If we're going to beat this to death, I might as well pile on by pointing out that the quote below attributed to Courtney is in the form Twain attributed to Disraeli but (according to the web) was actually quoted by J.A. Baines as being Courtney's quotation of the words of a mythical Wise Stateman. On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Tim Wilson wrote: > and 72% of statistics are wrong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <den at monger.net> > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:21 PM > Subject: RE: UK Meeting? > > > > > > > >> >oh come now that is not really so difficult, we americans are after > > >> >all rather big targets! > > >> > > >> Yeah... My wife (who is Soviet) blames it all on America's love of > white > > >> bread. > > >> Btw... I like your signature quote. When I was in graduate school we > > >> often quoted Baron Courtney who said (approximately), "there are lies, > > >> damned lies... and then there are statistics." > > > > > Regardless, 42% of all statistics are useless. > > > > Actually, 63% of all statistics are made up on the spot. > > > > -Dennis > > > >