name the questions
Carl Witthoft
shamelessly copied from a booze ad on the back of The New Yorker.
Let's be reasonably serious here :-) except for the first one. What
are the correct questions?
1 yes
2 George Washington
3 Briefs
4 Depends on who you ask
5 Down the hall, second door on your left
6 District of Columbia
7 86 cents
8 The Nile (if you include the Blue and White)
9 114 years, 211 days
10 93.2 million miles
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Marc Dashevsky
> Hey, I'm on vacation and goofing off, so here's a list of answers
> shamelessly copied from a booze ad on the back of The New Yorker.
>
> Let's be reasonably serious here :-) except for the first one. What
> are the correct questions?
>
> 1 yes
Who's rolling over in his grave at the ineptitude of George W. Bush?
> 2 George Washington
From what article of clothing did my daughter explain you
can construct a sports bra?
> 3 Briefs
Boxers or briefs?
> 4 Depends on who you ask
How do I get out of here?
> 5 Down the hall, second door on your left
> 6 District of Columbia
How much did it cost to fill up a motorcycle gas tank in 1967?
> 7 86 cents
> 8 The Nile (if you include the Blue and White)
When will the Celtics hang up another championship banner?
> 9 114 years, 211 days
> 10 93.2 million miles
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Cheryl Isaak
carl-1DC34C.1...@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Carl Witthoft"
<ca...@witthoft.com> wrote:
> Hey, I'm on vacation and goofing off, so here's a list of answers
> shamelessly copied from a booze ad on the back of The New Yorker.
>
> Let's be reasonably serious here :-) except for the first one. What
> are the correct questions?
>
Do you read usenet?
> 1 yes
What were the first names of a famous scientist credited with inventing
peanut butter
> 2 George Washington
Name two things that a lawyer might have in his briefcase that have the same
spelling
> 3 Briefs
How do you get there from here
> 4 Depends on who you ask
Where's the bathroom
> 5 Down the hall, second door on your left
What city has a large population but is not a state
> 6 District of Columbia
How much was Big Mac in 1975
> 7 86 cents
What is the longest river in Africa
> 8 The Nile (if you include the Blue and White)
How long was the 100 Year War?
> 9 114 years, 211 days
What is the distance to the sun, or to the nearest reasonable politian?
> 10 93.2 million miles
Hugo S. Cunningham
<use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
>In article <carl-1DC34C.1...@comcast.dca.giganews.com>, ca...@witthoft.com says...
>> Hey, I'm on vacation and goofing off, so here's a list of answers
>> shamelessly copied from a booze ad on the back of The New Yorker.
>>
>> Let's be reasonably serious here :-) except for the first one. What
>> are the correct questions?
>Who's rolling over in his grave at the ineptitude of George W. Bush?
>> 2 George Washington
I was going to ask, "Who was the first of 42 Commanders-in-Chief more
competent than G. W. Bush"?
[...]
--Hugo S. Cunningham
kate....@gmail.com
the ones I didn't know, too.
Especially:
> 7 86 cents
How much do women make on average for every dollar a man makes?
> 9 114 years, 211 days
How old was the oldest living person in the world?
Tom
kate....@gmail.com wrote:
> How much do women make on average for every dollar a man makes?
For the exact same jobs?
Cheryl Isaak
<t...@please.stop.spamming> wrote:
Sometimes!
Sometimes they make the same, sometimes women make more.
Cheryl
Carl Witthoft
Cheryl Isaak <chery...@comcast.net> wrote:
"sometimes" is a bad word. The 86cents value was derived by evaluating
many people's salaries over many different jobs, and updating models
which try to produce rules for job comparability.
Since in the quoted context, "sometimes" could mean anything from 0.01%
to 50% of the time, it's not much use and is likely to be misleading.
Cheryl Isaak
carl-775A3D.1...@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Carl Witthoft"
<ca...@witthoft.com> wrote:
And maybe that is just what I meant.
C
Carl Witthoft
Cheryl Isaak <chery...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>> How much do women make on average for every dollar a man makes?
> >>>
> >>> For the exact same jobs?
> >>>
> >> Sometimes!
> >> Sometimes they make the same, sometimes women make more.
> >>
> >> Cheryl
> >
> > "sometimes" is a bad word. The 86cents value was derived by evaluating
> > many people's salaries over many different jobs, and updating models
> > which try to produce rules for job comparability.
> >
> > Since in the quoted context, "sometimes" could mean anything from 0.01%
> > to 50% of the time, it's not much use and is likely to be misleading.
> And maybe that is just what I meant.
>
> C
Yeah, but the problem is not in the author but the readers. People are
(in)famous for interpreting data the way they want to :-( .