Analysis Gifts

Micro and Macro Department,

'It's simple. First we look at the upside. Then we look at the downside. Then we look at the upside-down side.'

'According to this load analysis, we're overweight by one hundred and fifty pounds. Any suggestions?'

"We will MAKE the problem fit out solution."

Reading my Critics

'Please disregard the previous message about the imminent collapse of the global economy'

"This is great!! Now, what's the bad news?"

"Having conducted a thorough analysis of the data it appears clear that profits will go either up, or down, unless of course they stay the same."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

'Extrapolation is one thing. Picking the pennant winners is something entirely different.'

Experience-Productivity Ratio / Age-Salary Ratio.

"Remember, data doesn't tell the whole story."

'Herb will provide one of his concise interpretations of the quarterly sales charts.'

"You know what your problem is? You think too much."

I'm not sure if the government is arguing black is white or white is black.

"Sometimes I think all this post game analysis has gone too far."

Six Thinking Hats

"The way I see it, head and tails are just two sides of the same coin."

Al's punditry barn

Pie Chart of Attendance

"And that looks like another stain on my carpet."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"I keep having this strange dream..."

"...but this is the stuff of dreams Mr Whitley! Dreams."

A Very Freudian Slip

"I had an amazing hug dream."

Dropping Popularity of Obama.

Richard Taruskin

'You see productivity levels. I see a naked lady.'

Political Analysis

Comparative Literature of 201

Listen, sir - doing a reliable stock market analysis is a completely scientific and serious procedure!

"Sir, he left a suicide deck."

'Typical phallic egocentrism!'

The First Annual Philosopher Foot Race