Pumps' Perplexities

In a recent return of a bad DVD disk to the store, it was
mentioned to the store clerk that the disk WAS bad.....Then,
there comes upon his face "a question mark" and doubt....

The next words I said were the "fragmentation started
at 53 minutes into playing time"......The "question mark"
and doubt suddenly went away.......Reason: The use of
the words "53 minutes"......

In any instance were time is required as "proof" always
use an "un-rounded" number......The fragmentation did
not occur at "about 50 minutes".......It occurred AT 53 minutes.....

Once you use an "exact" number you can not be questioned
because it denotes the fact that you are "accurate".
"It" is never 5 inches of snow....."It" is 4-7/8 inches....
"It" never happened at 4:30PM......"It" happened at
4:32PM.......This applies to dates also......Remember it was
mailed on the 12th.......Not "around the beginning of the week."
Even if you can not remember......Make a good date or time
up......No one questions a "accurate" time or date.....Pumps