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

[Rick Lange]

Is all this funny arithmetic part of a sucker joke, or are you serious? 
The true statistic is 6 deaths per physician per year.

Of course, that still says nothing about the comparative danger of
physicians and gun owners.  Physicians seek to prolong life, gun owners
who shoot people seek to end life.

On Fri, September 30, 2005 4:03 pm, michael meltzer said:
> I did not write this, but what they are trying to say
> that out of 100 physician the accidental death rate is
> 17.14 people, or put anotherway one accidental
> death per year per 6 physician, on average.
>
> That say this is a old stat joke of the man who drowed
> in 6 inch avage water, the punch line is one inch for
> 100s of square miles and a few sqare miles of 100 foot
> deepth. -mjm
>
> --- Rick Lange <gravityleak at isp.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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