My date with an octopus

A funny thing happened to me this week. After trusting a dating app to arrange dinner with a suitably vivacious and intelligent lady, I arrived at the restaurant at the appointed time to find that in fact my date was with an octopus.

For the avoidance of doubt, everything in the paragraph above is untrue. I am not on the dating market, there was no octopus and nothing funny eve

My date with an octopus

A funny thing happened to me this week. After trusting a dating app to arrange dinner with a suitably vivacious and intelligent lady, I arrived at the restaurant at the appointed time to find that in fact my date was with an octopus. For the avoidance of doubt, everything in the paragraph above is untrue.…

Tim Harford (timharford.com)

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