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Title: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: ghanimah on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 08:16:36 Quote According to a survey, Swindon is Britain’s most ignorant town. In a poll carried out for the BBC TV series QI, the town came an embarrassing last place. Its residents struggled to name the colour of oranges, were confused over the number of legs an octopus has and were unsure when Advent begins. I wonder if they only quizzed those that visit the thisis site. Though if we're that dumb then how earth do we cope with this: Quote ...is also famed for having Britain’s most confusing road junction – consisting of five mini-roundabouts and nicknamed the Magic Roundabout. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328041/Swindon-comes-Brainiest-Town-Britain-quiz.html Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: STFC_Gazza on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 08:28:30 Meh, atleast we won something!
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Dozno9 on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 09:01:42 One of the questions: How can you weigh your head?
I really should know the answer. The amount of times I've been asked this, if I had a pound... Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Ardiles on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 09:26:11 Apparently, we're all 'outraged' as well.
It's an Outrage! (http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8622694.Is_QI_having_a_laugh_at_Swindon_/?ref=mc) Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 09:41:15 One of the questions: How can you weigh your head? I really should know the answer. The amount of times I've been asked this, if I had a pound... Water displacement. I would like to add I dont live in Swindon before anyone gets outraged at my non stupidity. Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: pauld on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 09:56:04 Apparently, we're all 'outraged' as well. I'm not. I'm too thick to be outraged. Although I would point out that everyone who appears on QI is a smug twat, probably only made bearable by the even greater smugness of the fuckwits who produce it.It's an Outrage! (http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/8622694.Is_QI_having_a_laugh_at_Swindon_/?ref=mc) Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Batch on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 11:41:38 They'll be claiming we try to rake moons out of ponds next.
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Dozno9 on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 12:44:45 Water displacement. I would like to add I dont live in Swindon before anyone gets outraged at my non stupidity. But water displacement makes no allowance for density, so maybe... Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Saxondale on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 12:45:42 You're all stupid.
I hail from the thriving cultural metropolis of Chippenham, so I'm fine. Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: RobertT on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 13:12:32 Without reading into it, were they specific on the type of Orange? I mean it's like the crossing the bridge bit on Monty Python's Holy Grail. Are we talking under perfect lighting conditions or in the dark. Were they looking for zero as the asnwer to Octopus leg count? and were questioned people able to ask for clarification on whether the questioner undertsood the implications of their own question?
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 13:27:44 Rob has a point, this is QI we're talking about here where the obvious answer is never the right answer.
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: pauld on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 14:58:02 OK, so basically this amounts to "People tricked by trick questions" shock. I still say they're all smarmy bastards.
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: chalkies_shorts on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 15:02:54 I don't get this "Apparently" bollocks.
Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: ghanimah on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 15:47:36 I don't get this "Apparently" bollocks. That's because you're stupid :) Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: reeves4england on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 16:00:48 Without reading into it, were they specific on the type of Orange? I mean it's like the crossing the bridge bit on Monty Python's Holy Grail. Are we talking under perfect lighting conditions or in the dark. Were they looking for zero as the asnwer to Octopus leg count? and were questioned people able to ask for clarification on whether the questioner undertsood the implications of their own question? Exactly. I'm pretty sure that QI claimed oranges are in fact green. So if we take green as the right answer, and everybody in Swindon says orange, that makes Swindon full of ignorant idiots.Oh, and I have never lived in Swindon. Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: chalkies_shorts on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 16:14:09 That's because you're stupid :) Good point, well made. Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: adje on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 16:31:58 I'm not. I'm too thick to be outraged. Although I would point out that everyone who appears on QI is a smug twat, probably only made bearable by the even greater smugness of the fuckwits who produce it. With the honourable exception of Rich Hall Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: axs on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 17:27:12 But water displacement makes no allowance for density, so maybe... The average density of the contents of your head happens to be similar to that of water, so it is a good approximation. I love QI, smug bastards or otherwise. Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: pauld on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 17:40:13 The average density of the contents of your head happens to be similar to that of water, so it is a good approximation. Except in Swindon where it's more like concrete because we're all a lot thicker :)Title: Re: Apparently we're all stupid Post by: oxford_fan on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 20:41:45 I'm not saying anything.
Except that to claim Swindon as being a "cultural hub" is more than a little broad. |