We’re not sure what this poll proves, but it gets our vote for oddest political survey so far.
About 20 percent of New Jersey’s voters sport tattoos, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton poll.
And 14 percent of the state’s inked voters say they’ll vote for Mitt Romney — while 22 percent will cast ballots for President Obama.
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Meet Bob and Maren Retzlaff, the Green Bay Packers’ two most loyal fans.
To show their support, they’re making the 160-mile trip from their house in Tomah, Wis., to Lambeau Field by horse and buggy for the team’s home opener — their 11th such journey.
“Most people are nice. Only 5 percent will say, ‘Get your horse off the road,’ ” Bob said. “They’re probably Bears fans.”
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They were seeing red in the Netherlands.
A total of 1,255 redheads gathered in the city of Breda to set a new Guinness record over the weekend.
Some 5,000 redheads showed up — but most were disqualified because they had dyed their hair.
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A Russian man wanted to be sure his girlfriend loved him to death — so he hired a movie director, stunt men and a make-up artist to stage a car crash in which he “died.”
“We’d arranged to meet at a certain place,” said the woman. “But when I arrived there were mangled cars everywhere.”
Her boyfriend was lying in the road covered with fake blood.
When she broke down in tears, he came to life and popped the question.
She said yes, but added that she was so angry, “I almost killed him again — this time for real.”
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Maybe that’s why so many romance novels feature purple prose.
A British survey found that people who decorate their bedrooms in purple have the most active sex lives — scoring 3.49 times a week.