on page 3, there is a full-page posed photo of a topless woman.

By: justin

justin — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:06:14 +0000

Ben,

Many questions.

Is this daily picture of a topless woman in The Sun like paparazzi caught-in-the-flesh type shots or posed Playboy type photographs? The Sun is, like, just a newspaper you get on the street right? Or is it more like the National Enquirer? Or none of these things?

Finally, what is the vogue slang for “knockers” or “church bells” in the English street tongue?

By: LYT

LYT — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:42:10 +0000

Oh, I know what it is. What I meant was I don’t know if they were available or not. Homegrown Irish tabs didn’t have them.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:24:10 +0000

The Page 3 thing is a national phenomenon – a daily picture of a topless woman in The Sun, on page 3. About once a year one of the women seems to manage to break through to the mainstream consciousness, usually when involved in a sex scandal with a footballer.

There’s about 10 different tabloids over here – I think they call the ones with “glamour models” in them “red tops” or something like that.

By: LYT

LYT — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:39:24 +0000

We certainly knew who Samantha was even before her pop songs.

I don’t know what the deal was with the “page 3″ tabs. I know Ireland had its own papers like that, though they seemed generally less hysterical.

You’d have to ask my dad – I’m sure he’d know.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:33:41 +0000

Wow. The early days of the nip slip…

Luke – Maybe it’s a dumb question, but did Ireland get The Sun and all the tabloid papers back then? Or would they import them and tear Page 3 out of all of them?

Was Samantha Fox big there as well?

As for Sky, Murdoch’s always been involved, but he became the majority shareholder in 1990.