Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for May 23, 2022

There are lies, DAMNED lies and accounting! ??

Enron and Arthur Andersen – the early years.

There are lies, outright lies and statistics

As my Daddy used to say, figures never lie but liars always figure.

“I’ve got some numbers that don’t seem to add up. How’s that?”

You can start with the square root of -1…

If I include my brother for security services, my high school friend for publicity and all the people I duped to assuage their privilege guilt, I think we can cop a plea.

He’s either a pollster or works for a drug company.

Time to trot out the old joke:

How much is 2 + 2?

Accountant: 4

Engineer: 3.999 oh heck, let’s call it 4.

Lawyer: How much do you want it to be.

GOP: We’re still recounting.

Floridian: We don’t know, that’s Critical Race Theory mathematics.

Donald Trump’s business plan.

If you torture data enough, it will confess to just about anything. Fred Menger

I sell things at $1 each or 3 for $5.

How about some poll numbers? Or Elon Musk’s actual IQ?

Lawyers or Politicians?