A Man Who Knows His Math

> A MAN WHO KNOWS HIS MATH 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.