Klarinet Archive - Posting 000438.txt from 2001/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] OT: mortality in rats
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 04:29:27 -0500

Oh dear - and I thought it was supposed to be funny.....
Roger S.

In message <20011109.192852.43@-----.org writes:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:08:40 -0000, clarinet1@-----.uk
> said:
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> > > ... Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats.
>
> > Sorry - Completely OT, I know, but I'm intrigued as to how death can
> > only be 99.9% fatal. Does this mean that out of 1000 lab rats, one
> > died, but that death wasn't fatal?
>
> Just an acknowledgement of the possiblility of experimental error, I
> think:-)
>
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