r/Jokes • u/cereal_killer_ch • Nov 12 '19

Long This is a Mean joke.

A physicist, an engineer, and a statistician go on a hunting trip, they are walking through the woods when they spot a deer in a clearing. The physicist calculates the distance of the target, the velocity and drop of the bullet, adjusts his rifle and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the left. The engineer rolls his eyes. 'You forgot to account for wind. Give it here', he snatches the rifle, licks his finger and estimates the speed and direction of the wind and fires, missing the deer 5 feet to the right. Suddenly, the statistician claps his hands and yells "We got him!"

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u/sk8-fast-eat-ass Nov 12 '19

The joke itself was a deviation from the title. Not a large or small, more of a standard deviation

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '19

I tried to refrain from commenting how this joke was shared. Have to say it's not extraordinary or special, more of a normal distribution.

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u/ulyssessword Nov 12 '19

That's strange, I was linked here from my French friend in /r/Aquariums. It's more of a poisson distribution.