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August 14, 2011
Reader Comments (29)
As Teller said, ""
Love the "probability taken personally" quote, but as Penn is quick to point out, it's not his. He was quoting Chip Denman (manager of the Statistics Laboratory at the University of Maryland)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Radio#Personal_Penn_references
LMAO @ panel 3.....
Mom had taste - if only!
Dude, how do you keep your job? Is your boss just so incompetent that he can't properly utilize the internet?
Anyways, funny as always.
Very well done. That final panel's analogy is among the best descriptions I've ever read.
@Tabitha Scott and Mullet Boss are actually the same person, like in Fight Club.
"If being lucky doesn't make them feel lucky...." Very nice.
I intend to use the analogy in panel four as soon as circumstances permit.
Panel 4 has so many uses...
@Tabitha: He's lucky his boss knows he's joking. :)
"I don't see your point."
"Which is, in fact, my point."
Classic. I love it!
If Ayn Rand were alive today, she would write a thousand page novel with Mullet Boss as the hero, and Scott as the villain.
@ Weezy - LMFAO
Scott - Excellent as always. I would steal your mustache analogy but my father in law has a mustache.
A second person noting that this is, in fact, Chip Denman's quote and not Penn's - I've spoken to Chip about this more than once and he is getting a little tired of it. The problem is that Chip's not well-known (even though his is the official statistician for the JREF) and Penn's super-well-known, so Penn always gets the credit.
But you, Scott, you have the power to fix this in at least one place...
Note from Scott: Done!
@Tabitha, Scott doesn't have an actual boss like this (anymore). My impression is that he works for a place that is highly protective of it's image so he really can't allude to his workplace.
Heh, run into a "Horatio Alger" with a trust fund?
Love the last panel.
Excellent! Every panel is a winner!!
Born on third base and acts like he's hit a triple!
Wow! One of the most clever yet! You just keep getting better Scott.
this is actually my favourite BI so far. don't normally comment, but this is just sublime.
Belongs in the pantheon of BI...and that's a very rarified atmosphere indeed.
Right up there with "Born on third, thinks he hit a triple."
All that money and all that hair, and look what he does with it.
Panel 4 was perfect