Our census form arrived in the mail today.

Inside was a letter, with a message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, urging me to “Please complete and mail back the enclosed census form today.”

The mail arrived on March 15th, and the message inside is dated March 15th.

There’s just one teeny tiny problem with this. The Census Form instructs me to answer all questions based on who is living in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1st, 2010.

But they’re urging me to fill it out today, March 15th.

Do they want me to guess? time travel? make stuff up?

What if I fill out the form today and our house burns down in the next two weeks and there’s nobody living here on April 1st?

What if the rest of the world burns down and all my kids and grandkids move back home and there’s 17 people living here on April 1st?

Would they charge me with falsifying data on the Census form?

Incidentally, me and all my kids are Americans. I’m just sayin’.