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2012: Fed up with Manhattan’s competitive dating scene, New York women are increasingly flocking to nightclubs and events in Connecticut and New Jersey in hopes of meeting marriageable men.

1680: Concerned with the sustainability of new colonial outposts in Canada, France sponsors the passage of young women, called filles du rois (the King’s Daughters) in an attempt to get fur trappers and traders to settle down.

The fillies du roi were all orphans, btw.

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    Historical parallels are my favourite type of humour.

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    1680s France? I should think half of them were literally the king’s daughters.

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    Oh it’s so on the agenda: Toronto in 2 weeks.

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    Come to Canada for the marriageable men!

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    The fillies du roi were all orphans, btw.

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