French First Lady Carla Bruni's recent discussion about the number of sexual partners she's had in her lifetime has been a godsend to many in the media, providing as it does a time-tested topic for debate during an otherwise slow season. The Internet is abuzz as various philosophers grapple over how many people you've done it to is too many people to have done (or been done by). The argument is academic, since the whole thing was already settled several years ago, by me, at a bar on Third Avenue. Here it is: