Comments on: When is a Rose not a rose? http://lewp.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/when-is-a-rose-not-a-rose/ Kickback and relax. Let's talk about it. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ashmadai http://lewp.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/when-is-a-rose-not-a-rose/#comment-90 ashmadai Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:32:00 +0000 http://lewp.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-90 Figures don't lie, LewP, but Liars figure. :) What I mean is that there are so many ways to "twist" figures to show what you want, it's almost as accurate as poll results. lol Whenever I spoke of how much money I won gambling, while I lived in Las Vegas, I always would deduct the money I spent from the amount of money I had in my pocket when I left the casino. For example, If I went out for the evening and plugged $100 into the machine and hit the jackpot on the 100th dollar coin., then I have only won $3,900 -- not $4,000. The same goes for Kevie Rose and what he "made" in the last 18 months. Sure it can be possible that Keven had a gross income of $60 Mil... but how much of that money did he spend to make that money. If the guy spent $50 Mil to make $60 Mill... then what he grossed isn't all that impressive. ;) Figures don’t lie, LewP, but Liars figure. :) What I mean is that there are so many ways to “twist” figures to show what you want, it’s almost as accurate as poll results. lol

Whenever I spoke of how much money I won gambling, while I lived in Las Vegas, I always would deduct the money I spent from the amount of money I had in my pocket when I left the casino. For example, If I went out for the evening and plugged $100 into the machine and hit the jackpot on the 100th dollar coin., then I have only won $3,900 — not $4,000.

The same goes for Kevie Rose and what he “made” in the last 18 months. Sure it can be possible that Keven had a gross income of $60 Mil… but how much of that money did he spend to make that money. If the guy spent $50 Mil to make $60 Mill… then what he grossed isn’t all that impressive. ;)

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