It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.

The average American is more focused on leadership than likeability. And more focused on qualifications than quality of speakership.

The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.