trivia 7/21

trivia 7/21
DID YOU KNOW...
At 17,139,445 square miles (44,391,162 kms) Asia is the biggest and highest
populated of the continents.


1. The rightmost two stars of the Big Dipper are known as, "The Pointers."
What do they point to?
2. Which species of mammals are "cetaceans"?
3. If one doubles the radius of a circle, what does one get?
4. In 1986's 'Little Shop of Horrors', Steve Martin played a sadistic
dentist. What star played his eager patient?
5. Where did Cain go after he killed Abel?
6. Name the two moons of Mars...
7. Who Am I ??
I was a King ! Hailed by Pope Leo X as "Defender of the Faith", I later
dissolved the monasteries in Britain and pocketed much of their wealth.
8. By what name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio better known ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Americans spend 6.4% of their income on food, which is the lowest of any
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1. Polaris (Acceptable; the North Star)
2. whales, dolphins and porpoises
3. The Diameter
4. Bill Murray
5. The Land of Nod
6. Phobos and Deimos
7. I am Henry VIII
8. Pope Francis

TRUTH !!
There are only eight countries in the world that spend less than 10% of
their household income on food. Four of these are in Europe: the UK is third
at 8.2%, followed by Switzerland at 8.7%; Ireland spends 9.6% and Austria
9.9%.

The remaining four countries are spread across the globe. The US spends the
least at 6.4%, Singapore spends the second lowest amount at 6.7%. Canada
spends 9.1% on food, while Australia spends 9.8%.

some of the statistic are a trifle difficult to accept...
like the food costs. according to the gubbymint (oh,,,,) median household income in 2015 = $55,775

6.4% of that = $3,569.60
that's
$297.47 a month

that'll get you checked out twice. I call fishy . . .

ChowderMan said:

some of the statistic are a trifle difficult to accept...
like the food costs. according to the gubbymint (oh,,,,) median household income in 2015 = $55,775

6.4% of that = $3,569.60
that's
$297.47 a month

that'll get you checked out twice. I call fishy . . .

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Well, it depends on how many in the household and how you eat. I would imagine that most of us on this forum spend more $ for food than your average family, though I do think that is a bit low regardless given how price of milk and other staples has gone up, especially lately.

The Source ..............

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/this-map-shows-how-much-each-country-spends-on-food/

indeed. those numbers come up in the 'stop wasting 40% of your food' discussions. it's really quite curious how low it is.

the "average household size" = 2.53 - making it $3.92 per day per person

true the collective "we" here, being more food oriented, probably do spend more - but under $4/day? that's a stretch. the "USA average" food stamp amount per beneficiary is $127.57

using average this-es and average that-es,,, the math and a trip to the grocery store just does not work. and we're not in an expensive area either.

$3.92 per day per person does not come close to what we spend at the grocery store ...and we eat out 2 or 3 times a week. For 2 people that = 235.20 for a 30 day month.

But ...Thinking about it a lot of what we buy at the grocery store is not food, but cleaning supplies, bags for trash, toiletries etc.