Bad Math

The average office space for middle managers shrank from 151 square feet in 1994 to 142 
square feet in 1998. That meant going from a 10-by-11 foot office to cubicles half that size. 
Bucks County Courier Times
Nov. 9, 2000

                                    sin2x = 2sinx
                                    sin2x means sin times 2x
                                    sin2x means sin two times (Pardon the stupid pun!)
                           

         "I always call heads and, in about 45 matches as captain, I reckon heads have come up on only about eight occasions.  I do not want to change as the law of averages is now firmly on my side."   Brian Lara (Cricket player)

      There are three kinds of people:  Those who can add, and those who cannot.

The number of Elvis look-alikes is spiraling out of control. US film maker Gordon Forbes said: The number of impersonators has risen from 150 in 1977 to 85,000 this year. At this rate a third of the world's population could be Elvis by 2019.

"I can't believe it.  You actually found a practical use for geometry."
Bart Simpson to Lisa, after being shown how to shoot pool.

Seraphin:  Supporters and critics of human cloning agree on some things.  "It is important to understand," they say,
 "that a clone might look like a twin, but it would not be the exact copy many of us envision."
Mr. Wicker:  You mean, different series of life experiences, different nutrition.  All types of things are going
to impact that child.
Seraphin:  So, for example, clones of Michael Jordan might not be great basketball players.  Instead, they might
play the violin or become mathematicians.                        From ABC's World News Tonight, February 13, 2001

Time dilation might suggest that if one wanted to live longer, one should keep flying to the east so that the plane's speed is added to the earth's rotation.  However, the tiny fraction of a second one would gain would be more than cancelled by eating airline meals.      Steven Hawking in The Universe in a Nutshell.

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