Are men lying about their number of sexual partners or are they simply having encounters with survey-averse prostitutes? That's the troubling question the Times took up this weekend. The proposition is a simple one: How can men average so many more partners than women when, as we know, every doer requires a doee for it to be a quantifiable do? The paper raises the aforementioned possibilities, and quotes U.C.S.D. professor of mathematics and computer sciences Ronald Graham in support of the first theory. "Some might be imaginary," Dr. Graham said. "Maybe two are in the man's mind and one really exists." Or maybe there's one girl out there who's just a monstrous whore. You ever think about that, Dr. Graham? Because we know her. She lives in Canada. We had a picture, but we left it in our other wallet, okay? Yes, she is too real. Whatever, I said my number is 307 and I'm sticking with it.

The Myth, the Math, the Sex [NYT]

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