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Mister Henri |
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| Gonçalo M. Tavares |
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Illustrations by Rachel Caiano
Translated by Roopanjali Roy |
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ISBN 81-89420-02-X
2005 • 96 pages • paperback
€ 8.50 | Rs. 200 |
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| Excerpt: |
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| Statistics |
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Mister Henri said: statistics were invented in London in 1662.
...before this, random probabilities and recurrences did exist, but nobody noticed them. |
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| Mister Henri then scratched his belly with the forefinger of his right hand. |
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| Mister Henri was wearing a pair of black pants that did not reach his shoes. |
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Mister Henri was wearing a pair of old brown shoes.
And, when viewed from below, his shoes did not reach his pants either. |
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| Thus, it was mutual: his pants did not reach his shoes and his shoes did not reach his pants. |
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| An admirable coincidence - said Mister Henri, while he pondered upon the importance of statistics, which were invented in London in 1662. |
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