Women like 'em Funny, Men Like 'em Hot

According to the 2006 Harlequin Romance Report, women are more attracted to a man's wit than his appearance in a first encounter, where men, are more attracted to a woman's body than her brains. This seems right to The Mayor. At least the part about a woman being attracted to a man's wit.

I'll get into that in just a second, but first, let's see what the cheesy pornmeisters at Harlequin Romance learned:

According to the 2006 Harlequin Romance Report, three-quarters of Canadian women are more attracted to a man's wit than his appearance in a first encounter -- the highest proportion in any of the 16 countries surveyed. Seventy per cent of American and German women likewise favour humour over good looks, as do 60 per cent of those from Mexico and Sweden

When first looking at this survey, one might be under the impression that Canadian women are the least superficial women in the entire universe. It looks as if they care not about looks, they care more about charming personal attributes. That's would be very sweet if it was true, unfortunately it's probably not true.

The reason Canadian women prefer wit over good looks, has more to do more with the fact that Canadian men are extremely ugly beasts. 1 out of every 300 Canadian men are even remotely good looking, and not good looking in a Brad Pitt kind of way, but more in a Donald Sutherland kind of way. Perhaps Canadian men are so pig ugly that Canadian women are pretty much taking what they can get. They know the chances of finding a good looking Canuck boy are slim to none, so they figure they might as well find a mutt that can make them laugh. Fair enough, I can accept that.

Canadian men though? They have entirely different tastes when it comes to what turns their crank:

In contrast, more than six in 10 Canuck men say beauty trumps brains in the first-impression pecking order, a sentiment echoed by males from every country surveyed but Portugal.

I'd like to condemn Portugal for not falling into line, but I just don't have the energy right now.

Canadian men have the exact opposite problem that Canadian women have. Canadian men have an over-abundance of hot chicks in their country, but unfortunately, they're as thick as maple syrup.

I noticed that all you foreigners are having a pretty good laugh at me making fun of Canadians. There's only one problem though, I'm kidding.

Canadian men are incredible specimens, proportionately, there are more good looking Canadian men per sq. centimetre than anywhere else in the universe. And Canadian women? They are the smartest females to inhabit the globe. Whether it be Roberta Bondar, Marguerite d'Youville, or Dr. Emily Stowe, Canada has been blessed with such brilliant women.

Now I'm all pissed off because you laughed at me making fun of my fellow Canadians. I hope you're happy, you've pretty much ruined my day.