This study found that women who win a Best Actress Oscar have a much higher rate of divorce in the following years than the losing Best Actress nominees and the Best Actor nominees, both winning and losing. A Chinese joke I heard recently says essentially the same thing:
There are four kinds of people: 1. Man. 2. Woman. 3. Woman with a Ph.D. 4. Someone who will marry a woman with a Ph.D.
Via Marginal Revolution.
Keep ’em coming. Eventually you’ll have 60 minutes of the weirdest comedy act ever.
Reminds me of this saying, alleged to be an Italian proverb: There are three ways to make money. You can inherit it. You can marry it. You can steal it.
Alex, I don’t see the connection. I mean, beyond the similarity of “three ways” and “four types”. Am I missing something?
Seth, the similarity of “three ways” and “four types” is the only connection. I’ve always thought that the (alleged) Italian proverb is humorous, and so I remembered it when I read your post.
I think it’s a funny but telling comparison Seth. It’s a wonder that any celebrity marriages stick, all things considered.
PS: I now have my review blog up and running, have featured your book there at:
http://www.myreallifereviews.com/2011/02/shangri-la-diet-by-seth-roberts.html
Cheers, Geraldine