“Exactly! What kind of plumber has pristine nails?” “A smart one.”
“Sandy is kind. But she has a smart mind”
“Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.”
“The poor things keep calling in those – those pumbles, I think they're called – you know, the ones who mend pipes and things – ""Plumbers?"" – exactly, yes, but of course they're flummoxed.”
“One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million years ago by nailing every female in sight. They charmed, seduced, and behaved like bastards, and yet women were biologically incapable of resisting their magic DNA.”
“He has the merit—if it is one—of saying exactly what he means.”