Probability Expert Gifts

The statistician marrying the probability expert...

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

"No luggage to check - I just have this carry on."

"Your assumption that a one in a million chance event MUST be a miracle shows you drastically underestimate the total number of regularly occurring events."

'For Harland, the only game in town is the bulls versus the bears...'

Baseball Fantasy League Draft. 27 Trout. Everybody wants that rare player who can do it all on their team. Yeah, a player that hits for average and hits for power! Who is also terrific with a glove and has a strong throwing arm. All along with having great speed! Excuse me, I just don't understand it. Why are you always making such a big deal over a five-tool player?!

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

'Henry was an undecided voter four years ago when he entered that voting booth, and I'm still waiting for him to decide and come home.'

Does your accountant share your enthusiasm for the future...We're fantastically excited about the new project!

"Those eco-terrorists are going to cost us a FORTUNE!!"

Bizarre sequence of computer-generated random numbers

"The first thing we should do is get you two into a good mutual fund. Let me get out the 'Magic 8 Ball' and we'll fun some options."

'What's the chance of getting a latte around here?'

'Today's Odds' sign above a copier showing various odds for machine's malfunctions

A safe is about to fall on an unsuspecting man interested in risk-free investments.

"Woah - random!"

Market Research - "I'm trying to remember to pick up a loaf of bread, but there's a 38% probability that I'll forget."

'I don't know if you're a mathematician but my wife's not happy with her Poisson distribution.'

'WOW! Did anyone see the recoil on this baby?'

"Caution! Now entering the margin of error."

"I figure the odds of you being the smartest girl in the class for three years in a row are practically zero."

"Of course my main concern is how the situation in Eastern Europe will affect the pennant race."

The emergence of a leader.

'Don't give up Albert - one of these cans has to have tuna in it!'

'...but then the Dow rallied and the blue chips began to rise...'

Let the profit-making begin!

"How was your day, dear?"

"Our panel today includes Hurley Throod, the opinionated Washington bureau chief; Dennis Wurtner, the lightweight TV commentator; Marsha Boyle, the contentious syndicated columnist; and Sydney H. Hall, the self-styled political expert."

'What do you mean when you say we're going to have to start economizing on groceries, Lance?'

Socialism and Capitalism Traps

'Remember he's got a short fuse.' (Chairman of an explosives company).

'Simmons is our expert in oil stocks.'

This stuff fixes things at home, why not here?

"Why is it always me who has to make all the decisions?"

'He's reacting to a consumer shift that only he can hear.'