Monday, March 12, 2007
Seinfeld's Practical Life Lessons
You can really learn a lot from Seinfeld. I'm talking really meaty, profound life lessons. I would know - I have all 7 of the released seasons on DVD. Tonight I learned about the "dating loophole." This is brilliant stuff. Basically, you make a bet over something that you know you will lose (like betting Richard M. Nixon's middle name is Moe). Just don't bet that the first bicycles were called hobby horses. They were - my Snapple told me so (courtesy of real facts; what makes them more real than all the other facts?). Anyways, as a wager you bet over dinner. You lose your ridiculous bet, and bang, you are taking a lady out for dinner. What I don't get is, if once you've gotten her to agree to the bet and terms, why not win the bet? Now you are going on a date and not even paying!
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Hobby horse! Atalanta is my hobby horse! For some reason, whenever I hear of riding something that is referred to as a horse, but in actuality is not a horse, I cannot help but think of D.H. Lawrence's The Rockinghorse Winner. Oh, the discussions we had on that short story in Sophomore English.
As for reasons for losing the bet, it's easy:
1. Women like it when men take them out to dinner.
2. Women like to think that they are one step ahead (which is what you allow her to believe by letting her win the bet).
3. When someone else pays for dinner, I buy the most expensive items on the menu. That is not the best way to get in the good graces of someone you just beat in a wager.
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