mysteryman wrote:Quote:The vast majority of Americans rarely read books. They own Pirates of the Carribean 3 on DVD. They drive five blocks to the mall to purchase a grill invented by a man who for years made a living getting punched in the face and has five sons named George. There are more plastic flamingos on their lawns than there are real flamingos in the world
Since you claim the "vast majority", I dont suppose you have any empirical evidence to back it up?
Ooh, a challenge!
Well, I'm
sure you followed the link I provided concerning American reading habits. Then again, there's a good chance you didn't read that part.
The fake to real flamingo ratio is indeed fact.
What's in between those two tidbits is not fact, but truth.
Now, I know you've popped many a Xanax, trembling by your computer, anxiously awaiting an "empirically" sound report replete with charts and graphs regarding the number of plastic flamingos purchased in the U.S., but I don't have the time tonight. There's this Graham Greene novel I want to finish. However I leave you with this additional FACT: the number of George Foreman grills manufactured in America each year is directly proportional to the number of children who "turn gay" in elementary school!