Are You Normal?

                       

A survey about Americans,
their habits and actions.

Around The House

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.

90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.

51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity.

On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year

Hygiene

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.

Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side.

4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids.

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.

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..

Health & Outlook

44% have broken a bone.

Only 30% of us know our cholesterol level.

78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home.

14% have attended a self-help meeting.

15% regularly go to a shrink.

59% of us say we're average-looking.
Blacks are more than twice as likely to call themselves beautiful.

Driving

4 out of 5 sing in the car.

12% of men never use their car blinkers.


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.

71% can drive a stick shift car.

44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.

25% of us drive after we've been drinking.

What We Shouldn't Be Doing

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.

13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail.

50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods.

29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store.

13% of us admit to occasionally doing our offspring's homework.

91% of us lie regularly.

33% of women lie about their weight.

27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz.

39% of us peek into our host's bathroom cabinet. 17% have been caught by the host.

29% of us ignore RSVP's.

71.6% of us eavesdrop.

66% of women and  59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit
for doing it from scratch.

How far would you go for $10 million? 25% would abandon their friends, family, and church. 7% would murder.

53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.

56% of women do the finances in a marriage.

Two out of three people wouldn't give up their spouse even for one night, for a million U.S. dollars.

44% re-use tinfoil.

57% save pretty gift paper to re-use.

35% give to charity at least once a month.

62% would rather buy the very best item, while 33% feel that a good bargain matters most.

40% of people who move into a new house, say that the previous owners removed all the lightbulbs!

31% shut all lights off when they leave a room.

85% of people say they can tell the difference between brand-name ketchup and the others.

About 43% of people throw out any food past its expiration date. But 39% would eat it anyway, if it wasn't bad, 2% would scrape off mold and eat it.

Know-how

Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils.

22% are functionally illiterate.

Less than 10% are trilingual.

37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.

20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life.

40% of us have had music lessons.

Relationships

81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants.

20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends.

53% of us would take advice from Anne Landers.

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.

16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men).

The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.

40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.

The average sexual experience lasts about 39 minutes.

60% of men and 54% of women have had a one night stand.

28% of us have skinny-dipped. 14% with the opposite sex.


1 in 5 men proposed on his knees.

6% propose over the phone. (Guys get a clue!)

Food

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.

69% eat the cake before the frosting.

Beliefs

45% believe in ghosts.

10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.

57% have had deja vu.

53% read their horoscopes regularly.

49% believe in ESP.

90% believe in divine retribution.

10% believe in the Ten Commandments. (That's one Commandment per person on average)

82% believe in an afterlife.