Temperature Table
+60 F (+15 C) Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe!).

+50 F (+10 C) Miami residents turn on the heat.

+40 F (+5 C) You can see your breath. Californians shiver uncontrollably. Minnesotans go swimming.

+35 F (+2 C) Italian cars don't start.

+32 F (0 C) Water freezes.

+30 F (-1 C) You plan your vacation to Australia. Minnesotans put on T-shirts. Politicians begin to worry about the homeless. English cars don't start.

+25 F (-4 C) Boston water freezes. Californians weep pitiably. Minnesotans eat ice cream. Canadians go swimming.

+20 F (-7 C) You can hear your breath. Politicians begin to talk about the homeless. New York City water freezes. Miami residents plan vacations further south.

+15 F (-10 C) French cars don't start. You plan a vacation in Mexico. Your cat insists on sleeping in bed with you.

+10 F (-12 C) Too cold to ski. You need jumper cables to get the car going.

+5 F (-15 C) You plan your vacation in Houston. American cars don't start.

+0 F (-18 C) Alaskans put on T-shirts. Too cold to skate.

-10 F (-23 C) German cars don't start. Eyes freeze shut when you blink.

-15 F (-26 C) You can cut your breath and use it to build an igloo. Arkansans stick tongue on metal objects. Miami residents cease to exist.

-20 F (-30 C) Cat insists on sleeping in your pajamas with you. Politicians actually do something about the homeless. Minnesotans shovel snow off roof. Japanese cars don't start.

-25 F (-32 C) Too cold to think. You need jumper cables to get the driver going.

-30 F (-34 C) You plan a two-week hot bath. The mighty Monongahela freezes. Swedish cars don't start.

-40 F (-40 C) Californians disappear. Minnesotans button top button. Canadians put on sweaters. Your car helps you plan your trip south.

-50 F (-46 C) Congressional hot air freezes. Alaskans close the bathroom window.

-80 F (-62 C) Hell freezes over. Polar bears move south.

-90 F (-68 C) Lawyers (and accountants) put their hands in their own pockets.

25. "My Plan To Find The Real Killers" by OJ Simpson

24. No one would read it any way.

23. "The Book of Virtues" by Bill Clinton

22. The Difference between Reality and Dilbert

21. Human Rights Advances in China

20. "Things I Wouldn't Do for Money" by Dennis Rodman

19. Al Gore: The Wild Years

18. Amelia Earhart's Guide to the Pacific Ocean

17. America's Most Popular Lawyers

16. Career Opportunities for Liberal Arts Majors

15. Detroit - A Travel Guide

14. Different Ways to Spell "Bob"

13. Dr. Kevorkian's Collection of Motivational Speeches

12. Easy UNIX

11. Ethiopian Tips on World Dominance

10. Everything Men Know About Women

9. Everything Women Know About Men

8. French Hospitality

7. George Foreman's Big Book of Baby Names

6. "How to Sustain a Musical Career" by Art Garfunkel

5. Mike Tyson's Guide to Dating Etiquette

4. Spotted Owl Recipes by the EPA

3. Staple Your Way to Success

2. The Amish Phone Directory

And the number one World's Shortest Book:

1. The Engineer's Guide to Fashion

The BB connection - we have got to stop meeting this way.

1. Only 30% of us can flare our nostrils. [ I can.]

2. 21% of us don't make our bed daily. 5% of us never do.

3. Men do 29% of laundry each week. Only 7% of women trust their husbands to do it correctly.

4. 40% of women have hurled footwear at a man.

5. 67.5% of men wear tightie whities (briefs).

6. 3 out of 4 of us store our dollar bills in rigid order with singles leading up to higher denominations.

7. 13% of us admit to occasionally doing our offspring's homework.

8. 91% of us lie regularly.

9. 27% admit to cheating on a test or quiz.

10. 29% admit they've intentionally stolen something from a store.

11. 50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods.

12. 90% believe in divine retribution.

13. 10% believe in the 10 Commandments. [ If the above is true, more better believe in the 10]

14. 82% believe in an afterlife.

15. 45% believe in ghosts.

16. 13% (mostly men) have spent a night in jail.

17. 29% of us are virgins when we marry.

18. 58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't.

19. 10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item.

20. Over 50% believe in spanking, but only a child over 2 years old.

21. 35% give to charity at least once a month.

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

23. 69% eat the cake before the frosting.

24. When nobody else is around, 47% drink straight from the carton.

25. 85% of us will eat Spam this year.

26. 70% of us drink orange juice daily.

27. Snickers is the most popular candy.

28. 22% of us skip lunch daily. > >9% of us skip breakfast daily.

29. 66% of us eat cereal regularly.

30. 22% of all restaurant meals include french fries.

31. 14% of us eat the watermelon seeds.

32. Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side.

33. 45% use mouthwash every day.

34. 22% leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.

35. The typical shower is 101 degrees F.

36. Nearly 1/3 of U.S. women color their hair.

37. 9% of women and 8% of men have had cosmetic surgery.

38. 53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

39. 58% of women paint their nails regularly.

40. 62% of us pop our zits.

41. 33% of women lie about their weight.

42. 10% of us claim to have seen a ghost.

43. 57% have had deja vu. [Kay A. comment: You know, I heard that > somewhere before.]

44. 49% believe in ESP. [Kay A. comment: I knew that they would say > that.]

45. 4 out of 5 of us have suffered from hemorrhoids.

46. 44% have broken a bone.

47. Only 30% of us know our cholesterol level.

48. 14% have attended a self-help meeting.

49. 15% regularly go to a shrink.

50. 78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home.

51. 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.

52. 30% of us refuse to sit on a public toilet seat.

53. 54.2% of us always wash our hands after using the toilet. > >23.5% admit they don't always flush.

54. 55.2% will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.

55. 39% of us peek in our host's bathroom cabinet. 17% have been caught by the host.

56. 81.3% would tell an acquaintance to zip his pants.

57. 29% of us ignore RSVP.

58. 71.6% of us eavesdrop.

59. 22% are functionally illiterate.

60. The average bra size today is 36C whereas 10 years ago it was a 34B.

61. 85% of women wear the wrong bra size.

62. Less than 10% are trilingual.

63. 37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.

64. 53% prefer ATM machines over tellers.

65. 56% of women do the bills in a marriage.

66. 2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse even for a night for a million bucks.

67. 20% of us have played in a band at one time in our life.

68. 40% of us have had music lessons. > >44% reuse tinfoil. > >57% save pretty gift paper to reuse.

69. 66% of women and 59% of men have used a mix to cook and taken credit for doing it from scratch.

70. 53% read their horoscopes regularly.

71. 16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary (mostly men).

72. 59% of us say we're average-looking.

73. Blacks are more than twice as likely to call themselves beautiful.

74. 90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us.

75. 53% of us would take advice from Ann Landers.

76. 28% of us have skinny-dipped. 14% with the opposite sex.

77. 51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity.

78. On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year.

79. 20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends.

80. 2 out of 5 have married their first love.

81. The biggest cause of matrimonial fighting is money.

82. Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand.

83. 1 in 5 men proposed on his knees. 6% proposed over the phone.

84. 71% can drive a stick-shift car.

85. 45% of us consistently follow the speed limit.

86. 2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light.

87. 1/3 of us don't wear seat belts.

88. 12% of men never use their car blinkers.

89. 44% of men tailgate to speed up the person in front of them.

90. 25% of us drive after we've been drinking.

91. 4 out of 5 sing in the car.

Editors Note: Since apparently 39% of your houseguests will look in your medicine cabinet.. Here's how to get even. Next time you invite someone over and suspect they will look... take everything out of your cabinet and fill it with marbles instead. Imagine your guests suprise when they open that door! Especially good during a party.

From B.B. of course.

What do you think of some of these? Are they true or false? Let me know what you think about them and I'll post your opinion.

What do you think about Polls? Are they accurate or are they (the media or the pollsters) polling from small groups that say what their looking for? Let me know. ET