from HospitalConnect.com
After being briefly knocked out of the top spot by teenage drinking and low-priced airfares, "What Shamu Taught Me About A Happy Marriage" is back atop the NYT's Most-Emailed List, aka MEL. Shamu has been rockin' the top of the charts since it was published almost two weeks ago on June 25, 2006, and Maureen Dowd jumps on the bandwagon with "How To Train A Woman?," restating author Amy Sutherland's central thesis (only react to behavior from your man that you want to encourage) and wondering if men can similarly train women (answer: I think yes, because of something to do with us gals spending millions of years holding babies in front of our faces, though in my case, I'll be honest, chips and salsa usually works). The point here is not that Maureen Dowd jumped on the Shamu bandwagon - herself reaching #4 on MEL yesterday as a result - but rather, that, by citing "Guys And Dolls" in noting that "you can't get alterations on a dress you haven't bought," she once again uses showtunes to brilliantly illustrate her point.
Upshot: New York Times readers love Shamu, and New York media writers love showtunes. This has been conclusively established; challenge me if you dare.
Related: How To Handle A Woman? Love her, love her, love her. [Lerner & Lowe]
