Some plane speaking from a statistician

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/12/some-plane-speaking-from-a-statistician

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A businessman asked a statistician his chances of being on a plane with a bomb on it (Letters, 10 August). The figure was good. “But I fly a lot,” said the businessman. Then, said the statistician, “Take your own bomb with you. The odds against being on a plane with two bombs on it are 50bn to one.”Emma FisherBath

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• In medical notes and common parlance, LOL means leaky old lady (Letters, 12 August).Jill KnightYork