Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth

[Skybird]

Who needs history lessons when we have this:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3174503

It's a popular top hit over here currently.

Send it to Osama. Maybe he becomes tame, then.

P.S. And this was the top one hit over here a year ago or so (click one of the links in the list)
http://www.pixel7.de/Schnappi.html

Germany. Nation of thinkers and poets, cultural superpower of the past.

Meanwhile my hometown, declared world capital of culture one year ago, still fights - since years - wether it should built it's first dedicated concert hall to finally attract international high callibre artists in the world of cassical music (local classical music scene currently is third-class province format only, if even that), or go along with the Greens' and SPD's demand not to be so elitist and burguois and leaving the ground free for a three-times-a-yeary fair to please the crowds.

[Oberon]

*Monocle* *Chokes on tea.*

"Churchill! Myth?!?!? Let me at them! Just let me at them!!"

[StdDev]

Oh dear..

[antikristuseke]

wait, what? HOW?

[stabiz]

Yeah, ignorance is the new plague. I saw a video of some australians interviewing americans about the war in Iraq, and several pointed to Australia on the map when asked where Iraq was.

[Letum]

"UKTV Gold television surveyed"

Thats all I need to know.

I am suprised UKTV viewers did that well!

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by stabiz

Yeah, ignorance is the new plague. I saw a video of some australians interviewing americans about the war in Iraq, and several pointed to Australia on the map when asked where Iraq was.

Reminds me of Jaywalking with Jay Leno...some of the responses he gets are down right sad.

[Tchocky]

UKTV Gold, don't they show Dad's Army anymore?

[baggygreen]

Originally Posted by stabiz

Yeah, ignorance is the new plague. I saw a video of some australians interviewing americans about the war in Iraq, and several pointed to Australia on the map when asked where Iraq was.

That video was a bit of a setup though. The maps were labelled incorrectly on purpose, and the only clips shown were those where the interviewees took the bait. Bloody depressing though, that there were so many who didnt have a bloody clue!

[Stealth Hunter]

Well, actually there's been a lot of controversy over what era the supposed King Arthur lived in. Some say in the 900's A.D., some right after the fall of Rome, some say that he lived during the glory days of Rome. The fact is we're likely never to know.

[Reaves]

Originally Posted by stabiz

Yeah, ignorance is the new plague. I saw a video of some australians interviewing americans about the war in Iraq, and several pointed to Australia on the map when asked where Iraq was.

One thing to remember about Americans is that there are a LOT of states in the USA. I'm sure they'd learn local geography before international and that's going to be pretty hard.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Reaves

One thing to remember about Americans is that there are a LOT of states in the USA. I'm sure they'd learn local geography before international and that's going to be pretty hard.

Hmmm. We Americans do tend to have problems there. People from the east coast of the U.S. (those for whom "there is no life west of the Chesapeake Bay") do mix up the names of Ohio, Iowa, and Idaho, and aren't always convinced there's really a difference. There are tee-shirts poking fun at this that say "University of Ohio, Iowa City, Idaho". And, there are dozens of anecdotes of people from New Mexico being thought to be foreigners. The most recent one I heard was of someone from New Mexico trying to get tickets to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, only to be told they had to contact their country's Olympic committee. :rotfl: