How Hemlines Predict the Economy: Explanations, Rationalizations, and Theories on Everything
Feb 2009 · Sold by Skyhorse
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Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive twenty miles per hour slower than those without?
These are the big questions of life, and it takes a brave man to tackle them. Author, broadcaster, and columnist Peter FitzSimons is the ideal guide to the weird world of the popular theory, the urban myth, and the land of "did you know...?" His offbeat, insightful, and painfully funny takes on our world will have readers laughing out loud and recounting every last anecdote to friends and family. FitzSimons' knack for witty and wise observations of everything from relationship phenomena to street traffic is sure to leave all American readers wondering why they haven't read him until now. A perfect gift for the man who has everything but answers.
These are the big questions of life, and it takes a brave man to tackle them. Author, broadcaster, and columnist Peter FitzSimons is the ideal guide to the weird world of the popular theory, the urban myth, and the land of "did you know...?" His offbeat, insightful, and painfully funny takes on our world will have readers laughing out loud and recounting every last anecdote to friends and family. FitzSimons' knack for witty and wise observations of everything from relationship phenomena to street traffic is sure to leave all American readers wondering why they haven't read him until now. A perfect gift for the man who has everything but answers.
Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive twenty miles per hour slowe...
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Peter John FitzSimons is an Australian journalist and writer, born on June 29, 1961 in Wahroonga, New South Wales. He studied government and political science at the University of Sydney and earned a degree in arts. In the 1980s to 2010 he played rugby. For two years (2006-2008) he was a radio co-host with Mike Carlton of the Breakfast with Mike and Fitz show. He is journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. His twenty-seven books include Tobruk, Kokoda, Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men, A Simpler Time, Mawson, Batavia, Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution, Ned Kelly, Gallipoli, Fromelles and Pozieres: In the Trenches of Hell, and has written seven biographies. Victory at Villers-Bretonneux was published in November 2016. The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down is his most recent bestseller.
Peter John FitzSimons is an Australian journalist and writer, born on June 29, 1961 in Wahroonga, New South Wales. He studied government and political science at the University of Sydney and earned a degree in arts. In the 1980s to 2010 he played rugby. For two years (2006-2008) he was a radio co...
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