What did they REALLY say... 1

[SkipVought]

I think that it might have been in a MAD Magazine issue some 50 years ago, (yea, me an' Moses had a laugh!)

saying and quotes that were NOT as we have memorialized them.

Such as...

Captain Oliver Hazard Perry: After making little progress during the War of 1812, Perry's motto, "Don't give up the ship!" breathed life into America's fledgling navy.

What REALLY happened: Perry and the First Mate were having a BS session,

Perry: "When is the ship, not a ship?"
First Mate: "Hmmmmm?????"
Perry: "Do y' know?"
First Mate: "Hmmmmm?????????"
Perry: "Don't? Give up? The ship is not a ship, when it's afloat! Get it?"

Skip,

_{[red]Be advised:[/red]When Viscounts were guillotined just as they were disclosing where their jewels were hidden, it shows to go that you should...
Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken!}

 

[jebenson]

CajunCenturion - I know you were supporting my statement, I was just making a joke. My own statistical analysis has shown that my jokes are 7 times less likely to produce laughter than something that is actually funny. For a case in point, look at the preceding sentence!

I agree wholeheartedly with you. Statistics are just numbers - its the people (mis)using them that lie. However, I also think a lot of it is just plain old ignorance - most especially, as you pointed out, people not knowing the difference between correlation and causation. Which, I think, stems from the basic, low-level antipathy towards mathematics/science that has been growing in American popular culture for the past several decades.


I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> Which, I think, stems from the basic, low-level antipathy towards mathematics/science that has been growing in American popular culture for the past several decades.

Sad, but true.

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[Sheco]

Research shows that 75% of the people account for three fourths of the population.

 

[DrJavaJoe]

...and those 75% are 3 times more likely to commit murder than the remainder of society and should be done away with.



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[spewn]

"Lincoln to Booth: This isn't the right time for autographs"

lol!

stop the bus and let my friend Jack off!!

- g

 

[guitarzan]

Research also shows that 47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.