Just the other day I was watching the serial “Yes Prime Minister” Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington are simply fabulous. But what scared me was the way spin was applied to everything that the common man read and heard.

• Pythagorean theorem: 24 words.
• Lord’s prayer: 66 words.
• Archimedes’ Principle: 67 words.
• 10 Commandments: 179 words.
• Gettysburg address: 286 words.
• Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words.
• US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words.