What is the answer to this silly pattern... (it's clever)?

3 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1

(In reply to re(4): First Thoughts by DJ)

A statistic.

As soon as I posted that last comment, I got it...the numbers refer to the letters above. So, the third letter in "What" is "a," the second letter in "is" is "s," and so one, until we come up with:
A S T A T I S T I C

So, the question is 'reused' with the numbers to give the answer.

Posted by DJ on 2003-06-26 10:45:38