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wyclif on Feb 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How To Crash A Party

The conman hustle is not "the second oldest profession."

This is the second-oldest profession: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying

sliverstorm on Feb 16, 2012 | [–]

I think it pretty obvious ChuckMcM was telling a humorous anecdote to support a point, rather than objectively evaluating the ages of various professions.

joejohnson on Feb 16, 2012 | [–]

Where does it say second-oldest?

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