March 27, 2001
The Top 16 Real Statistics That We Made Up
- Number of dentists not intimidated by the powerful Trident lobbying committee: 1 out of 5
- Recommended average inflation pressure for TopFive contributor dates: 100 PSI;
Average ACTUAL inflation pressure for TopFive contributor dates: 150 PSI
- Percentage of "very special episodes" on "Blossom": 82%
- Number of votes by which George W. Bush carried Florida: 862 +/- 9301
- Amount of time it takes the average office worker to ALT+TAB from HoochieWorld.com to an Excel spreadsheet: .052 seconds
- Ratio of Cheney arterial blockage to Bush synaptic blockage: 1 to 1
- Chances that Suzi, newly added to your ICQ list, is actually female: 62%
- Lifespan of a $45 bouquet of anniversary roses: Two FRIGGIN' days
- Probability of the new U.S. President doing his Tom Cruise dancing in his Jockies in "Risky Business" impersonation in the Oval Office before 2004 : One-hundred-percentiary, dude!
- Probability that anything will happen when you walk into a room and flick the wall switch: 98% (nationwide); 46% (California)
- The amount of time Anna Nicole Smith has used up so far: 14 minutes, 59.7 seconds
- Most frequent odors encountered when meeting Jesse Helms: Tobacco, Brut, Brimstone, Ham
- Percentage of Americans who have difficulty grasping mathematical concepts: Purple
- Exact number of dots on the office ceiling at my lousy-ass, dead-end job: 36,783
- Odds of making the top 5 list without first introducing Chris White to some crisp Franklins: 1 in 104,376
and the Number 1 Real Statistic That We Made Up...
- Number of Supreme Court justices it takes to screw in a dim bulb: 5
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Selected from 150 submissions from 55 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Bob Van Voris, New York, NY -- 1, 14 (Woohoo! 1st #1!)
- Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA -- 2 Email / Website
- Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI -- 3, 9, Topic
- George T. MacMillan, Shillington, PA -- 4, 8
- Michael Sheinbaum, King of Prussia, PA -- 5, 6, 10 (Hat Trick!) Email / Website
- Kathy Good, Phoenix, AZ -- 7
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC -- 11 Email / Hall of Famer
- Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL -- 12 Email
- Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA -- 12
- Larry Baum, Hong Kong -- 13 Email
- Steve Hurd, Oakland, CA -- 15 Hall of Famer
- Scott Sistek, Seattle, WA -- 16 Email
- Tristan Fabriani, Passaic, NJ -- Banner Tag Email
- Doug Finney, Houston, TX -- Runner Up list name Email
- Larry Hollister, Concord, CA -- List moderator, HM name Email / Website / Hall of Famer
- Chris White, Irvine, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- The Who, London, England -- Ambience (explanation)
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