[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"trying to wade a river with an average depth of 3 feet.”

Priceless! Have to use that next thread we're talking averages...

Ummm . . . I used that expression, and put it in quotes, because I heard it in my very first lecture on statistics. And the lecturer didn’t give the impression that the expression was original to him . . .

[expat_panama]

Then again, let's try to remember our words about 'averages' the next time some clown says "the national debt means every man woman and child owes $41,069.16!!!"