why no ++?

Mark Robinson m.1.robinson at herts.ac.uk
Sun Aug 5 09:23:55 EDT 2001


Courageous wrote:

>> Well, never one to simply take someones word I have performed a small 
>> scale experiment to test your previous statement. I conclude that it 
>> needs a small modification. It isn't strictly true that you can't pick 
>> your friends nose, but it is surely true that you shouldn't.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure about that. Perhaps your approach was all wrong. I recommend
> the following experiment. Approach 100 women at random in your local mall.
> Kindly ask permission to pick their nose. Report your results back here.

unfortunately if you ask for permission you end up with a sample size of 
zero. Guess it is probably a fundamental limitation of science

blobby




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