Results of the What Are Your Limits? Quick Poll

Here are the top ten most outrageous things people just should not do*, according to respondents:

1. Doing heroin 87%
2. Doing cocaine 83%
3. Practicing bulimia (bingeing and purging your food) 79%
4. Driving after drinking alcohol 78%
5. Going all the way on the first date 77%
6. Sniffing inhalants (glue, sprays) 77%
7. Doing nitrous oxide or "whippets" 74%
8. Doing ecstasy or "X" 72%
9. Doing hallucinogenic mushrooms 70%
10. Practicing anorexia (self-starvation) 69%

*Percentage of respondents that chose the "totally outrageous, people shouldn't do this" response

What's OK to do, according to most people? From the list of 90 things we thought people might consider dangerous or naughty, quite a few ended up being really on the mild side. With the exception of one activity, however, at least a few respondents thought of every item on the list as completely outrageous.

If you're going to do something hardly anyone thinks is horrible*, choose from this list (at your own risk!):

1. Holding hands on the first date -- nobody said this was totally outrageous, although 2% of you found it "a bit extreme"
2. Sending a love letter to a crush 1%
3. Downloading free music from the Internet 1%
4. Asking a boy out 2%
5. Sneaking into an R movie when you are underage for it 3%
6. Going on a cross-country road trip 3%
7. Using tampons 3%
8. Faking illness to skip school 3%
9. Going away for the weekend with friends 3%
10. Piercing your belly button 4%

*Percentage of respondents that chose the "totally outrageous, people shouldn't do this" response

Anything else? Well, everybody draws the line at different places, and there are lots of different opinions out there. There were six of you who plan not to have sex until you are married, but you think it's no big deal to terminate a pregnancy. Five of you said having sex without protection was no big deal, but think raising a baby as a single mother is totally outrageous (watch out!). Fourteen of you said it was a great idea to smoke pot but totally outrageous to do acid. Four of you think it would be totally outrageous to dye your hair a funky color, but piercing your tongue is no big deal! It just goes to show that people are thinking for themselves and making all kinds of choices...

Please make your choices carefully and make sure you know the facts. The Internet is a great place to do research.

• 62% of you think it is totally outrageous to smoke pot
• 57% of you think it is totally outrageous not to use birth control if you are sexually active
• 50% of you think it is totally outrageous to terminate a pregnancy
• 17% of you think sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night is a great idea
• 29% of you think cheating on a test is no big deal
• 4% of you think shoplifting an item under $20 is "a great idea - I would do it"
• 6% of you think engaging in homosexual sex is a great idea
• Only 12% of you think dissecting animals at school is a great idea, but 37% of you think setting your school's dissection animals free is a great idea.
• 49% of you think doing something you don't want to do just to fit in is totally outrageous; 15% of you say this is no big deal
• 7% of you say smoking cigarettes is "a great idea -- I would do it"
• 33% of you say having a party while your parents are away is a great idea
• 26% of you say not shaving your legs is no big deal; 12% say it's a great idea

Thanks to all those who took the survey!