Re: [Phys-l] And now, something completely different (Humor at the expense of economists)

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Gee!  I didn't know economists were in the same class as attorneys.

bc, whose good friend in Santa Barbara got him off a marijuana charge 
and did his nasty divorce.

Shapiro, Mark wrote:

> I think someone once said that "if you laid all the economists in the
> world end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion."
>
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
> Professor of Physics, Emeritus
> California State University, Fullerton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard
> Cleyet
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:07 PM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Cc: Sam Smith, Progressive Review
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] And now, something completely different (Humor at
> the expense of economists)
>
> Good one!
>
> I've never heard it --  only,  "The buck stops here."
>
> bc, who confused NSA w/ NASA.
>
> Polvani, Donald G. wrote:
>
>  
>
> > At the risk of repeating a story everyone has already heard, Harry
> > Truman is reported to have said he wanted only economists with one arm
> > to be hired for his administration.  When asked why, he remarked: "That
> > way they can't say, 'but, Mr. President, on the other hand'".
> >
> > Don Polvani
> > Northrop Grumman Corp.
> > Oceanic and Naval Systems
> > Annapolis, MD 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> > [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Bernard
> > Cleyet
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:24 PM
> > To: PHYS-L Maillist
> > Subject: [Phys-l] And now, something completely different (Humor at the
> > expense of economists)
> >
> > GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF THE DAY
> >
> > How many economists does it take to change a light bulb?
> >
> > The answer is indeterminate. Choose one of the following:
> >
> > TWO: one to change the bulb and one to assume the existence of a
> >    
> ladder.
>  
>
> > EIGHT: one to screw in the bulb and seven to hold everything else
> > constant.
> >
> > NONE:  They are all waiting for an invisible hand.
> >
> > [Alcom, S. and Solarz, B, Yale Economic Review]
> >
> >
> > bc, especially likes the last one, and thanks Sam Smith;  also for the
> > NASA one.
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