Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Magazine Madness: A Quiz for Judgmental Readers


Two middle-aged men were flipping through magazines on the D-train. One was reading The Economist, and the other quietly scanned The New Yorker. Can you guess who was reading what?
Quick Aside: People reading magazines? In this day and age? That’s one for the record books . . . assuming someone out there still makes printed record books.
Reader #1: A plaid-clad professor-type with a sad, hound-like face.
Reader #2: Dude in bike shorts with a shaved head (failing to conceal a tell-tale horse-shoe pattern) and thickly veined calves.
The first person to answer correctly... shall receive a FREE copy of a YA unicorn book which he/she must then read in public. Unicorn book can be substituted with a sparkly cat novel upon request.
Hint: Appearances aren’t all that deceiving.

8 comments:

  1. Reader #1 - The Economist
    Reader #2 - The New Yorker (because he sounds just like my brother with the lifetime subscription to The New Yorker - Michael, did you move from California?)

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  2. Just to be contrary...

    Reader #1: The New Yorker
    Reader #2: The Economist

    Either that or it was a trick question and they were both reading Hustler

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  3. i don't understand the question.

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  4. Ok, so someone got the correct answer, but since I know him/her from real life that person is ineligible (sorry pal, I'll buy you a drink or something). Therefore, this is still anyone's game!

    dwm: The idea is to match the reader to the magazine they were reading.

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  5. Reader #1 - The New Yorker
    Reader #2 - The Economist

    But really they both seem like "professor-type" magazines.

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  6. It has to be Reader # 1 - The New Yorker

    Reader # 2 - The Economist

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  7. Fuck, that's a good one. I can see them reading both.

    I will say

    Reader 1 - New Yorker. He looks like a classic tweed-vest professor type. The ones that still plague liberal arts department.

    Reader 2 - Economist. Because he can be any type. Finance, politics student, even liberal arts..

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  8. AND THE WINNER OF THE MAGAZINE CHALLENGE IS: Phil Kennedy

    Congratulations! Shoot me an email with the relevant postal details if you wish to collect your glittery unicorn-themed prize.

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