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.
Reader #1 - The Economist
ReplyDeleteReader #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?)
Just to be contrary...
ReplyDeleteReader #1: The New Yorker
Reader #2: The Economist
Either that or it was a trick question and they were both reading Hustler
i don't understand the question.
ReplyDeleteOk, 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!
ReplyDeletedwm: The idea is to match the reader to the magazine they were reading.
Reader #1 - The New Yorker
ReplyDeleteReader #2 - The Economist
But really they both seem like "professor-type" magazines.
It has to be Reader # 1 - The New Yorker
ReplyDeleteReader # 2 - The Economist
Fuck, that's a good one. I can see them reading both.
ReplyDeleteI 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..
AND THE WINNER OF THE MAGAZINE CHALLENGE IS: Phil Kennedy
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Shoot me an email with the relevant postal details if you wish to collect your glittery unicorn-themed prize.