Re: Statistics humor



On 24 Jan 2007 02:07:22 GMT, israel@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Israel) wrote:

In article <1169563685.420258.289930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Randy Poe <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

marian wrote:
Why are you complaining of the high crime rate these days?

When Cain killed Abel, it was in fact 50%.

A statistician is someone with one foot in ice and one
foot in boiling water, and who says "On average, I feel
fine."

As I sometimes tell my class: if Bill Gates walked into this
room we'd be very rich on the average.

I missed the start of this thread. Have we had the one yet about
almost everybody having an above-average number of legs?
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Andy Spragg
RHM Technology Ltd

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