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<font size=3>At 3/5/2013 12:25 PM, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:18 AM,
ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:<br><br>
> Here is the text from the Reader’s Digest that I neglected to
include<br>
> with my previous message. Andrew Lang is the man to beat if you
want<br>
> to give credit to someone else.<br>
><br>
> [ref] 1937 April, Reader’s Digest, Volume 30, Toward a More<br>
> Picturesque Speech, Quote Page 60, The Reader’s Digest
Association.<br>
> (Verified on paper)[/ref]<br>
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> [Begin excerpt]<br>
> He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts for
support<br>
> rather than for illumination (Andrew Lang)<br>
> [End excerpt]<br>
><br>
> Here is a link to Barry's web page with valuable information:<br>
><br>
>
<a href="http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/politicians_use_statistics_as_a_drunken_man_uses_lampposts_for_support_not/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/politicians_use_statistics_as_a_drunken_man_uses_lampposts_for_support_not/</a>
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I wonder if that's the same drunk who's looking for the keys that he lost
two blocks away under that same lamppost because the light is so much
better there.</font></blockquote><br>
Or the same drunk who could report to his wife, whom he had asked to come
pick him up and drive him home, where he was by the light of the
Walk-Don't Walk sign.<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
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