Some Statistics 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 occasionally 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 religion. 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 US 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. (Only 33%?)
+ 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 self-help 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 AWAYS 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 a 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 Ann Landers.
+ 28% of us have skinny-dipped. 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 stick-shift car.
+ 45% of us consistently 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.