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By the age of 40, 34% of British men have a criminal record.

I heard this on the radio a while ago and could hardly believe it but here is the source.

Isn't this like, very bad? And what other statistics can you shock me with?

― N., Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

With market penetration like that you'd think Creation would still be around! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

― dave q, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

34% of English men own a Starsailor record? SHOCKING.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dan, you are just recycling Dave's joke you fool.

― N., Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

... *sob*

― Dan Perry, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Are you going to let N. treat you like that, Dan?

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"*sob*" = "*son of a BITCH!*"

― Dan Perry, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Children, children.

― Ally C, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But what about that eh? 34% of 40 year old men having a criminal conviction.

― N., Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's not that shocking is it?

― Jonnie, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It doesn't surprise me in the least - it depends what circles you move in. My ex-wife's oldest sister married into a familyful of criminals. Five sons, two daughters, and the parents: all but one daughter had spent at least a year in prison. The son that she married was back in soon after: he stole a TV set from a judge's house. Surprisingly, the other judge was not lenient. These people were not master criminals, you know? I've known people go to prison for drugs offences, including dealing. A third seems about right. Maybe on the low side in a lot of areas around the East End of london, where I live.

― Martin Skidmore, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

70 percent of the households in the city (cleveland, ohio) I live in are headed by a single parent. I thought that was shocking.

― lawrence kansas, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Canadians own more Rod Stewart albums (per capita) than any other country.

― Kim, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am so naive.

― N., Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to own a Rod Stewart mini_poster, and I am afraid I will be included in the British criminal record pretty soon, though the relation between these two facts escapes to my poor imagination

― Arantxa, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

Shocking! Vote for us! Everybody Panic!

http://www.speaker.gov/img/jobsrecessions.jpg

However:

http://www.adammarquis.com/images/pelosi_corrected.gif

And:

http://www.williampolley.com/blog/images/2009/employ_recession.jpg

― StanM, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:25 (sixteen years ago)

All bogus. Show me the one where all the curves have always gone up.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:27 (sixteen years ago)

Like this?

http://www.turneraudio.com.au/graph-6sn7-curves+32k-loadline.gif

― StanM, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:30 (sixteen years ago)

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