Wednesday June 09, 2004

British Science Marches Onward

British researchers have scrutinized U.S. birth records and discovered that girls are more likely than boys to be given laughable humiliating unconventional names. For every every 10,000 daughters born, 2.3 ridiculous new names crop up. For boys, the figure is 1.2. In a completely unrelated — but likewise British — study, Penguin found that 85 percent of women say they’re more likely to fall for a man who talks about books. So take heed, gentlemen, if you want to get anywhere with Jaz or Bailey or Paris. (Well, maybe not Paris.)

Posted by jim at 09:23 AM ||