This may be because men have another option: for suit-wearers the best trick is to buy not the right new size but a size too big, for then the suit looks loose and people may be fooled into thinking you are getting slimmer, not fatter.

ECONOMIST: Shocking news: a market that is rejecting standardisation

Do not be fooled for I ask you not to pretend that the provision loans to UK business will be transformed.

FORBES: UK Government Increases Bank Levy To ?2.5Bn

Unfortunately, a bad study on whether owning a gun actually makes you safer seems to have fooled some people.

FORBES: A Useless Study on Gun Possession

Do you think we can be fooled?

BBC: India cardboard traffic police to deter violators

If the preceding points sounded touchy-feely to you, don't be fooled.

FORBES: Leadership

But lying to a federal executive branch employee is -- even if you're not under oath and even if telling the truth might incriminate you and even if no one is fooled by your lie.

FORBES: Just say, "No comment"

But don't be fooled -- not for a minute, not for a day: Elections are about you and your children and your communities and your future.

CNN: Transcript: Clinton's remarks at Orlando fund-raiser

And of course Senator Obama picked up on this line of thought, saying you're making it out like all of my supporters have been duped or fooled or don't know who I am and don't know my background.

NPR: Democrats Feud; McCain Stews over 'Times' Piece