[ClearCase_guy]

They just need an incentive to get over the taboo and answer the question.

Send an email to their huts and say that the brother-in-law of the President of the United States, has left $40M in an account for them, if they will reveal how many children they have.

[Parmenio]

"And what is a male census worker to do when Muslim women are home alone?

Don't count them?

[Parmenio]

"And what is a male census worker to do when Muslim women are home alone?

Don't count them?

[mysterio]

Easily solved. They know how many adults there are. All they need to do is count the email scams and subtract the known number of adults from that number. The remaining number is the number of children. Of course, this assumes that each Nigerian is only involved in one email scam, so my strategy is probably not sound.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Taboos will shortly hinder American Census-takers. Heh heh heh.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Census Taker. I'd prefer not to stand here on my doorstep so please step inside. Oh, first I'll have to put away my guns...'cept this one."