OT Joke

In memory of Dawn, who posted this, in 2004 and passed away, I hear, a
year ago.
J
Jokes of any kind don't really seem appropriate here, but sometimes if you
don't laugh, you'll cry.

The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you
understand the fuzzy language of
science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone
reading a PhD dissertation or academic paper.

"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"...
I didn't look up the original reference.

"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"...
These data are practically meaningless.

"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS"...
An unsuccessful experiment but I still hope to get it published.

"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"...
The other results didn't make any sense.

"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"...
This is the prettiest graph.

"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"...
I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.

"IN MY EXPERIENCE"...
Once.

"IN CASE AFTER CASE"...
Twice.

"IN A SERIES OF CASES"...
Thrice.

"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"...
I think.

"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"...
A couple of others think so, too.

"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE" ...
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"...
Rumour has it.

"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE
FINDINGS"...
A really wild guess.

"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"...
Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a beer glass.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"...
I don't understand it....and I never will.

"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"...
They don't understand it either.

"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"...
A totally useless topic selected by my committee.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS
FIELD"...
I am pleased to feed you this bullshit and hope that it will cause more to
be produced.

J <nexsw@nvalid,anon> wrote in news:461DFB5B.31CF6619@execulink.com:

>
> In memory of Dawn, who posted this, in 2004 and passed away, I hear, a
> year ago.
> J
> Jokes of any kind don't really seem appropriate here, but sometimes if
> you don't laugh, you'll cry.
>

Brings back my years of studying math (don't even ask why) when textbooks
would say: it is intuitavely obvious from the foregoing that...once I
stayed up all night figuring out the proof that bridged that gap.
Translation: proving it would be a whole other book.

Fig

"J" <nexsw@nvalid,anon> wrote in message
news:461DFB5B.31CF6619@execulink.com...
> In memory of Dawn, who posted this, in 2004 and passed away, I hear, a
> year ago.
> J
> Jokes of any kind don't really seem appropriate here, but sometimes if you
> don't laugh, you'll cry.
>
Is it really off topic?
Did it really make you laugh?

It is tragically all too true, and sadly something so easy to do,
to a greater or lesser degree.
This is part of the human condition and we can only try
to guard against it.

Bill Thomas.

"OldBill" <Oldbill@splott.uk> wrote in message
news:evm02g$goe$2@news.datemas.de...
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>
>
> "J" <nexsw@nvalid,anon> wrote in message
> news:461DFB5B.31CF6619@execulink.com...
>> In memory of Dawn, who posted this, in 2004 and passed away, I hear, a
>> year ago.
>> J
>> Jokes of any kind don't really seem appropriate here, but sometimes if
>> you
>> don't laugh, you'll cry.

Thanks for the smile! I'm happy with jokes on here....for me, humour is
another form of support.