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With the WGA strike officially over, folks are champing at the bit to assess the
gains and losses for both sides. However, with much of the focus understandably on the financial terms of the WGA's new contract, there is a slew of important strike data being overlooked. 23/6 breaks down the real figures, some of which may help put the impact of the 12-week strike into perspective, and some of which might just leave you wishing the strike would have gone on forever.

31: Percentage of writers forced to switch from Fiji water to fire hydrant water.

4,197: Comments posted on Deadline Hollywood that included the phrase "AMPTP shill faggot."

137: Times (per week) the average WGA member was asked, "So, when's this thing gonna be over?"

1: Number of times "We're all in this together" will be heard post-strike (said by a guy in an elevator, to his fellow passengers).

3: Number of "theme days" the WGA Strike Team planned to roll out in the coming weeks. ("Talk Like Your Favorite Demonic Studio Head" Day, "Bring Your Daughter's Math Tutor to Picket" Day, "Wear The Clothes You Would Be Forced to Wear If All The Proposed Rollbacks Were Accepted" Day)

21: Percent of Deadline Hollywood readers who fantasized that Nikki Finke was a 26-year old, olive-skinned brunette who typed all of her posts clad only in black lingerie.

November 1, 2007: The first official day of the WGA strike.

November 3, 2007: The date the AMPTP claims they would have settled had WGA President Patric Verrone not be so "darn creepy looking."

1: Number of other slogans seriously considered before deciding on "Pencils Down!" ("Drain your laptop battery and then don't recharge it thereby rendering it useless!")

3,492: Number of WGA members who voted to end the strike.

283: Number of WGA members who voted to remain on strike and not return to work.

283: Number of WGA members who voted to not return to work and also happen to work on CW shows.

180: Miles walked by the average writer in 12 weeks on the picket line.

59 years, 7 months: Time it will take for the average writer to walk another 180 miles.

11: Number of affairs between writers and the Eastern European au pairs they "never really noticed before the strike."

71 days: Length of upcoming 2011 WGA strike over "even newer media" (i.e., sitcoms delivered in gel capsule form, movies dropped into eyes, one-hour dramas applied directly to the forehead).