[Ads-l] "Ask N <professional persons> get M opinions", Garson?

[Joel Berson]

My new version of this Jewish joke:

Ask three members of the Trump administration (including the Donald himself) why Comey was fired, and you'll get five different reasons.

The formula:  Where N < M, "Ask N <professional persons> about <subject> and you get M opinions".

OK, Garson, who said this first?  I remember first hearing it as asking "N economists" to predict the next recession, but I don't remember N and M.

Joel

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