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Why all the British are idiots
Topic Started: Aug 18 2008, 11:35 AM (949 Views)
Kenny
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Present company excluded of course. :P

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Washington, Aug 18 : A new survey conducted by "America in the World", an independent pressure group, has found that Britons suffer from lack of knowledge as far as facts related to the US are concerned. They are governed by ignorance of the facts related to a wide ranging of issues...

To wit:

- 80% said that the U.S. sold Saddam 1/4 of his weapons from '73 to '90
- 70% said the U.S. had done a worse job than the EU in reducing carbon emissions
- Over 50% said polygamy was legal in the U.S.
- A majority said the U.S. has more often sided with non-Muslims than Muslims in conflicts since WWII
- Nearly a third said uninsured Americans are not entitled to emergency care

Clicky.

I'd be most curious to see how Americans misconceive Britain.
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The Palentine
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A lot of our misconceptions about the British i think, comes from the most part that the only contact most of us comes with the british comes from watching Britcoms and PBS. We tend to either consider them buffons like Benny Hill, or condescending snobs.
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Cobdenia
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In defence of my fellow countryman, most of it is ignorance of certain things that I wouldn't expect Brits to know about.

I might start a little quiz about Britain :P
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Kenny
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Heh, do that! :lol:

Make one on quizyourfriends.com, even. :P
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Cobdenia
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Here you go

EDIT: Balls, got the last Q answer wrong
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Kenny,Aug 18 2008
11:35 AM
I'd be most curious to see how Americans misconceive Britain.

They're all tea drinkers with funny accents and bad teeth. :D
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eco
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I suspect I'd have got a lot of those questions about the US pretty damn wrong...
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Cobdenia
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...5 dooziness 30...


As I said before,
"Everything I ever needed to know about Britian came from watching Benny Hill, Dave Allen at Large, and PBS." :captspauld:
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Kenny
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Er, well, I knew Wales was a principality! :rolleyes: I also accidentally got another one right - about the TV show, or something.

I bow to Felix's superior knowledge of Anglophilia.
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Kenny,Aug 19 2008
12:35 PM
I bow to Felix's superior knowledge of Anglophilia.

It was partly Anglophilia, partly blind luck. I'm good at taking multi-choice tests.
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Cobdenia
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I think one of you dashed Yanks should do one for us Brits now :P
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Kenny
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OK then:

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Apparently I don't know much about my own country, much less the UK.
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3 Felix 40

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