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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou might not believe this but I checked, and the science is very sound....
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I want a three headed skeleton with eight legs.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
Okay...gotta look that one up!
Arkansas Granny
(31,515 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)Taitertots
(7,745 posts)Because the average is brought down by people with amputations.
tridim
(45,358 posts)I demand a recount!!!!!111
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)That would bring the average back up, but which bones? Infants have more bones because their skulls have yet to fuse.
progressoid
(49,988 posts)NickB79
(19,236 posts)Finally, all that hillbilly inbreeding is bringing UP the national average for once!
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)From personal experience...
I've never met a person with extra fingers/toes and I've met numerous people with missing bones (amputations, accidents, missing from birth....)
Tikki
(14,557 posts)but, my skeleton is, ah
picked cleaner..
Tikki
postulater
(5,075 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)You are rounding.
--imm
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)ish.
It's a Friday night, I'm not doing any hard math. Half the people are guys (2), half are women (0)...
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)that if spread out it would completely cover most of northern Africa.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)they would be dirty and no one would eat them
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)BadgerKid
(4,552 posts)I have five fingers. Go figure!
petronius
(26,602 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)How did you check?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)It was a total surprise that the results were humerus.
randome
(34,845 posts)You always come through!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
Kaleva
(36,298 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Sounds liberal-ish to me.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)...from BENGHAZI
Courtesy Flush
(4,558 posts)While the majority of humans contain an entire skeleton, when you factor in all the people with missing bones (like me. I'm an amputee) the "average" is less than a whole skeleton. I suppose that there are a few people out there who have more than a full skeleton, but they're much more rare than amputees, so we're still bringing down the average.
But I am aware that there are other ways of calculating averages, so at worst you need an asterisk by your claim.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)CFLDem
(2,083 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)I think it's funny when you see full skeletons jump out at someone in a movie. Sometime you can see the screws or wires holding the pieces together.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I'll wait for more research.
treestar
(82,383 posts)otherwise, I ain't buying it!
treestar
(82,383 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)that average here means that half the population has more bones, and half the population has fewer bones.
Sid
randome
(34,845 posts)And what's the average for ducks?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)It's a tin-foil loon
Sid