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Thread #73804   Message #1283046
Posted By: GUEST,Raggytash
28-Sep-04 - 07:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: figure this out!!!
Subject: RE: BS: figure this out!!!
Kendall

One of our 19th Century Prime Ministers, Benjamin D'Israeli, quoted the following

"there are lies, dammed lies and statistics"

you can prove almost anything with figures, for instance a 10 year old child grows older faster than a 90 year old man

The reasoning is that a 10 year old increases his age by 1/10th at his next birthday, a 90 year old man only increases his age by 1/90th