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Subject:Re: Anybody got interesting stats? From:Bill Amos <bpa1 -at- OSI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Jun 1995 09:03:34 +0800
> The following numbers from the _New_York_Times_ business section have always
> boggled my mind:
> The Gettysburg Address contains 226 words, the Lord's Prayer 56 words,
> the 23rd Psalm 118 words, and the Ten Commandments 297 words, while
> the U.S. Department of Agriculture directive on pricing cabbage weighs
> in at 15,629 words.
> lfc -at- sol -dot- chinalake -dot- navy -dot- mil
The reason for this is obvious: somebody was getting paid for producing the
USDA piece!
