Census

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with a nice chianti and some fava beans.

~ Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

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I think that the census is important, but I don't have a lot of confidence in it. I guess we have to try, though. I am glad that the Census Bureau doesn't use that Hannibal Lecter quote to recruit people. I don't think it would work. 

Instead they use the image below. I feel like the image is not really representative of what it's like to be a census taker, though. But there are lots of things I don't know, so maybe I'm wrong. I guess someone has to conduct the census in the botanical gardens. I guess. (pause) I don't know much about the census process.