Thursday, June 09, 2005

"Foresight without the foreskin"

That's the post title I wish I'd used when responding to the Ashkenazim-are-brilliant article. Again, I'm not one of the clever ones, so I only just now thought of this.

Posted by Phoebe Maltz Bovy at Thursday, June 09, 2005

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"Again, I'm not one of the clever ones, so I only just now thought of this."

Possible explanations for the cleverness deficit:

- You're not really Ashkenazi. But not being Ashkenazi, you're a bit dim, and thus easily confused about whether or not you're Ashkenazi.

- You're actually quite clever, as demonstrated by your belated post title, but you're a bit slow on the draw. In other words, you're country bumpkin clever.

- You used to be clever, but the evil combination of skim milk in your coffee and copious amounts of diet pop have dulled your brain.

- Of course you're not clever. You live in Chicago.

- You think pretending not to be clever is subtly quite clever, not realizing that it isn't clever at all.

- You're actually one of the cleverest marsupials ever born. It's only when you get compared to people that the sinking feeling sets in.

- Your politics are quite muddled. Your thoughts on style and society are somewhat provincial. But you can write entertainingly, and that conclusively proves your cleverness. Guess your genetics are pure after all.

Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:38:00 AM

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