A Man Who Knows His Math

He writes:

I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver, who cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing the driver to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her.

This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and gave the woman the finger.

"Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in traffic, and here's why:

I drive 48 miles each way every day to work.

That's 96 miles each day.

Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper.

Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway.

There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles.

That works out to 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.

Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper-to-bumper, I figure I pass at least another 4000 cars.

That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass every day.

Statistically, females drive half of these.

That's 18,000 women drivers!

In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has PMS.

That's 642.

According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as dissatisfying or unrewarding.

That's 449.

According to the National Institute of Health, 22% of all females have seriously considered suicide or homicide.

That's 98.

And 34% describe men as their biggest problem.

That's 33.

According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry weapons and this number is increasing.

That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is armed.

Give her the finger? I don't think so.

:tapemouth

hahahhahahaahaaaaaa.... that's awesome....

Most women

That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is armed.

Give her the finger? I don't think so.

I work with about 2000 women that commute to work each day. I'm not that worried about my drive in, I just hope that they had a good one.

I know several women that fall into that category. They wouldn't even give someone the opportunity to flip the bird. So actually, if you survive long enough to do so, you are probably safe.

I work with about 2000 women that commute to work each day.

You work with 2000 women? What the heck do you do?

m

whatever it is, it must get pretty intense every 28 days....

The business is health insurance.... The labor force has always been heavy on the female end. I started there 25 years ago and the ratio was 80/20% female heavy. Now it's about 90/10. I really enjoyed the odds when I was 30, but that was a long time ago. Too bad I'm in geezer status. Believe me, it's not the picnic that some would imagine. I'm lucky, I can pretty much come and go (depending on how many business needs I can drum up). "Every 28 days...." Nope. That's every day. The cycles only seem to coordinate in little work clusters, so you learn which area to avoid based on the calendar. Funny this thread came up today.... this was one of those days when I was in the wrong place at the wrong time..... it was a true test of skill and strength. Don't get me wrong, some of them are true joys that you'd be happy to take home to yo mommy..... some represent the other side of the coin. I guess it's kinda like the old bell curve with the majority in the 'neutral' middle and small but very identifyable extremes on the ends.