"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:11:14 UTC, "endymion"
wrote:

Despite all of this my home ( 2 bed bungalow) comes out at above the
national average even though my appliances are using less than half the
national average according to them.

Its total ********. I have to save and bring my foot pront down to 7 tons
even though I am already below the national average by their own
calculations.

Typical case of lying with statistics! Not sure if this was mentioned
recently here, but anyway:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7581120.stm

I particularly like the (true) statement that most people have an above
average number of feet!

Medians and means.

12 inches is not always a rule.

Adam