Data Drifter Gifts

'People who can read Venn diagrams...'

'According to our statistics department, 78.93 of the statistics they produce are worthless.'

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

"The desktop skills test was a little worrying,56% couldn't manage 'Word' 75% were confused by 'Excel' and 43% wanted to know what channel 'Eastenders' was on."

Dawing your Cellphone

"Do you remember, Peg—are we on our way out or on our way back?"

'Is there such a thing as over communicating?'

'Research shows that while the number of surfers is somewhat constant over the year, there is a sudden increase in casual bathers over Summer...'

Macho talk from down in accounting.

STRIP Hambone: Number cruncher

"Stop! Information overload. I need to rebuffer."

'What I appreciate even more than its remarkable speed and accuracy are the words of understanding and compassion I get from it.'

'Frankly, I'm a little concerned.'

'For people to think we just pluck figures out of THIN AIR is RIDICULOUS, we use a bucket.'

"Helen, is it just the accountant in me, or am I sensing a tone of wistful melancholy and a bittersweet acceptance of the unfathomable mysteries of corporate life in those numbers?"

'There's more information available now than ever before. I can only block out so much of it.'

Rogue Traders from Parallel Universes.

Oh, we don't invade planets anymore --- Now we just hack into databases.

News. Economic Data. I'm not as interested in the strength of the economy as is whether it's on my side.

"I'd rather be at the office."

"Travellin' through?"

The Wiki Man.

Freddie's water

Continental Drift.

Statistics Research: You Can Fool 45% of the People 55% of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

'Are you seeing anybody?'

'No matter how carefully I surf the Internet, I always get too much information.'

Door labelled: 'False Economy Analysis & Research.'

Stock Market Adventure

"On a scale of one to ten. How happy would you say you are?"

Bicycle Pie Chart

"Imagine if we knew what the hell we were doing!"

Economics as Rocket Science

Sometimes, when she was bored at work, she would graze around the internet.

"Before we analyze the data, we must analyze the person who came up with the data."