From buddy Mon Nov  7 19:28:50 1994
Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 16:58:48
Subject: What is 3+1? (Sanitized for your protection)


Engineer:       4.0000000 x 10^0

Accountant:     4, before taxes.

Statistician:   95% probability that it falls between 3.9 and 4.0 using
                student T distributions.

Doctor:         I will need to do more tests to be sure.

Lawyer:         How much do you want it to be?

Math Prof.:     f(x) = 4 u(x) where x>= 0

Marketing:      We believe that people prefer the number 3 to the number
                4, so the answer WILL be 3 !

Computer sales: 4, and it is backwards compatible with 3 and 1 too!

Politician:     We are funding a multimillion dollar research study
                to best determine how to procede...

SAT writer:     4, unless you do poorly in math (in which case you are correct).

Singapore:      WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK

Car Sales:      5.  But tell you what, I like you, so I will knock it
                down to 4 (just don't tell my boss.)