Dragaera

UK Meeting?

Tue Apr 22 23:58:42 PDT 2003

100% of our statistics are wrong, I think, though if you include this one
75% of them are -- but then this one is wrong as well, so you see I can't
seem to figure these things out and like any decent American I just decide
to ignore them unless I can use them to spout nonsense like this.


> 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
> >
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