A statistician pal:

Hi, Derb — Yesterday I got a call from a colleague, “Hey, can you superimpose such and such a profile on that data in your report?” I kinda laughed sheepishly, and said, “Well, actually I add the profile to the graph by copying the graph from Word into Paint and drawing the profile by hand, then copying it back.” “You do a good job,” was the reply. I said, “If you use a fat line you don’t have to be as accurate.” Laughing, the colleague said, “OK, I can do it then.” So who needs schmantzy graphics software?

[Me] “If you use a fat line you don’t have to be as accurate.” That should be inscribed over the door of some Academy somewhere.