Stand Up - Read a Study

I love when people start off a sentence with "I read a study once where...." Like they're trying to justify something they heard and validate it by saying they read it in a study. Sure, I believe you - if by "read it in a study" you actually mean "heard it from my cousin Jimmy, who's married to his half-sister Jenny".... Just admit to me that that's where you heard it from ... or at least tell me that you read it on the Internet somewhere. I still won't believe what you're telling me but at least I'll believe that that's where you heard or "read" it.