Quote of the Week IMHO

[Jois]

Q U O T E O F T H E W E E K

Because natural selection never looks ahead or works from any master plan,conservation of existing genetic structure is the norm, so one can accurately say, "Humans are 98.4 percent chimpanzee." But this is neither more nor less
true than statements like, "Humans are two-thirds aardvark," "Humans are half lungfish," or even, "Humans are thirty-three percent daffodil."

From Clay Shirky's column, "After Darwin"

Hey, it is still spring, isn't it? How about being 33% daffodil?

[dpr]

7 out of 10 statistical statements have usede valid empirical data.

The other 40% are made up.

[Dragwyr]

My wife is pregnant and we have not found out the sex of the baby ahead of time. People ask us if we know whether it will be a boy or a girl. I respond by saying, "I can say with 100% accuracy that it will be either a boy or a girl."

[elucidator]

"Lies, damnable lies, and statistics"

Attributed to Mark Twain, sometimes to Disraeli

[Beadalin]

From my good friend after a discussion about the crippling debt we're both under, and how we got there:

Consider this imaginary, but all too likely scenario dramatized for your elucidation:

GUY: Step right up! Step right up and throw your money in this hole!

DANIEL: (Faking being skeptical, so the guy doesn't think I'm a rube) How much?

GUY: Only 25 dollars son and you can throw a fiver into this hole here.

DANIEL: Deal!

My day would be so boring without email.

[Argeable]

"I can say with 100% accuracy that it will be either a boy or a girl."

Yea, you wish...

But anyway, here's a good one:
"That'snot my leg!"
-Monty Python, though it could have been from anywhere