# The Bureau of Spontaneously Made-Up Statistics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383 "2005-02-22T19:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/21 "2005-02-22T23:56:07Z")
Approximately 23% of all college seniors wouldn’t know Spiro Agnew if he came up and bit 'em on the arse. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/22 "2005-02-23T00:09:37Z")
There was 3 types of people in this world, those who can count… and those who can’t. :o ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/23 "2005-02-23T00:18:19Z")
Fifty percent of the American population is half. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/24 "2005-02-23T00:30:06Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Fifty percent of the American population is half. And the other 50% is the other one-third. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/25 "2005-02-23T00:34:05Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Approximately 23% of all college seniors wouldn’t know Spiro Agnew if he came up and bit 'em on the arse. > > Robin And 1.6% of college seniors have had Spiro Agnew come up and bite 'em on the arse. 69% of dopers will find some sort of innuendo in any statistic given 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/26 "2005-02-23T00:34:49Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Approximately 23% of all college seniors wouldn’t know Spiro Agnew if he came up and bit 'em on the arse. > > Robin Only about 38.27% of college graduates know that a fun anagram of Spiro Agnew is “Grow A Penis.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/27 "2005-02-23T00:50:17Z")
70% of Americans claim to be good at math 30% of Americans claim to be bad at math 25% of Americans claim to be lousy at math ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/28 "2005-02-23T01:24:10Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > 25% of Americans claim to be lousy at math I belong to the other 65%! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/29 "2005-02-23T01:42:41Z")
5% of this post will be eaten by the hamst ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/30 "2005-02-23T02:00:16Z")
…and show up in a random future post. er ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/31 "2005-02-23T02:16:03Z")
This reminds me of the intentionally misleading bar graph in America The Book, captioned: “As you can see, there has been a sharp increase in the number of misleading bar graphs used since 1995” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/32 "2005-02-23T02:46:44Z")
7 out of 10 women with Hello Kitty vibrators have also dressed ring-tailed lemurs in tiny Elvis costumes. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/33 "2005-02-23T02:54:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand the binary system and those that don’t. So clever! 80% of the inhabitants of the planet earth think that if you divide 60 by 1/2 you will get 30. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/34 "2005-02-23T03:02:16Z")
Statistics sounds silly if you read it too many times. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/35 "2005-02-23T03:16:49Z")
Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Nope, not silly to me yet. Of course, only 15% of the population Washtucna give a darn about my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/36 "2005-02-23T03:51:52Z")
72% of Irish atheists believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/37 "2005-02-23T03:59:26Z")
This winter, 27% of Montrealers will bitch about how cold they are while outside in -20 weather without a scarf or hat. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/38 "2005-02-23T04:12:04Z")
100% of the population are Secret or closeted Farters. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/39 "2005-02-23T04:12:16Z")
I was going to post that 12.75% of old people are apathetic - but then I decided what’s the use? ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383/40 "2005-02-23T04:14:44Z")
Eleventy-seven percent of people will come up with the right Simpsons’ quote for this thread. Susan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bureau-of-spontaneously-made-up-statistics/291383.md?page=3)