High Priced Gas Is Good For You, Apparently

Charles Courtemache is a very sick man. Courtemache is doing a study for Washington University in St. Louis, in which he is concluding that rising gas prices in America cause obesity levels to drop. He even says that for every $1 per gallon increase on gas, 15% of America’s obesity drops in 5 years. According to this article, Courtemache “found” this info, as in he has “proof.”

This study is apart of Courtemache’s doctoral dissertation in health economics. It’s no wonder Courtemache made up this info, it was for his homework. You remember college, right? 15 page paper, you’ve only got 3 pages so far and it’s due tomorrow. Let’s just dump random facts into it you made up. That’ll fill the space. And you know the TA isn’t going to read and check the facts, that’s the last thing they want to do. They just want the credit for being the TA, not to get extra work.

Here are some possible other random “facts” from Courtemache:

• When you get a high-priced prostitute, heart disease in the US drops 11%. Up 10% from 2005. A cheap hooker helps raise the Terror Alert Level.
• When Chris Hansen catches a predator, our nation’s debt declines by 4%.
• When you masturbate, troops begin to be withdrawn from Iraq.

That Courtemache Is Full of Shit, Man [Yahoo.com]