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Wank & O'Brien Morning Mindbender
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Friday 6/26/09
This type of vehicle is responsible for 12,000 injuries every year in the U.S.
Answer: Golf cart!
Thursday 6/25/09
These backyard items are responsible for 100,000 emergency room visits every year in the U.S.
Answer: Trampolines
Wednesday 6/24/09
These have been around since the 1940’s but didn’t gain
widespread popularity until the oil shortage of 1973.
Answer: CB Radios
Tuesday 6/23/09
The very first one of these was generated 20 years ago. These days, 12 billion of them are generated every month.
Answer: Text messages
Monday 6/22/09
During the first half of 2009, the number of people selling this increased 22%.
Answer: Mary Kay - and other home based sales products
Friday 6/19/09
According to a recent survey by Woman's Day Magazine, 57% of married women regret doing this.
Answer: Marrying their husband!
Thursday 6/18/09
According to a recent survey, the average age that a man takes this up is 29.
Answer: Playing golf
Wednesday 6/17/09
The average American will accidentally consume two and a half gallons of this over their lifetime.
Answer: Pool water
Tuesday 6/16/09
According to a new survey out this morning, 28% of American families say they are spending less time together because of this.
Answer: The internet - Facebook and Myspace
Monday 6/15/09
The average American adult starts one of these four times a day. 8 times a day if they have kids.
Answer: A car
Friday 6/12/09
According to a new survey, 22% of Americans plan to attend one of these this weekend.
Answer: A barbeque
Thursday 6/11/09
According to a recent survey, 40% of adults wish they could change this about themselves.
Answer: Their height
Wednesday 6/10/09
According to a new survey, the average American home has six of these but only uses two of them on a regular basis.
Answer: Remote controls
Tuesday 6/9/09
According to a recent survey, the number one childhood memory people have is Christmas. This is the second most common childhood memory.
Answer: Getting lost
Monday 6/8/09
According to a recent survey, 16% of employees regularly lie to their boss about this.
Answer: Why they are taking a day off
Friday 6/5/09
According to a recent survey of 8 to 10 year olds, when asked "What one thing do you wish you had at your house", this was the number one answer.
Answer: A swimming pool
Thursday 6/4/09
According to a recent survey, 21% of Americans leave the house every morning without doing this.
Answer: Making their bed
Wednesday 6/3/09
Between the ages of two and five, the average kid will do this 400,000 times.
Answer: Ask a question
Tuesday 6/2/09
According to a recent survey, 72% of single women said they would still date an unattractive guy if he had this trait.
Answer: A good sense of humor
Monday 6/1/09
The average guy will buy a new one of these every two years and the average he'll spend on it is $30.
Answer: A belt
Friday 5/29/09
According to a new survey, 9% of married women say they first met their husbands here.
Answer: In a bar
Thursday 5/28/09
According to a new survey, 53% of households have one of these but only 24% use them for what they are intended.
Answer: A garage
Wednesday 5/27/09
According to a new survey, 58% of office managers admit to doing this during works hours.
Answer: Playing online games / surfing the internet
Tuesday 5/26/09
According to a recent study, women are 12% more likely than men to do this in a car.
Answer: Crash!
Friday 5/22/09
According to a recent survey, women said this is the most common fashion mistake they see men making.
Answer: Wearing pants that are too short - high waters!
Thursday 5/21/09
Although you ladies don't normally weigh these, the average one weighs 7 pounds.
Answer: A purse
Wednesday 5/20/09
According to a new study, 20% of these are unplanned.
Answer: Grocery store purchases
Tuesday 5/19/09
According to a recent survey, 23% of men would rather watch another guy do this than actually do it themselves.
Answer: A home improvement projec
Monday 5/18/09
15% of Americans have unfortunately had their picture taken here.
Answer: Jail
Friday 5/15/09
According to a new survey, 19% of single men admit they have done this before calling a woman to ask her out on a date.
Answer: Written down what they were going to say
Thursday 5/14/09
According to a recent survey, 68% of single women said there would be no second date if the man wears one of these on the first date.
Answer: A bow tie
Wednesday 5/13/09
According to a new survey, each spring 48% of women will change this.
Answer: The color of their hair
Tuesday 5/12/09
According to a recent survey, 28% of workers say this is the only thing that makes going to work worthwhile.
Answer: The office gossip
Monday 5/11/09
According to a recent survey, 43% of moms said this is all they really wanted from their kids for Mother's Day.
Answer: A hug
Friday 5/8/09
According to a new survey by the Motherhood Project, this is the number one concern moms have for their children.
Answer: Getting a good education
Thursday 5/7/09
According to a new survey, men with one of these earn 22% more than men without one.
Answer: A wife
Wednesday 5/6/09
According to a new survey, the average 35 year old man has two more of these this year than he did last year.
Answer: Pounds
Tuesday 5/5/09
According to a new survey there are an estimated 33 million of these in the United States, 23 million in California and Texas alone.
Answer: Mexican-Americans and Mexican immigrants
Monday 5/4/09
The average American carries around 7 of these. The world record for owning the most is 1,397.
Answer: Valid credit cards
Friday 5/1/09
The average American man spends 22 minutes a day talking about this.
Answer: Sports
Thursday 4/30/09
According to a recent survey, 30% of people do not know this about their spouse's job.
Answer: How much it pays!
Wednesday 4/29/09
According to a new survey in Glamour magazine, 25% of the clothes in the average woman's closet havethis in common.
Answer: They've never been worn!
Tuesday 4/28/09
According to a new study, the average person has more of this on a Tuesday than any other day of the week.
Answer: Stress
Monday 4/27/09
According to a recent online survey, 91% of men said this was their favorite thing to use in the kitchen.
Answer: The microwave
Friday 4/24/09
According to a recent survey, the number of women who handle their own home improvement projects has doubled in the past ten years and this is the number one reason the women gave for it.
Answer: To save money
Thursday 4/23/09
The average American man spends 81 minutes a day here.
Answer: In the car
Wednesday 4/22/09
According to a new study, the average American woman will spend $70,000 over her lifetime on this.
Answer: Hair care
Tuesday 4/21/09
12 billion of these come into the United States every year and the average one travels 4000 miles before reaching your kitchen.
Answer: Bananas
Monday 4/20/09
The average American household has 104 of these but only uses 16 of them on a regular basis.
Answer: TV Channels
Friday 4/17/09
According to a new survey, 43% of American adults
have one of these and 17% regret it.
Answer: A tattoo
Thursday 4/16/09
According to a new survey the average American will hold on to one of these for 29 weeks before throwing it away.
Answer: A magazine
Wednesday 4/15/09
According to a new survey, the average American spent nine hours working on this this year.
Answer: Their tax return
Tuesday 4/14/09
According to a new survey, this is the number one thing people plan to do with their tax refunds this year.
Answer: Pay down debt
Monday 4/13/09
Walt Disney World generates 240,000 pounds of this every day.
Answer: Laundry
Friday 4/10/09
According to a new survey of working women, the number one stress reliever after a tough day of work is watching a favorite TV show. What is the second most popular stress reliever for working women?
Answer: A glass of wine
Thursday 4/9/09
According to a new workplace survey, employees say this is the number one distraction at work.
Answer: The internet
Wednesday 4/8/09
It's opening week for Major League baseball. Fans at Yankee Stadium will see an average of 81 of these during a typical baseball season.
Answer: Marriage proposals on the Jumbotron
Tuesday 4/7/09
According to a new study, an estimated 6
million dollars a year is literally thrown away on this.
Answer: Wishes at fountains
Monday 4/6/09
According to a new study, having one of these adds 7 hours of housework to the average woman's week.
Answer: A Husband!
Friday 4/3/09
According to a new survey, 58% of single men say they have tried to meet women here on the weekends.
Answer: Church
Thursday 4/2/09
According to a recent survey, the average woman carries around four of these while the average man carries one.
Answer: Decorative or non-key items on their key ring
Wednesday 4/1/09
According to a recent survey, 32% of employees plan to do this when they get to work today.
Answer:
Participate in an April Fool's prank!
Tuesday 3/31/09
According to a new survey, 40% of married men said this yesterday.
Answer:
"I love you" to their wives
Monday 3/30/09
According to a recent study, the average adult loses 40 of these every day.
Answer:
Strands of hair
Friday 3/27/09
The average American spends four minutes a day doing this during the week and 12 minutes a day doing it on the weekends.
Answer: Preparing breakfast
Thursday 3/26/09
According to a new survey, despite the bad economy, men are still three times as likely as women to overspend on this.
Answer: A tip
Wednesday 3/25/09
The average American family calls one of these places 30 times a year.
Answer:
Pizza delivery
Tuesday 3/24/09
According to a new study by the magazine Psychology Today, men with this facial feature are more likely to attract women interested in dating but not marriage.
Answer:
A scar
Monday 3/23/09
The average lifespan for this fashion accessory is about seven months.
Answer:
Sunglasses
Friday 3/20/09
According to a new survey, 39% of men and 30% of women think their spouse is doing better at this than they would have thought.
Answer:
Aging / getting older
Thursday 3/19/09
Here's a sign of the economy - The cities of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are now no longer accepting applications for this type of daily work.
Answer:
Substitute teaching
Wednesday 3/18/09
Up until 1997 it was illegal for couples to do this in Ireland.
Answer: Get a divorce
Tuesday 3/17/09
There is one of these for every 350 people in Ireland.
Answer: A Pub
Monday 3/16/09
According to the latest Census survey, 34.5 million Americans have this background in common.
Answer: Irish ancestory
Friday 3/13/09
According to a new survey, the average college
freshman spends a little over ten hours a week doing this.
Answer: Drinking
Thursday 3/12/09
According to a new study, 47% of the residents of Mississippi have not done this in the past year.
Answer:
Been to a dentist
Wednesday 3/11/09
Last year, for the first time ever, a record 5% of bank robbers were this.
Answer:
Women
Tuesday 3/10/09
According to a new survey, when eating out, 40% of women will do this only if someone else does it first.
Answer:
Order dessert
Monday 3/9/09
The average one of these is 5' 6 1/2" tall and 121 pounds.
Answer:
Miss America
Friday 3/6/09
This year sales of this men's fashion accessory have increased for the first time in 15 years.
Answer:
Clip-on neck tie
Thursday 3/5/09
According to a new survey, 63% of homes have one of these devices but only 12% use it regularly.
Answer: Cassette Deck
Wednesday 3/4/09
According to a new study, American families spend an average of 13 minutes a day doing this. Back in 1980 it was closer to an hour a day.
Answer: Preparing dinner
Tuesday 3/3/09
According to a new survey 30% of grocery shoppers are buying more of these this year than ever before.
Answer: Generic or store brands
Monday 3/2/09
According to a new survey, 54% of working women say doing this in the morning before work helps them perform better during the day.
Answer: Dressing up
Friday 2/27/09
6 in 10 women believe it's bad to date a man that has this physical characteristic. What is it?
Answer: He weighs less than she does
Thursday 2/26/09
A survey asked if you could hypnotize your spouse to do anything, what would it be? What was the #1 answer?
Answer: Clean the house (#2 was "Give a massage")
Wednesday 2/25/09
According to a new survey, 20% of employees admit to doing this at least once a week.
Answer: Showing up late for work
Tuesday 2/24/09
This annual event generates an estimated 1500 tons of garbage.
Answer: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Monday 2/23/09
According to a new survey, 55% of adults tried to do this themselves when they were kids.
Answer: Cut their own hair
Friday 2/20/09
According to a new study, 4% of men are not aware that they have one of these.
Answer: A child
Thursday 2/19/09
According to a recent survey, this is the number one habit that annoys people most about their neighbors.
Answer: Parking in front of their house
Wednesday 2/18/09
Americans take one million of these every hour even though there's some evidence that they don't do anything for you.
Answer: Vitamins
Tuesday 2/17/09
Nearly 70% of employees have one of these. They were invented in the 60's and are getting smaller and smaller. What are they?
Answer: Cubicles
Monday 2/16/09
What did the 'S' in Harry S. Truman's name stand for?
Answer: Nothing! The letter was his entire middle name.
Friday 2/13/09
According to a new survey, 61% of men say they would like this for Valentine's Day but only 40% of men have actually received it.
Answer: Flowers
Thursday 2/12/09
According to a new survey, 25% of single men and 14% of single women say they have a secret one of these.
Answer: Crush on someone
Wednesday 2/11/09
According to a new survey, the most common computer password people use is "123456". What is the second most common computer password?
Answer: "password"
Tuesay 2/10/09
According to a new survey that asked women what they would like for Valentine's Day in this economy, #1 was still jewelry. What was #2?
Answer: A romantic note
Monday 2/9/09
According to a new survey 27 million Americans admit to regularlycommitting this crime, and also admit they only get caught about 3% ofthe time.
Answer: Shoplifting
Friday 2/6/09
According to a new survey, 31% of women say they will not go on a second date with a man if he does this during dinner at a restaurant.
Answer: Is rude to the wait staff
Thursday 2/5/09
According to a new survey, 49% of American workers say this is the most stressful thing about their job.
Answer: Their co-workers
Wednesday 2/4/09
According to a recent survey, sales of this hair related product have
shot up 65% in the past year.
Answer: Blonde hair dye
Tuesday 2/3/09
According to a new survey, 14% of American adults fall asleep here every night.
Answer: In front of the TV
Monday 2/2/09
Americans ate 11 million pounds of this yesterday.
Answer: Potato Chips
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