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[NorthWesterner]

That was before they made the adjustment to account for the degree of sweetness of the iced tea imbibed by the respondents within two hours prior to answering the test questions. As you know, the amount of sugar recently taken into the body affects brain chemistry, which affects responses to statistical questions, which must be accounted for in any responsible made-up statistic.

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[Bird of Prey]

93.4% of all statistics are made up. The rest are false.


Old tagline...very old. I think I first saw it on FIDOnet back in the early 80's. Though I could be wrong.


The Bird of Prey

PS Here are a few more tags on the subject

Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off.
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
89.6% of all statistics are wrong.
If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistics.
If you can't make it work, make a statistic of it.
Nine times out of ten the statisticians are wrong.
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
There are lies, damn lies, and Democrat statistics
43% of all statistics are totally worthless..