FEATURES 100 GOLDEN RULES
100 THINGS EVERY GUY MUST KNOW
In school you learned the transitive property of mathematics and all about the
Bill of Rights. But they never told you who painted those dogs playing poker or
how to undo a bra with one hand. Soon your training will be complete.
118 COVER GIRL
CAPRICE
The U.K.'s favorite swimsuit model is coming to America—as a pop singer.
We're betting that these photos will help you appreciate her pipes.
126 CHARITABLE CAUSES
CAN YOU GET RICH AT HOME?
Are any of the get-rich-quick schemes you see in the papers for real? Our intrepid
reporter responds to ads no person with any dignity would answer.
134 AUDIO FILES
THE SOUND OF SCIENCE
These stereos are so freakin' expensive, we can't even afford to listen to them.
But we'll sure as hell look and drool.
136 GERONIMO
THE MEN WHO FELL TO EARTH
Four guys jump out of an airplane above Antarctica. One survives to tell the tale.
This is it.
146 THE MAXIM WOMEN
THE DREAM TEAM
Maxim's second anniversary issue—the perfect time to gather all our lovely
cover girls, catch up with them, and stare some more. (Actually, we forgot it
was our anniversary until they all called and demanded flowers.)
170 WILDERNESS APPRECIATION
GET YOUR ASS OFF THE ASPHALT
Admit it: The closest your SUV has ever come to off-roading was flattening that
squirrel up the street. This guide to the nation's top four-wheeling trails will
get you into axle-shattering country—where you can run over environmentalists.
176 FASHION
ACTIVATE!
Who's got time to lead an active life? These dis- guises will at least make you
look like you do. COLUMNS
66 SUCKS
HOUSING PROJECT
Thinkingof buying your first house? Read this article or your second house will
be an inverted bathtub you share with a toothless roommate named Old Jesse.
70 SAYS HER
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU
After you've slept with a woman, she tells her friends more than you'd ever want
them to know. Nancy Miller gives us the scoop on what women are saying about our
bed games. And we thought we were graphic.
76 SPORTS
BEER RUN
Some games encourage beer drinking. The sport of hashing requires it. We've been
in training this whole time and we didn't even know it.
80 DONE THAT
I BUSTED UP MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING
Many a man dreams of saving a buddy from marrying the wrong woman—Kurt Nestle
actually did it and proved that sometimes the truth is mightier than her whip.
186 STUFF
SHARPER IMAGE
What are sharp and lethal, have jeweled handles, and can't be bought in a sex
shop? Knives! Don't leave home without one.
231 PET PEEVES
HAMSTER HORRORS
In this special report, Maxim breaks the silence on squeaky Habitrails, low-quality
food pellets, and mean-spirited children. DEPARTMENTS
36 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
A field guide to the country's strangest museums, a list of the jobs most likely
to drive you clinically insane, and cars that kill carjackers. Oh, yeah—and
a ringside seat at a fight between Obi-Wan and o.b. tampons
64 TOY CHEST
Spankin' new gadgets that no grown-up three-year-old should live without
84 HANG TIME
Our cut-through-the-crap guide to the latest movies, music, television, and video
games
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The never-ending contest to see if you're as sick and twisted as our editors
