[Rhodes22-list] jokes(otherwiae know as something to piss everyone off :-)

salm at mn.rr.com salm at mn.rr.com
Sat Oct 1 00:34:47 EDT 2005


What you have to consider is that 50% of all doctors graduated in the 
bottom half of their class.

Slim

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Lange <gravityleak at isp.com>
Date: Friday, September 30, 2005 3:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] jokes(otherwiae know as something to piss
	everyone off :-)

> Michael,
> 
> How could each physician cause 17.14% of accidental deaths caused by
> physicians each year?  That would mean there are only 6 physicians 
> in the
> whole county!  I personally know more than 6 physicians.
> 
> It seems to me, your statistics are lying.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> On Thu, September 29, 2005 10:18 am, michael meltzer said:
> > Doctors:
> >
> > (A) The number of doctors in the U.S. is 700,000
> > (B) Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year
> > are 120,000
> > (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 17.14%
> >
> > 	Statistics courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Health &
> > Human Services
> >
> > Guns:
> >
> > (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000
> > (yes that's 80
> > million)
> > (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all
> > age groups, is
> > 1,500
> > (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is
> > 0.001875%
> >
> > 	Statistics courtesy of the FBI
> >
> > So statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000
> > times more dangerous
> > than
> > gun owners. Remember, guns don't kill people, doctors
> > do.
> >
> > FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS
> > AT LEAST ONE
> > DOCTOR.
> >
> > Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We
> > must ban doctors
> > before this gets completely out of hand!!!
> >
> > Out of concern for the public at large, I have
> > withheld statistics on
> > lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic
> > and seek medical
> > attention
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.
> > She lowered her
> > altitude
> > and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
> > "Excuse me, can
> > you
> > help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour
> > ago, but I don't
> > know
> > where I am."
> >
> > The man consulted his portable GPS and replied,
> > "You're in a hot air
> > balloon
> > approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346
> > feet above sea
> > level.
> > You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude
> > and 100 degrees,
> > 49.09
> > minutes west longitude."
> >
> > She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a
> > Democrat."
> >
> > "I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
> >
> > "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told
> > me is technically
> > correct, but I have no idea what to do with your
> > information, and I'm
> > still
> > lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
> >
> > The man smiled and responded, "You must be a
> > Republican."
> >
> > "I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
> >
> > "Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or
> > where you're
> > going.
> > You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity
> > of hot air. You
> > made
> > a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you
> > expect me to solve
> > your
> > problem. You're in exactly the same position you were
> > in before we met
> > but,
> > somehow, now it's my fault."
> >
> >
> > --
> > We did not inherit this earth from our ancestors, we
> > borrow it from our
> > children.
> > ~Native American Proverb
> >
> > "Still, if you will not fight for the right when you
> > can easily win
> > without
> > bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory
> > will be sure and not
> > too
> > costly, you may come to the moment when you will have
> > to fight with all
> > the
> > odds against you and only a precarious chance of
> > survival. There may
> > even be
> > a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no
> > hope of victory,
> > because it is better to perish than live as slaves."
> > ~Winston Churchill
> >
> > "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
> > because he could
> > only
> > do a little."
> > ~Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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