92% of statistics are wrong... if you believe them at face value. Its bad enough that people love quoting statistics with no justification (there is none for the 92% - I made it up) but it really bugs me when the statistics state the obvious but mislead.
A recent article in our Courier Mail restated the oft quoted "Your more likely to have a car accident close to home" and got me onto my soap box...
I love nature and I love the environment. I've dragged my family to a beautiful corner of the world here in South East Queensland where we can walk from our door into rainforest (complete with a great variety of snakes and wildlife), gum forest (complete with koalas) and even the beautiful and contradictory 'dry rainforest' that adorns the higher parts of the local mountains.
When I hear people talking about the environment, I can never resist pointing out that the only hope for us is... space. In response they generally look at me like I'm a bit strange but I'm used to that.