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Offline redsniper

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Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
on: February 03, 2008, 11:06:22 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od_afp/britainpeoplehistoryoffbeat

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LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
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The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.

And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.

Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.

Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.

Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.

UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.

See, there are dumb people everywhere. ;)
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Offline jdjtcagle

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #1 on: February 03, 2008, 11:52:49 pm
Yes definitely everywhere
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 12:01:03 am
I had no doubt that there are dumb people in a country that allowed itself to be government by Margaret Thatcher.
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #3 on: February 04, 2008, 12:15:28 am
well, richard MIGHT be a myth.....
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #4 on: February 04, 2008, 12:31:01 am
Feel bad for stupid people!

Feel guilt that you are smarter than them!

Give them money so they dont hurt others trying to make a living on their own!

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #5 on: February 04, 2008, 02:13:11 am
Quote from: redsniper on February 03, 2008, 11:06:22 pm
according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth

While the other 75% thought he was a mythter? :rolleyes:

Looks like both political parties are succeeding in their goal of making us as stupid as the Yanks!
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Offline Admiral_Stones

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 02:14:12 am
Bah.
Death Penalty on stupidity, I say.

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Offline Mr. Vega

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #7 on: February 04, 2008, 05:16:20 am
Of course, maybe the results are utter bull****?
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Offline Thor

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #8 on: February 04, 2008, 06:21:31 am
100% of respondents thought this quiz was a myth.    :p
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #9 on: February 04, 2008, 06:28:36 am
Quote from: Thor on February 04, 2008, 06:21:31 am
100% of respondents thought this quiz poll was a myth.    :p

Fixed!  :P
Quote from: karajorma on February 04, 2008, 02:13:11 am
Quote from: redsniper on February 03, 2008, 11:06:22 pm
according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth

While the other 75% thought he was a mythter? :rolleyes:

 

Really, I thought he was a Mythess!  :lol:
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #10 on: February 04, 2008, 06:31:21 am
the problem with these surveys is they only represent the part of the population stupid enough to waste their time on a survey.
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #11 on: February 04, 2008, 06:38:39 am
The title of this thread made me laugh, and I was tempted to say completely untrue. Run this survey in certain parts of London though and your subjects are likely to be most immigrant. In which case the fact that 75% of them know Churchill is actually pretty impressive  :yes:. Seriously though. Surveys suck. Every time you quote a **** survey another one gets commisioned. Hang your head in shame sir.
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Offline Wobble73

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #12 on: February 04, 2008, 06:41:08 am
Quote from: Nuke on February 04, 2008, 06:31:21 am
the problem with these surveys is they only represent the part of the population stupid enough to waste their time on a survey.

Plus if someone came up to me and asked me If Winston Churchill was a myth, I'd say yes just to be sarcastic! That's the problem, do their answers really reflect what they believe, did they answer truthfully?

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Offline Flipside

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #13 on: February 04, 2008, 07:05:32 am
Ask 15 immigrant families on an Estate in Hackney and you'll probably get this result, same as the American polls, many of them are really centred around the social group being asked.
 

Offline jdjtcagle

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #14 on: February 04, 2008, 07:14:44 am
Quote from: Nuke on February 04, 2008, 06:31:21 am
the problem with these surveys is they only represent the part of the population stupid enough to waste their time on a survey.
:lol:

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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #15 on: February 04, 2008, 07:16:59 am
Quote from: Fearless Leader on February 04, 2008, 12:31:01 am
Feel bad for stupid people!

Feel guilt that you are smarter than them!

Give them money so they dont hurt others trying to make a living on their own!

**holds out a tin cup** :(

The truth of it is, they just made the decision not to educate themselves, I guess calling them stupid was wrong.  EVERYONE makes bad decisions 
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #16 on: February 04, 2008, 07:26:48 am
Personally I know nothing about Polish or Turkish politics.
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #17 on: February 04, 2008, 03:42:41 pm
So does that mean I'm free to quote you guys on how surveys mean nothing, etc. the next time we have a thread like "65% of Americans don't know where China is" or something similar?
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #18 on: February 04, 2008, 03:45:54 pm
Quote from: redsniper on February 04, 2008, 03:42:41 pm
So does that mean I'm free to quote you guys on how surveys mean nothing, etc. the next time we have a thread like "65% of Americans don't know where China is" or something similar?

Sure, after all 65% of statistics are made up any how! :lol:
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Re: Nearly 25% of Brits think Churchill is a myth
Reply #19 on: February 04, 2008, 03:46:42 pm
I don't actually recall anyone taking those seriously other than to wind up the people who thought we did, but go ahead and quote, we all know the truth :p ;)
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