Saturday, May 31, 2008

57% of conversational statistics are made up!


In relation to immunity to mosquito bites...

In a scientific study on mosquito bites, 27% of the subjects studied had no reaction to any bite on their body.*

27 is not too far from 30. Not bad, huh Nelson?



* Oka K, Ohtaki N. Clinical observations of mosquito bite reactions in man: a survey of the relationship between age and bite reaction. J Dermatol 1989;16:212-9.

5 comments:

MomCan said...

What is it in the make up of that "27%" that make them immune to the bite of the BOTHERSOME mosquito? I want to be part of that percentage. Thanks Libby for a wonderful birthday party for Mark. Great to be with you and yes...I love Boce! Spelling? mom

James said...

i think it is superhuman, mutant characteristics...most in the study were found to have some mutant ability--like shooting lasers out of their eyes, controlling the weather, and sucking the life out of anything they touched. i'm still be tested for those.

Anonymous said...

OK, so you post the title of some article from the Journal of Dermatology (Aside: I must say I have always thought that dermatologists were the most reliable of all doctors due to their hard work ethic)and expect us to believe that this proves that 27% of people are not affected by mosquito bites. Come on now - give us something to get our hands around, give us a quote or cut and paste something to prove your point. Dane does this all the time and it is totally made up. We want to believe you but we just have been trained not to believe young men of your age by our own wonderful son.

MomCan said...

In reference to the "we" in that last comment, necessitates a comment on my part in order to clear things up...that last comment was the sole opinion of Nelson Croxall Cannon and none other. Thank you very much.

Wynn said...

i dont believe any boys (men) ages 22-26. thats final