Higher sophistication found in well-labled goods?

My favorite home furnishing catalogs came today. They are dreamy catalogs that offer the ultimate in voyeurism. You can peek into rooms that are tastefully decorated and always immaculate.

The rooms are always immaculate because there are never people in the rooms. Once you get a room just so, the last thing you want is people messing it up. Right?

Don’t sit on the sofa! What were you thinking? Don’t touch those pillows! Are you crazy?

Smart people live in these tastefully decorated rooms. You can tell because there is often a thin slice of apple and a morsel of cheese on a small but expensive plate, hinting that someone has just left the room to retrieve a violin in order to play classical music.

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