Yesterday we poked fun at Daniel Gross, the Slate "Moneybox" writer who offered to eat the first chapter of Dow 36,000 if John Snow's replacement was an "A-list Wall Street CEO." You don't get much more A-list than Hank Paulson, so we expect Gross to be digesting those pages soon.
Gross himself has now admitted his error, albeit while taking a weird swipe at the book he promised to devour.
In April, I said I'd eat the first chapter of Dow 36,000 if President Bush could convince a Wall Street big shot to succeed the flailing John Snow as treasury secretary. This morning, Bush nominated arguably the biggest of the big shots on Wall Street-Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson. (At least it'll be a cheap meal. Dow 36,000 is going used on Amazon.com for as little as four cents a copy.)
Well, sure you can buy a used copy for four cents. But would you really want to eat a used book? We imagine that books aren't exactly the cleanest thing you can shove down your gullet. Wouldn't it at least be a good idea to start with a new copy? Look, Daniel, if it's a money issue you can relax. Our offer to buy you a copy, a new copy, still stands.
Good as Goldman [Slate]
