Someone proposed in a restaurant the same time a team scored a goal. The resultant hands applauded so fiercely that many flew into the street and began making fierce shadow puppets upon the walls, which -- in turn -- attracted legions of children to sit down in the middle of the road and gawk. Emergency beepers for those who study probability were already going off, but before many could reach over and grab them, they held their breaths and said with hope -- and I’m quoting here from multiple sources and multiple accounts -- “Lognormal?" (And Catherine Coulson gently smiled.)
