A scary "Topic"
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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I was at work and fancied a bar of chocolate from the corner shop. For some reason the advertising tag line for Topic bars came into my head. I said to my colleagues that I hadn't seen a Topic bar in years and reminded them of the tag line from the old TV adverts "Topic, a hazelnut in every bite!"
So I then walked downstairs and along to the corner shop. I walked over to where the various bars of chocolate were, stacked up in rows, and went straight for a Mars Bars. As I fumbled for the bar on the top my hand slipped and knocked a bar of chocolate onto the floor from the stack of bars below where the Mars Bars were. I bent down to pick it up and there on the floor was the bar of chocolate I had knocked down.....a Topic bar! I actually stood up straight and looked around as I was sure someone was playing games with me...
Date submitted:Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:44:37 +0000Coincidence ID:8851
