American's

Facts about 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 were 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 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 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 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 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 Anne 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

ARE YOU NORMAL?