Statistical Observation

[H]

[size=10]I recently read some responses to a listing of life expectancies. The U.S. overall expectancy (specific expectancy varies per area/state) is @78.37 years, putting us at #50 on the world chart. However, someone stated, "...That is why our youth are unhealthy and we are ALL dying younger."
That statement is errant: overall we are living longer -- we just haven't extended the range as much as elsewhere since our expectancy of 75 years was attained in the last century. When statistics are applied, we should all pay heed to all aspects of what they actually imply. Concerning the matter, I wish to present a condensed statistical essay:

[color=#003399]92.4% of juvenile delinquents have eaten tomatoes.
87.1% of the adult criminals in penitentiaries throughout the United States have eaten tomatoes.
84% of all people killed in automobile accidents during a given year have eaten tomatoes.
100% of those people, born before 1850, known to have eaten tomatoes -- regardless of race, color, creed or caste -- have died!
Although a number of tomato eaters born in the first decades of the 20th century still manage to survive,

[beaky]

Mark Twain proved over 100 years ago that the most dangerous thing you can do is lie in bed...

http://www.mtwain.com/The_Danger_Of_Lying_In_Bed/0.html

[patchz]

Ok, so don't eat tomatoes and stay out of bed.

[H]

Ok, so don't eat tomatoes and stay out of bed.

Certainly, don't lie in bed while eating tomatoes lest inclined toward messy positions.

8-)

[Webb]

Looks like it's time for another warning on the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

[quote]Some of the known perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
     

[Steve M]

Mark Twain proved over 100 years ago that the most dangerous thing you can do is lie in bed...

http://www.mtwain.com/The_Danger_Of_Lying_In_Bed/0.html

Interesting, I love Mark Twains writings. There is another form of lying in bed that can get you dead faster than a train or a tomato!  Same word different meaning.