This is from a posting on the Freakonomics blog. This is just way too funny.<\/p>\n
\nMy favorite story concerns my son Nicholas:<\/p>\n
Relatively early on in the pregnancy we had an ultrasound. The
\ntechnician said that although it was very early, he thought he could
\npredict whether it would be a boy or a girl, if we wanted to know. We
\nsaid, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, absolutely we want to know.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He told us he thought it would
\nbe a boy, although he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be certain.<\/p>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How sure are you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I asked<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m about 50-50,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he replied.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Don’t take that technician to Vegas. He’ll having you picking numbers at roulette, and playing the horn in craps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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