Wednesday, October 6, 2010

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THEIR LINKEDIN PASSWORD NOW EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T PICK THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OUT OF A POLICE LINE-UP.

20 -- Approximate per cent of the United States electorate who claim to believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim.

0 -- Number of people named Barack Obama who are President of the United States who believe so.

3 -- Number of times the issue of people either believing or not in Obama's supposed Muslimness has been mentioned so far in this post.

0 -- Number of times the United States Constitution mentions religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or race as a qualification necessary to hold the Office of President.

7 -- Number of days in the week on a conventional Gregorian calendar.

6 -- Number of days in the week on a Gregorian calendar that has a big rip in it.

899 -- Number of people who, in a Freudian slip last month, said "Ehud Barak" when they meant to say "Barack Obama."

100 -- Per cent of assertions in the above-referenced factoid pulled from thin air, but presented, nonetheless, authoritatively in an effort to bamboozle a gullible readership hungering for mishegos.

6 billion -- Ditto.

47 -- Approximate number of imitations and parodies of the Harper's Index in the print media.

Again -- Totally made up.

67 -- Approximate per cent of people for whom Twitter is a primary source of news and information who think that "Freudian Slip" is an article of clothing.

76 -- Approximate per cent who think that mishegos is something edible.

82 -- Per cent of those who think that mishegos is something edible who also think that it tastes good.

Hey! Is he making fun of us?

Lots -- Number of sands in an hourglass counted during the days of our lives as the world turns.

24,902 -- Number in miles of dental floss required to wrap around the Earth once.

24,902 -- Circumference of the Earth expressed in miles.

1 -- Circumference of the Earth expressed in units of dental floss provided that 1 DF: 24,902 miles.

A zillion -- Number of "points" needed to redeem for a free trip to Yonkers.

Always -- Number of times the "points" will expire before the free trip can be taken.

Ultra-Long -- Time it would take to reach the edge of the Universe in a spaceship traveling at the speed of light.

Not-Quite-as-Long -- Time it would take in a spaceship that had really good magazines and movies on board.

2 -- Number of zuzim for which, in days of old, a goat could be had.

Had Gadya.

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