Brits Fight With Americans Over Idiot Ball

AngelHedgie

You know how every so often we'll see one of those "look at the dumb Americans" surveys in the news? The ones where they ask random people questions on history, literature, etc. And when we inevitably muck it up, it's used as proof that the average American has the cognitive power of a baked potato? And then the world community has a good laugh?

Well, Brits, time for you to stop laughing.

Here are some of the more...interesting figures:

• 47% thought Richard the Lionhearted was fictional.
• 23% thought Winston Churchill was fictional.
• 23% thought Florence Nightingale was fictional.
• 3% thought Charles Dickens to be fictional.
• Other notable "fictional" people were Gandhi and the Duke of Wellington.
• And on the flip side, 58% thought Sherlock Holmes to be a real person.

Leitner

So, apart from lol Britain and then talk of how especially dumb this new generation is, what does this topic aim to achieve? Apart from stating the bloody obvious (every country has its share of people ignorant of their historical culture).

Satan.

Leitner wrote: »

So, apart from lol Britain and then talk of how especially dumb this new generation is, what does this topic aim to achieve? Apart from stating the bloody obvious (every country has its share of people ignorant of their historical culture).

lol Britain

zeeny

We could talk about the methodology of random surveys shooting for a specific result and how many people are unable to deal with simple questions when under stress. That or LOL Brits, but i like LOL Brits more.

Safety Stick

Well hell, we've got so much history kicking around it's harder for our idiots to keep track

ElJeffe

LOL BRITAIN

The L's stand for "lock".