As soon as I came across this study about how upper-class hobbies like playing polo or sailing can improve a man’s chances of landing a job, I immediately started doing my Thurston Howell III impression in my office. “Lovey, dahhling! Shall we use the Dom Perignon or the BoA rl & Kroff Brut Rose to christen the new sloop?” “Well of course I don’t play water polo.