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People with passports are better looking
Is it the chicken or the egg? Is it the passport or the experience of the harrowing passport photo that makes holders of international passports more attractive than the average American?It's long been on the books that a shamefully low percentage of Americans have passports -- while we don't have an exact number for today; it's safe to assume the percentage is still hovering safely under a third or even a quarter.
A recent study has shown that in a blind sampling of Americans rated on a scale from one to ten in attractiveness, those who held international passports were, on average, 37% more attractive than those who had never left the States.
How can this be? Does a trip abroad make one better looking?
Perhaps it's that people who have seen their passport photos strive to make amends. Perhaps, as some assert, people with passports are more likely to have money, and are thus more likely to be "well-groomed."
In any case, while those with passports were indeed shown to be more attractive than others, there was no difference in "tendency to be a totally ignorant jerk when in a foreign country."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ncsustash Apr 1st 2009 4:30PM
please stop.
DC Apr 1st 2009 4:59PM
seriously, your posts have been terrible, give it a rest.
walki-talki.com Apr 1st 2009 6:37PM
Or perhaps that people who have traveled know better how to groom themselves.
It is for certain that those who tend to travel a lot give off a much better energy than those who are sedentary.
We tend to be thinner, too.
walki-talki.com Apr 1st 2009 6:40PM
On second thought, this has to be another April Fool's post.
DJ Apr 2nd 2009 1:00AM
This is so stupid. If this is the best you can do, don't bother. I live in Europe and I can assure you, this article is bogus. I see very homely people getting on airplanes, on a regular basis. Oh, and yes, they DO have passports!
brian from nodebtworldtravel.com Apr 2nd 2009 12:40PM
Even if the looks dept is a joke, I'm pretty sure the percentage of Americans with passports is about right. That should be the joke but unfortunately it is not. We'll see if this past weekend's "Passport Day" did anything to increase those numbers.
Brian
http://nodebtworldtravel.com
shelly Apr 2nd 2009 1:18PM
it's an April fool one - right?
cc Apr 3rd 2009 8:13PM
Really this is absurd. We just got back from a cruise and I tell you I have never seen more Some teeth people than before! And their 1980's fluorecent clothes, give me a break!!!