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GasX

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Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
From a Dutch newssite yesterday:

One in ten Brits: Hitler never existed

LONDON - Over one in ten Brits think Adolf Hitler was a fictional character. Robin Hood on the other hand has existed according to 25 percent. A lot of Brits have difficulties keeping historical facts and fiction apart, research has shown.

Almost half the Brits think that William Wallace - a 13th century Scottish hero, played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart - never really existed, while over half think the mythical King Arthur has truly been the king of England. Nine percent does not believe in Sir Winston Churchill. Six percent thinks the War of the Worlds - an invasion of Martians - truly has happened. Five percent thinks that Conan the Barbarian - from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie - really did exist.

The researchers think bad education and Hollywood are to blame for the lack of historical knowledge. The research was done at the request of Blenheim Palace, the castle where Churchill was born. The castle directors wanted to know how well Brits knew the Battle of Blenheim. Only one fourth of the Brits knew that this is one of the most important British military victories ever, when on August the 13th threehundred years ago one of Churchill's ancestors, the first duke of Marlborough, beat France, Bavaria and Prussia.
The polling population was a class of 6 year olds and a pair of 93 year old Alzheimer's patients...

 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

Well that explains a LOT right there.
:Q

What IS it with Brits and bad teath anyway?
Same thing that's with Americans and their fat asses :D
 

Skyclad1uhm1

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Aug 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
From a Dutch newssite yesterday:

One in ten Brits: Hitler never existed

LONDON - Over one in ten Brits think Adolf Hitler was a fictional character. Robin Hood on the other hand has existed according to 25 percent. A lot of Brits have difficulties keeping historical facts and fiction apart, research has shown.

Almost half the Brits think that William Wallace - a 13th century Scottish hero, played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart - never really existed, while over half think the mythical King Arthur has truly been the king of England. Nine percent does not believe in Sir Winston Churchill. Six percent thinks the War of the Worlds - an invasion of Martians - truly has happened. Five percent thinks that Conan the Barbarian - from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie - really did exist.

The researchers think bad education and Hollywood are to blame for the lack of historical knowledge. The research was done at the request of Blenheim Palace, the castle where Churchill was born. The castle directors wanted to know how well Brits knew the Battle of Blenheim. Only one fourth of the Brits knew that this is one of the most important British military victories ever, when on August the 13th threehundred years ago one of Churchill's ancestors, the first duke of Marlborough, beat France, Bavaria and Prussia.
The polling population was a class of 6 year olds and a pair of 93 year old Alzheimer's patients...

Already thought too many had it right for it to be a bunch of soccerfans ;)
 

imported_Phil

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Feb 10, 2001
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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

Well that explains a LOT right there.
:Q

What IS it with Brits and bad teath anyway?
Same thing that's with Americans and their fat asses :D

Go Skoorb :D
 

DannyBoy

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Nov 27, 2002
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Originally posted by: nemesismk2
Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I find the term British to be offensive, please use the term English instead! :disgust:

You mean the Welsh aren't guilty of some of those same things?

NO we aren't the same as English people, they are an Evil race of people controlled by Satan Blair! ;)

Damn you, welshman :disgust: :sheep;
 

nemesismk2

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Sep 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Originally posted by: nemesismk2
Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Originally posted by: nemesismk2
I find the term British to be offensive, please use the term English instead! :disgust:

You mean the Welsh aren't guilty of some of those same things?

NO we aren't the same as English people, they are an Evil race of people controlled by Satan Blair! ;)

Damn you, welshman :disgust: :sheep;

Hey don't get angry with me just because the last real man your gf has slept with was me last night! ;)
 

LordMorpheus

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Aug 14, 2002
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Originally posted by: DannyBoy
Brit's should be proud to be british, because:


Fact 1) 3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

lalala

I did this when I was a kid. I had a lego set with the 9V power system. And me being my organized self, I had many 9V batteries mixed in with all my peices in some big plastic bins. When my current battery would die, I'd pull out all the others I could find and use my tounge to bridge the terminals. If I got shocked, It was good. If nothing, I just threw it back in the bins. You would think that I would at least throw the known bad ones away, but I didn't.