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**MexicoCity** · 04-24-2008, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by Omni Rex Draconis
"Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes!"

- www.colourlovers.com Really? Wow! I think the maths also holds up too.

Divide 6.3 billion by 365.25 and you get the combined man-hours (or should that be kid-hours?) per day nationwide. That's about 17.2 million man-hours a day, combined.

Given that there's about 300 million US residents, then 17 million is (coincidentally) about 17% of them. That's eminently reasonable. May even be a little on the low side. Maybe kids make up about 20 or even 25% of the population, I'd hazard.

So all you'd need would be for each kid to spend about an hour a day coloring, and you'd get 17.2 man-hours a day. For 6.3 billion man-hours a year.

Far out!

04-24-2008, 07:14 AM	#5
MexicoCity Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Originally posted by Omni Rex Draconis "Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes!" - www.colourlovers.com Really? Wow! I think the maths also holds up too. Divide 6.3 billion by 365.25 and you get the combined man-hours (or should that be kid-hours?) per day nationwide. That's about 17.2 million man-hours a day, combined. Given that there's about 300 million US residents, then 17 million is (coincidentally) about 17% of them. That's eminently reasonable. May even be a little on the low side. Maybe kids make up about 20 or even 25% of the population, I'd hazard. So all you'd need would be for each kid to spend about an hour a day coloring, and you'd get 17.2 man-hours a day. For 6.3 billion man-hours a year. Far out!
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