# I just got my census forms! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330 "2006-05-04T00:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/21 "2006-05-06T00:11:15Z")
I got the short form this week and filled it out this morning. Household of six, and just as many “Mother Tongues:” English, French, German, Persian, Amharic, and American. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/22 "2006-05-06T02:20:17Z")
Maybe I’ll actually fill the things out this weekend. Or do the online thing. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/23 "2006-05-06T04:51:30Z")
I was hoping for the long form too, just for fun. I LOVE TO FILL OUT FORMS!!! I’m such a freak … ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/24 "2006-05-06T06:00:10Z")
FWIW, I got the long form, so I can’t submit it right away; it asks about how much I (worked, bought, had sex\*, etc.) “last week” when in fact “last week” is _next_ week. So I have to remember to keep track… \*no, not really ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/25 "2006-05-06T17:12:58Z")
And if you have the urge to piss on the proceedings (or Lockheed Martin at least), handy instruction are [here.](http://www.countmeout.ca/) Now I have to go find that form under the six inch stack of Canadian Tire flyers 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/26 "2006-05-06T17:36:26Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > FWIW, I got the long form, so I can’t submit it right away; it asks about how much I (worked, bought, had sex\*, etc.) “last week” when in fact “last week” is next week. So I have to remember to keep track… Yeah, sex really sucks when you have to fill out a timesheet about it. I wonder whether hookers have to do that. > [@Annie](#): > > And if you have the urge to piss on the proceedings (or Lockheed Martin at least), handy instruction are [here.](http://www.countmeout.ca/) Wow. I had no idea that we were outsourcing our census collection to the US. \ ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330/27 "2006-05-07T14:22:49Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I wonder whether hookers have to do that.Wow. I had no idea that we were outsourcing our census collection to the US. \ Don’t know why you’d blame the conservatives when it was the liberals who signed the deal (not that the conservatives are going to change it, but credit should be given to those who earned it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-census-forms/355330.md?page=1)