D'OH - II (a.k.a Blunderama!)

Homer often likes to show off his non-existent intellect and GK in the class to the naive students who actually believe he has something other than horse-s**t in his oversized head.

He gets his hands on a business magazine now and then, and decides to let loose his new found knowledge on us. No!! I'm not suggesting he actually pays for them! Phukkat mein, must have got them from somewhere. At best, they'd be 6 months to a year old.

So, one fine day, in the middle of the lecture, he asks us if we know what an Eight Sigma Certification is. Earlier, he'd told us abt a Six Sigma Certification. Some losers tried to answer, but in vain. He says its finding some fraction of an error in some million lines of code (I dont remember, dont ask me for the details). Some people note it down.

Next, he asks us what the Fortune1 company was. Nobody knows. He chides us for not knowing whats going on around us and proclaims that Citibank is the Fortune1 company. Some people take that down too.

He finishes it off with ABN-AMRO has the most number of ATMs in the world.

After I get home, I wanted to check the accuracy of the 'facts' put forth by him after being cursed for repeating all of it to my sibling :D . Googled all of it only to find the following:

1. There is NO such thing called an Eight Sigma Certification. Its just Six Sigma Certification that exists. You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma
2. And CitiBank, a Fortune1 company??? Like Hell it is!! Its called Citigroup actually, and is on the 8th position as of today with Exxon Mobil topping the list. Heres proof: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/full_list/

Boy! Would I like to know where he gets these mountains of crap from!

So, the next time the guy on the dais extols his knowledge of the world around him, make sure you verify the veracity of his claims before blindly believing them.

P.S. The 3rd 'fact' is still debatable. I didnt find any references to the same. If you do, post it as a comment, and it will be added to the blog after due verification.