Something to think about ....

[Driver]

This is worth reading

From Phillip M Harter, MD, Stanford University, School of Medicine:
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, here's what you would have:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere (both north and south)
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth, and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer.

Out of the 20 categories listed, I would meet the requirements for 8 (and I'm not going to tell you which ones ). How many would you fit into?

Col

[Wongo]

11 would be homosexual

I find the fact that homosexuality do not happen in pair disturbing .

[Auld Bassoon]

I find the fact that homosexuality do not happen in pair disturbing .

Not half as much as if you were the other...:eek:

Col: Also 8 - methinks it's pretty easy to guess which ones.

Interesting to note that the wealth distribution does not coincide, even closely, with the (formal) education.

[Wongo]

Captain, it is indeed a very interesting study.

I too did some very interesting research when I was in university. I found that we were all born with uneven legs. My study showed that you either have one leg longer then the other or one leg shorter then the other.

Cheers:eek:

[Sturdee]

I can only make it 5, but then I don't live in substandards housing, don't suffer from malnutrition , be near death or about to give birth.

Typical seppo study, Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans are included but not us Aussies.


Peter.

[Iain]

How can you be near birth, either you are here or you're not:confused:

[doug the slug]

I find the fact that homosexuality do not happen in pair disturbing .

Wongo, doesnt it disturb you that heterosexuality didnt occur in pairs either?

[Glenn_M]

I can only make it 5, but then I don't live in substandards housing, don't suffer from malnutrition , be near death or about to give birth.

Typical seppo study, Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans are included but not us Aussies.


Peter.

I've seen a version that include us Aussies - sort of, we aren't enough to count without our neighbours it seems.........

http://www.worldvision.com.au/onebig...600&height=400

Numbers are a bit different though....

Cheers,

[Driver]

Captain, it is indeed a very interesting study.

I too did some very interesting research when I was in university. I found that we were all born with uneven legs. My study showed that you either have one leg longer then the other or one leg shorter then the other.

Cheers:eek:

Did your research also reveal the other interesting fact: that, statistically speaking, the average human being has fewer than two legs?

[Driver]

Typical seppo study, Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans are included but not us Aussies.

You really don't like 'em, do you Peter?

[boban]

I thought Aussies are Asian. According to FIFA we are.

[journeyman Mick]

Which is the western hemisphere?:confused: West of Greenwich? The international dateline?

Mick

[Sturdee]

You really don't like 'em, do you Peter?

What gives you that idea Col. :confused:

I reckon a goodly number of them are wonderful people, but I do get annoyed with their superior outlook over the rest of the world. ( If I say anymore will only move this post :eek: )

Fancy listing the peoples of 4 continents but ignoring us, maybe it is because most of them still think that we are located somewhere south of Germany and east of Switzerland and speak german.

Peter.

[Waldo]

G'day,

Well I make 7, but how do I know if I'm close to death? If I knew, it would be 8.

I'm with Sturdee on his comment, "... but I do get annoyed with their superior outlook over the rest of the world"

Good nigh one and all, sweet dreams.


Have I said that Hagar isn't spilling his beer and Dougs jugs aren't bouncing?

[doug the slug]

maybe it is because most of them still think that we are located somewhere south of Germany and east of Switzerland and speak german.

are you saying thatyou give theworld a bad impression of the rest of us aussies, sturdee?