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Comment of the Day: John Carney's Odd Idea of Grammar

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Ray Gustini 121 Views Mar 4, 2011

For all his puffed-up talk of "call options" and "arbitrage opportunities," John Carney's argument that smart men prefer to date not-so-smart women struck many of you as, well, dumb. walshlarry  presented the most compelling evidence in support of this view.

The astonishing thing is that Carney can utter a phrase like "Or, are me and the anonymous hedgefund guy..." all while considering himself one of the "smart guys".

Thanks for reading, everyone.

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