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Pastimes : Happy Hour: A thread for not so intelligent discussions
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To: Katt-000 who wrote (1884)11/5/1999 2:34:00 AM
From: Barney  Read Replies (2) of 2380
 
Fun Facts to Know and Tell About
Your Fellow Americans...

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Habitually Speaking
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* 29% of us ignore RSVP's
* 35% give to charity at least once a month.
* 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet....
and 17% have been caught!
* 50% of us regularly sneak food into movie theaters to
avoid the high prices of snack foods.
* 58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't.
* 71.6% of us eavesdrop.
* 75% of us store our dollar bills in order with ones going
up to higher denominations.
* 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants.

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Rolling down the Road
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* 12% of men never use their car blinkers.
* 33% of us don't wear seat belts.
* 44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.
* 45% of us consistantly follow the speed limit.
(what state is this? not around my way..)
* 66% of us speed up at a yellow light.
* 71% can drive a stick-shift car.
* 80% sing in the car. (yes, by themselves)

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Livin' From Day to Day
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* 10% are trilingual.
* 16% of us (ok, mostly men) have forgotten our
own wedding anniversary.
* 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends.
* 28% of us have skinny-dipped... 14% with the opposite sex.
* 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.
* 44% reuse tinfoil.
* 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity.
* 53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers.
* 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.
* 57% save pretty gift paper to reuse.
* 59% of us say we're average-looking.
* 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and
taken credit for doing it from scratch.
* 90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.
* On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year.

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