Are You Normal?
Are You Normal?
A survey done of Americans, about their habits and actions. ( I would think most other countries would line up in figures.)
Driving
4 out of 5 sing in the car.
12% of men never use their car blinkers.
45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit. (This is hard to believe - Get on a highway and go the exact speed limit. Are 45% of the people not passing you - I doubt it)
2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light.
1/3 of us don't wear seat belts.
71% can drive a stick-shift car.
44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.
What We Shouldn't be Doing
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.
Religion
90% believe in divine retribution.
10% believe in the 10 Commandments. (That's one Commandment per person on average)
82% believe in an afterlife.
45% believe in ghosts.
10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.
49% believe in ESP.
Daily Living
90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.
53% read their horoscopes regularly.
16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men).
59% of us say we're average-looking.
Less than 10% are trilingual.
37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.
53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.
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% 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.
Love & Sex
2 out of 5 have married their first love.
Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand.
29% of us are virgins when we marry. (How many claim they are?)
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