Why did the Statisticians trounce the Accountants by a score of 56-0 in their annual football game?
The Statisticians employed a BALANCED DESIGN in their offense and effectively used risk in their playbook whereas the Accountants ran only one play ENDRUN and kept risk entirely OFF their playBOOK!!! *I just had to get this dig in at the Accountants. Statisticians may look down at their shoes a lot but they are only verifying they are on a good foundation. • A young woman is telling her friend about a new man she is dating. The friend says, “What does he do for a living?” “He’s a statistician,” the first girl replies. “A statistician? Wallowing in numbers all day? He must be awfully boring!” says the friend. “We-ell,” says the first girl defensively, “It’s not the numbers that matter. I Love what he does with them.” *Erica Heffernan sent this joke to me all the way from Sydney, Australia to counteract some of the “lame” jokes in the Gallery. Thanks, Erica but I may have to mail you a single crutch for this one. Any comments from the readers? • A friend of mine told me the other day tha
