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The Eye of the Beholder?

One of my favorite shows in the past few years was a show on NBC called Ed. Ed was the story of Ed (Tom Cavanagh), a lawyer who had recently returned to the town where he grew up. It’s a very funny show and if they release it on DVD, I recommend that you watch it.

A side story arc followed three outcast teens at the local High School. One of these teens, Warren (The Mac Guy, Justin Long) needed a date for prom. Too bad that the girls at his school weren’t interested in him :( I mean, who wouldn't want the mac guy?! So what did Warren do? He hired an escort. The difference between an escort, and a hooker is that an escort looks better, costs more, and can actually escort you places, btw. Warren wasn’t paying for sex, he was paying for the escort part, but when The Man found out about the escort, he was arrested and put on trial.

The prosecutor put him on the stand and asked him why he had hired an escort if he had no intention of sleeping with her. His response was along the lines of women are shallow, and if he showed up to the dance with a beautiful woman then more women at his school would know that he was a good guy, and he was worth their attention. It was full of insight into the female mind. It's almost as if the guy on the stand was someone who was twice Warren's age, and had possibly been in a similar situation (I'm looking at you, writers!)

I know a few guys that say they have received more female attention when they are out with their girlfriends, but that could be dismissed as the guy displaying a better attitude, and thus being more attractive for that reason. At least that's what women say.

Imagine my amusement when I read this article in the Toronto Star (we’re a newspaper, eh!) http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/173395. The summary is this: women find a man more attractive if other women find him attractive. Also, men will dislike that man more, which explains why every attractive man in Hollywood is allegedly gay. More importantly, who knew that the episode of Seinfeld where George had the picture of Jerry’s ex in his wallet to pick up chicks was based on reality?

Labels: beauty, Ed, Mac Guy, Seinfeld

posted by SumThing @ 3:06 PM