FBI report on auto theft
 

The FBI announced today that 30% of all auto thefts occur on Friday and Saturday.

I saw this piece of info on a CNN crawl today. OK, Friday and Saturday are two days of the week. There are seven days of the week. Therefore, Friday and Saturday represent roughly 29% of the week.

A few years ago the Inquirer wrote that Jersey shore officials excitedly announced that 24% of all auto collisions happen during the summer months.

Duh.

Shock horror!
 

Half of all Americans have IQs below average.

Americans 'tend to stretch weekends': 40% of US work absences are on Monday or Friday.

There is a book called 'Innumeracy' that tells these better.

hmmm.


half of americans have iq's below the other half.

you can quote me on that.

Re: Shock horror!
 

There was a Dilbert once where the PHB pointed that out in a metting (that 40% of all sick days are taken on Mon or Fri) and annouced that it "must stop." The intern laughed aloud and said "HAHAHA! That's a good one..... wait... are you serious?" Wally leans over and says "Welcome to Hell, Kid".

Always liked that one.

Sounds like the FBI if full of PHBs.

Re: FBI report on auto theft
 

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in pushing graduated driving programs, noted that almost 40% of auto accidents involving young people happen between 9pm and 6am.