please empty your brain below
It's the fault of the PR companies, who are paid to 'create' news stories to place in the media - thus getting valuable column inches for companies. It's not just surveys either... all sorts of manufactured stories are placed by PR companies. celebrity gossip is often just used to keeps stars' profiles up. Chances are, if you're reading the Sun, Star, Mirror et al you're reading news dreamt up by some overpaid PR executive.

You really shouldn't believe what you read.

Rob | 23.11.02 - 5:11 a.m. | #

...so, er, should i believe what you just wrote?

diamond geezer | Homepage | 23.11.02 - 5:17 a.m. | #

no, of course not. You don't know me from Adam.

Rob | 23.11.02 - 5:22 a.m. | #

Right on cue, to prove the abuse of statistics point nicely:

The secret of life finally revealed!

Diets & Dying

Here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies.

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

CONCLUSION:

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Consumer of statistics | 23.11.02 - 5:56 a.m. | #











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