Sherry Taylor

Q: A poll of 1,169 of Americans reveals 42% of women and 28% of men admitted to doing this while watching a film?

A: talking to someone

AMERICANS AND BAD HABITS

A poll of  1,169 of Americans reveals the following:
— 46% of men and 37% of women admit to picking their nose in the last year.
— 41% of men and 30% of women admit to having passed gas around others in the last year.
— 35% of men and 11% of women admitted to have spit in the street
— 22% of men and 15% of women admitted to slurping their soup
— 55% of women and 45% of men admitted to having laughed loudly in the last year
— 42% of women and 28% of men admitted to talking to someone while watching a film.

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