Facts about Americans

* 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 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 sing 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 op`osite 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.