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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353174" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">World politicians adore the stat, <br>It can hide their lies in any format, <br>They can say we are now out of recession, <br>Despite the fact we're still in a depression.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What is this miracle we call the stat, <br>I hear you all ask what exactly is that, <br>Politicians will tell you that yes it's a fact, <br>If it's based on a stat then they will act.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are the ultimate masters of the stat, <br>It can hide their deceit during a chat, <br>They truly are masters of their craft, <br>They'd have us believe that we're all daft.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Homes repossessed are contained in a stat, <br>Their figures are lower than we know they're at, <br>But the truth is different we're out on the street, <br>The fact is their stats are full of deceit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Inflation is always contained in a stat, <br>They're as clear as treacle in a darkwood vat, <br>The prices we're paying are not as they seem, <br>Believe that if you like and let out a scream. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To believe what's contained within a stat, <br>You'd have to be a total prat, <br>While all of our lives are being enjoyed, <br>They can tell us nobody's unemployed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The state of the world is based on a stat, <br>How many are thin how many are fat, <br>The information supplied is supposed to relieve, <br>Truth is none of it you can believe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The way that they can present a stat, <br>Is a fish is a bird and a dog is a cat, <br>They're a strange way of saying all is well, <br>When truth is we're all heading for hell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whoever invented the bloody stat, <br>Was surely brought up as a spoiled brat, <br>Nothing better to do with their tedious life, <br>Than to devise a way of lying about life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Facts just don't exist within a stat, <br>Or they could well show our world is flat, <br>This would have a terrible effect, <br>As quite frankly it's not politically correct.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Politicians couldn't live without their stat, <br>They'd be like a cricketer without his bat, <br>Without the stat their system dies, <br>Like them they're all based on lies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But none of them care for they love the stat, <br>Though everyone else can smell a rat, <br>Stats tell them what they want to hear, <br>Like darkened glass they're crystal clear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fact is you can never believe a stat, <br>It's meant to beguile us it can wear any hat, <br>You'd retrieve more facts from a team of mystics, <br>Than you'd get from those, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘' Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics ‘'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bri+Mar">Bri Mar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353174" data-title="Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics de Bri Mar" data-description="World politicians adore the stat, It can hide their lies in any format, They can say we are now out of recession, Despite the fact we're still in a depression. What is this miracle we call the stat, I hear you all ask what exactly is that, P..."></div> </div> </div>
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