Are You Normal?

Facts about us Americans.  Did you know that........

• Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils.
  
• 21% of us don't make our bed daily. 5% of us never do.
  
• Men do 29% of laundry each week. Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.
  
• 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.
  
• 85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear.
  
• 67.5% of men wear tightie whities (briefs).
  
• The average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B.
  
• 85% of women wear the wrong bra size.
  
• 3 out of 4 of us store our dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations
  
• 13% of us admit to occassionally doing our offspring's homework.
  
• 91% of us lie regularly.
  
• 27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz.
  
• 29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store.
  
• 50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods.
  
• 90% believe in divine retribution.
  
• 10% believe in the 10 Commandments.
  
• 82% believe in an afterlife.
  
• 45% believe in ghosts.
  
• 13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail.
  
• 29% of us are virgins when we marry?
  
• 58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't?
  
• 10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item.
  
• Over 50% believe in spanking but only a child over 2 years old.
  
• 35% give to charity at least once a month.
  
• How far would you go for $10 million?
  
• 25% would abandon their friends, family, and church.
  
• 7% would murder.
  
• 69% eat the cake before the frosting.
  
• When nobody else is around, 47% drink straight from the carton.
  
• 85% of us will eat Spam this year.
  
• 70% of us drink orange juice daily.
  
• Snickers is the most popular candy.
  
• 22% of us skip lunch daily.
  
• 9% of us skip breakfast daily.
  
• 66% of us eat cereal regularly.
  
• 22% of all restaurant meals include french fries.
  
• 14% of us eat the watermelon seeds.
  
• Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side.
  
• 45% use mouthwash every day.
  
• 22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.
  
• The typical shower is 101 degrees F.
  
• Nearly 1/3 of U.S. women color their hair.
  
• 9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery.
  
• 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.
  
• 58% of women paint their nails regularly.
  
• 62% of us pop our zits.
  
• 33% of women lie about their weight.
  
• 10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.
  
• 57% have had deja vu.
  
• 49% believe in ESP.
  
• 4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids.
  
• The average girl starts her period at age 12.
  
• 44% have broken a bone.
  
• only 30% of us know our cholesterol level.
  
• 14% have attended a selfhelp meeting.
  
• 15% regularly go to a shrink.
  
• 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home.
  
• 46.5% of men say they ALWAYS put the seat down after they've used the toilet, yet women claim to ALWAYS find it up.
  
• 30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat.
  
• 54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet.
  
• 23.5% admit they don't always flush.
  
• 45.2% pee in the shower.
  
• 44.9% pee in the ocean.
  
• 28.1% pee in the pool.
  
• 55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.
  
• 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet. 17% have been caught by the host.
  
• 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants.
  
• 29% of us ignore RSVP.
  
• 71.6% of us eavesdrop.
  
• 22% are functionally illiterate.
  
• Less than 10% are trilingual.
  
• 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.
  
• 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.
  
• 56% of women do the bills in a marriage.
  
• 2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse, even for one night, for a million bucks.
  
• 20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life.
  
• 40% of us have had music lessons.
  
• 44% reuse tinfoil.
  
• 57% save pretty gift paper to reuse.
  
• 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch.
  
• 53% read their horoscopes regularly.
  
• 16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men).
  
• 59% of us say we're average looking.
  
• Blacks are more than twice as likely to call themselves beautiful.
  
• 90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.
  
• 53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers.
  
• 28% of us have skinnydipped. 14% with the opposite sex.
  
• 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity.
  
• On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year.
  
• 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends.
  
• 2 out of 5 have married their first love.
  
• The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.
  
• Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand.
  
• 1 in 5 men proposed on his knees.
  
• 6% propose over the phone.
  
• 71% can drive a stickshift car.
  
• 45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit.
  
• 2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light.
  
• 1/3 of us don't wear seat belts.
  
• 12% of men never use their car blinkers.
  
• 44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.
  
• 25% of us drive after we've been drinking.
  
• 4 out of 5 sing in the car.
  

Are you more normal or less normal than you thought you were?

[ by: B. Kanner -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]