[Newspoetry] Fuzzy Math

[Joe Futrelle]

Fuzzy Math: Presidential Olympics

327 out of 6 million is 5 thousandths of a percent.

if Bush had won a 100 meter dash with Gore in Sydney
with a time of 10 seconds, Gore's time would have been
9.9994513 seconds,
less than 1 thousandth of a second behind.

In the Olympics, this would be considered a tie and
any claims of victory unsportsmanlike.

(this is assuming that Bush and Gore are world-class
sprinters; actual times may vary slightly)

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Joe Futrelle
Editor-within-chief,
Newspoetry dot com