Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Morgan Palaeo Associates wrote:
>
> > Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm. What *is* the literacy rate in the U.S., anyway? <looking around>
> >
> > Can voters reliably place single-digit numbers in order?
>
> I wouldn't bet on it.  I've been known to screw up simple ordering.  OTOH
> it's well-known among my friends that math majors can't do simple
> arithmetic.  =^)
*looks up from writing a paper*  Actually, that can be a valuable
experience, screwing up ordering.  I once ordered a CD through BMG, and
transposed two of the digits and ended up with a really cool Morissey CD
that I never would have tried otherwise.

*goes back to writing his paper, humming "to be finished . . . would be a
relief, to be finished . . . would be a relief."  :)

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