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Definitions, definitions.
Hello everyone! It must be time for a bit more humor. I think these days it’s time for a lot more humor, so maybe we will have it a bit more often for a while. I always enjoy a good laugh, or two, or a chuckle, or even an extra smile is worthwhile. I don’t know if you have ever read or heard any academic papers being read, but they often use similar language. So here is a list of different phrases and their definitions for you to enjoy. I hope you can get a chuckle or two from the list. My apologies to all academics out there, but this is meant as some good fun, not as genuine definitions, though perhaps some….
“IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN”…
I didn’t look up the original reference.
“A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT”…
These data are practically meaningless.
“WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS”…
An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
“THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY”…
The other results didn’t make any sense.
“TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN”…
This is the prettiest graph.
“IN MY EXPERIENCE”…
Once
“IN CASE AFTER CASE”…
Twice
“IN A SERIES OF CASES”…
Thrice
“IT IS BELIEVED THAT”…
I think.
“IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT”…
A couple of others think so, too.
“CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE”…
Wrong.
“ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS”…
Rumor has it.
“A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS”…
A wild guess.
“A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA”…
Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of soda.
“IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS”…
I don’t understand it.
“AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES”…
They don’t understand it either.
“THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS”…
Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
“A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY”…
A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
“IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD”…
I quit.
Well, there it is, I hope you enjoyed it. I’m not sure where I found this originally, but it was in my collection of humor. Have a wonderful Saturday everyone, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #123.
Good morning everyone on this wet Saturday morning! We had some rain last night which made everything kind of wet. Which means the river path is going to be even wetter in certain spots which had been starting to dry out. Oh well, rain is also needed to make things begin to grow nicely and bring out that beautiful green once again. However, those nice warm temps we have been enjoying are going to disappear for a week or two as well. But they will be back eventually. Patience is the key, we can’t always have the weather we would like. And that applies to other things as well. Sir George didn’t seem to mind the rain. He came by for his evening snack and of course there was nothing on the feeder. So he called to me while looking at the window, then he looked down at the empty feeder. Then he called again and looked down at the empty feeder. He did this 3 times so I gave in and gave him some food. Then he gave his usual “yep, yep, yep” as if to say thank you for bringing out some food. He does it all the time, what else could he be saying?
Now for some more nice spring pics to share with you…
In the above photo we have a female and male “hooded merganser”. They are smaller than the common merganser shown before but the male is a bit more colorful. Here the male’s crest is down, when raised it is quite large and white.
In the above photo we have Mike, the male mallard duck that comes to get seeds from me each day. Usually his mate Maggie is with him, but last night he was by himself. It would have been nice to get him in the sun, but it had already set by the time he showed up for his evening snack.
And there we have today’s pics for your enjoyment. Stay safe everyone, have a wonderful weekend and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
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