Every day, around the world people throw away an estimated $35 milion in what?

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Clarification of Question by anthony504-ga on 18 Nov 2006 07:35 PST

Well, I actually do not know the true answer, YET.... I will find out
on the 20th so if any of you were right, Ill let you all know who was
right if anyone.... These are the type questions my college professor
asks us weekly to get us interested in what ever it is he is teaching
us... I'm not real sure what that is yet... It was supposed to be
Psych2 when I signed up for the class... AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
GUESSES if the one I choose (newspapers) is right Ill get some very
much needed extra credit in the class.

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Clarification of Question by anthony504-ga on 22 Nov 2006 23:26 PST

The Answer is MONEY!!!

I guess the easy answers are overlooked! 

Thank you all anyway though!! I get these every few days. 

I may start asking them all!

I'd say trash.

Toilet Paper?

Newspapers - which are mainly Trash and often finish up as Toilet
Paper (but, before anyone jumps to conclusions, not in my house).

O.J. Simpson books.

Bottles and cans that can be returned for deposits and recycled.

Newspaper for toilet paper, Bryan? OUCH!!!

Steph53

Ummmm, business cards!

Cash, in the form of small change
K22

Trivia books?

My guess is "postage stamps"

tutuzdad-ga

food.

Hmmm..  after extensive searching, I think that the only possible
answer to this question is..... GA hats and t-shirts!

Thank you, thank you.. :)

Is that US dollars, or Canadian? 'Cuz if it's Canadian, $35 million is
like, what, five bob?

Hours browsing Google Answers?

Congratulations anthony504...any question with 10 comments or more is a good one.
K22

Anchovies from the top of pizzas?

Sticky notes?

Gum?
Disposable diapers?
Toothbrushes?

Coins in fountains and wishing wells.

coupons?

I agree with barneca, my bet is on FOOD.

Can't be food.  At the prices they charge, Los Angeles restaurants on their
own throw away $35 million worth of food each day.

upon reflection, although i think denco overstates things a bit, he
has a good point.  $35 million is only $0.12 per person in just the
us.  i'm sure americans throw away at least an order of magnitude more
food than that each day, so $35 million would be way too small for the
whole world.

$35 million is actually a pretty small number spread out over the us,
and pretty much negligible (half a penny, or 1% of the income of
someone making $15/month) when spread out over the whole world.

sorry to lead you astray, cynthia.  fyi, it's usually safer to assume
the opposite of whatever i guess in cases like this...

so how does this work, anthony504?  do you know the answer and will
tell us when someone guesses right?  or are we pretty much doomed to
never know the correct answer?

-cab

Money?

How bizarre - I would like to see your professor's calculations.

Or maybe he has a Chair of Slapstick Comedy?