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Thread: What are the odds....literally

  1. #1
    28Prowler525
    Odds that a person between the age of 18 and 29 does NOT read a newspaper regularly: 3 to 1
    Odds that an American adult does not want to live to age 120 under any circumstances: 3 to 2
    Odds of injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
    Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
    Odds of injury from using a chain saw: 4,464 to 1
    Odds of injury from mowing the lawn: 3,623 to 1
    Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
    Odds of drowning in a bathtub: 685,000 to 1
    Odds of being killed on a 5-mile bus trip: 500,000,000 to 1
    Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
    Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
    Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
    Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
    Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
    Odds of getting away with murder: 2 to 1
    Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
    Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
    Odds of being considered possessed by Satan: 7,000 to 1
    Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1
    Odds that a celebrity marriage will last a lifetime: 3 to 1
    Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1
    Odds of being born a twin in North America: 90 to 1
    Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1
    Odds of being audited by the IRS: 175 to 1
    Odds of having your identity stolen: 200 to 1
    Odds of dating a millionaire: 215 to 1
    Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
    Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1
    Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1
    Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1
    Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1
    Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1
    Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1
    Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1
    Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1
    Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1
    Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1
    Odds of becoming president: 10,000,000 to 1
    Odds of winning the California lottery: 13,000,000 to 1
    Odds of becoming a saint: 20,000,000 to 1
    Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1
    Chance of an American home having at least one container of ice cream in the freezer: 9 in 10.
    Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820
    Chance of dying from intentional self-harm: 1 in 9,380
    Chance of dying from an assault: 1 in 16,421
    Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
    Chance of dying from any kind of fall: 1 in 20,666
    Chance of dying from accidental drowning: 1 in 79,065
    Chance of dying from exposure to smoke, fire, and flames: 1 in 81,524
    Chance of dying in an explosion: 1 in 107,787
    Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000
    Chance of dying in such a collision: 1 in 20,000
    Chance of dying from exposure to forces of nature (heat, cold, lightning, earthquake, flood): 1 in 225,107
    Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319
    Chance of dying from choking on food: 1 in 370,035
    Chance of dying in a terrorist attack while visiting a foreign country: 1 in 650,000
    Chance of dying in a fireworks accident: 1 in 1,000,000
    Chance of dying from overexertion, travel or privation: 1 in 1,428,377
    Chance of dying from food poisoning: 1 in 3,000,000
    Chance of dying from legal execution: 1 in 3,441,325
    Chance of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564
    Chance of dying from parts falling off an airplane: 1 in 10,000,000
    Chance of dying from ignition or melting of nightwear: 1 in 30,589,556
    Chance of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000
    Chance of dying from contact with a venomous animal or plant: 1 in 3,441,325
    Chance of dying from being bitten or struck by mammals (other than dogs or humans): 1 in 4,235,477
    Chance of dying from a mountain lion attack in California: 1 in 32,000,000
    Chance of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
    Chance of having a stroke: 1 in 6
    Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3
    Chance of getting arthritis: 1 in 7
    Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6
    Chance of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10
    Chance of developing schizophrenia: 1 in 00
    Chance of contracting the human version of mad cow disease: 1 in 40,000,000
    Chance of dying from SARS in the United States: 1 in 100,000,000
    Chance of American man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2
    Chance of an American woman developing cancer in her lifetime: 1 in 3
    Chance of getting prostate cancer: 1 in 6
    Chance of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9
    Chance of getting colon / rectal cancer: 1 in 26
    Chance of beating pancreatic or liver cancer: 1 in 9
    Chance of beating thyroid or testicular cancer: 9 in 10

  2. #2
    Nate56
    I like my odds on the last one...

  3. #3
    KingCole
    thata odd :hammerhea

  4. #4
    Phat Matt
    Odds anyone is going to read all the odds 1 in a 1,000,000.

  5. #5
    Sleek-Jet
    I call bullshit on this one... I'd like to see the statistics that prove it.
    Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1

  6. #6
    Water Romper
    Odds of being pissed off by lake lice...EVEN MONEY :devil:

  7. #7
    Angry Inch
    What are the odds of RD staying sober this weekend?
    I'm not liking this one:
    Odds that a first marriage will survive without separation or divorce for 15 years: 1.3 to 1

  8. #8
    Nord
    nice sig line there A I!!!!!!

  9. #9
    28Prowler525
    I call bullshit on this one... I'd like to see the statistics that prove it.
    Yeah I think a few of the are off a bit.
    Like these 2
    Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
    Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1

  10. #10
    Sleek-Jet
    Yeah I think a few of the are off a bit.
    Like these 2
    Odds of being killed sometime in the next year in any sort of transportation accident: 77 to 1
    Odds of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident: 69 to 1
    Of course we are assuming the pilot is flying. If they are just a passanger, they could be "drunk"...

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