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    #11
    Gordon says that we have the lowest debt in the world, so I don't believe this rubbish !!

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      #12
      Originally posted by lightng View Post
      There are also more people alive today than have ever died. Fact.
      Ahhmmm... False http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/dead.asp Unless you believe god created man 2000 years ago.

      Economies are bigger than they have ever been too, GDP is higher than ever, when you look at like that it's hardly surprising that records are continually broken.

      I know the situation is less than ideal but this sort of thing just proves how meaningless stats are when you're not comparing apples with apples.
      Last edited by gingerjedi; 31 January 2009, 22:16.
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        #13
        “Uk debt highest in human history”

        Did the Neanderthals also have a debt problem?
        "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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          #14
          Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
          Economies are bigger than they have ever been too, GDP is higher than ever, when you look at like that it's hardly surprising that records are continually broken.

          I know the situation is less than ideal but this sort of thing just proves how meaningless stats are when you're not comparing apples with apples.
          That's not true in this case. The measure is the proportion of debt to the GNP. That is not directly dependent on the size of the economy, so it is meaningful.

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            #15
            Originally posted by lightng View Post
            There are also more people alive today than have ever died. Fact.
            I used to believe that one too. But apparently it is a myth.

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              #16
              Originally posted by lightng View Post
              There are also more people alive today than have ever died. Fact.
              Fact: A majority of people have more than the average number of limbs.
              How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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                #17
                Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                Fact: A majority of people have more than the average number of limbs.
                And heads.

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                  #18
                  Apples grown in 2008 are bigger, on average, than pears grown in 250 bc.
                  Oranges now have more vitamins and pips than they used to.
                  FACT


                  Who says you can't compare apples and oranges
                  er and pears


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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                    And heads.
                    Surely most have less than the average number of heads? Everyone has at least 1 and Siamese Twins have 2.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                      Surely most have less than the average number of heads? Everyone has at least 1 and Siamese Twins have 2.

                      But shirley siamese twins are two people. They wouldn't call them twins otherwise.

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