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(Daily Mail) Asinine One in four people think that Winston Churchill never existed but Sherlock Holmes did (posted yesterday but some folks missed it)   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 192
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ChewbaccaJones [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:54:40 PM  
Have you talked to 1 in four people lately? I think you'll find a quarter of the population of the planet to be dolts. They tend to live in clusters and watch daytime talk-shows.

 
Lionel Mandrake [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:56:44 PM  
Look at the articles listed along the right side of the page and ask yourself, "Is this really surprising?"

 
Because People in power are Stupid 2008-02-03 04:56:57 PM  
Who the hell is Winston Churchill (new window)? Who the hell is Sherlock Holmes (new window)?

 
SockMonkeyHolocaust 2008-02-03 04:57:10 PM  
So does being the planner behind Gallipoli cancel out saving the Western World from the Nazi menace? Because if it does the what has he done for me lately?

 
JPJ007 [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 04:58:10 PM  
ChewbaccaJones: I think you'll find a quarter of the population of the planet to be dolts.

At the very least.

 
40yoVirgin [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 05:00:57 PM  
Lionel Mandrake: Look at the articles listed along the right side of the page and ask yourself, "Is this really surprising?"

heh :)

 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 05:09:35 PM  
Amazing. That's like 40%.

 
lotustuned 2008-02-03 05:20:57 PM  
SockMonkeyHolocaust: So does being the planner behind Gallipoli cancel out saving the Western World from the Nazi menace? Because if it does the what has he done for me lately?

To be fair to him, who knew those filthy dark skinned fellows had weapons let alone knew how to use them.

 
40below [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 05:45:01 PM  
This doesn't surprise me. There's a guy I know who doesn't think Fred Thompson led up an elite squad of New York detectives, despite a number of documentaries that clearly prove him wrong. Some people are just stupid.

 
Speedofdarkness [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 05:45:48 PM  
Sherlock Holmes was the detective on the "Jack the Ripper" case, right?

 
kmmontandon [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 05:51:04 PM  
lotustuned: SockMonkeyHolocaust: So does being the planner behind Gallipoli cancel out saving the Western World from the Nazi menace? Because if it does the what has he done for me lately?

To be fair to him, who knew those filthy dark skinned fellows had weapons let alone knew how to use them.


To be further fair to him, the people commanding the mission on the scene were the greater part of the problem.

 
d23 2008-02-03 06:02:30 PM  
right.. Winston Churchill...

rightvoices.com

 
oldebayer [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 06:17:40 PM  
Dick Turpin and Lady Godiva did, in fact, exist. Just because, like Ronald (He Won the Cold War!) Reagan, they didn't do certain things associated with them doesn't negate the fact that they were real people.

Of course, I am shocked -- shocked, I tell ya -- that only one quarter of the people are that stupid.

 
jonr 2008-02-03 07:01:30 PM  
Idiocracy....
That movie scared me...

 
bingo the psych-o 2008-02-03 07:06:29 PM  
JerseyTim: Amazing. That's like 40%.

In fact it is exactly 40%, just like Pi.

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:07:12 PM  
Think of the average person. Now remember, half the people are dumber than they are! ~~ George Carlin

 
Richard Pye 2008-02-03 07:07:37 PM  
bingo the psych-o: In fact it is exactly 40%, just like Pi.

Pi is exactly 3!

 
Aeonic_Blue 2008-02-03 07:09:16 PM  
patux.net

Kyle: You know that 1/4 of Americans are retarted right?
Stan: Yeah, at least 1/4.
Kyle: Here, let's do a test, there are four of us here, you're retarded fatass, that's 1/4.

/yeah, yeah, I know it's brits this time
//doesn't make it less true.

 
ianjames 2008-02-03 07:10:39 PM  
I like turtles.

 
LowbrowDeluxe 2008-02-03 07:10:41 PM  
Winston Wikiquotes (new window)

No reason, I just happened to have it bookmarked. I loved his way with words. Somewhat admired his brand of cutthroat liberalism. Actively dislike his imperialism and racism. Ah, well. Different time and all that.

 
AtomPeepers 2008-02-03 07:10:53 PM  
If only George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton did not exist....

/and what the hell, could Ms. Batshait Spears and Paris Hilton be aborted too!
//I can has parallel universe?
*sigh*

...always with the beards...

/that is a parallel universe I could get on board with.

 
Farkin'round 2008-02-03 07:11:26 PM  
No shiat, Sherlock.

 
HMS_Blinkin 2008-02-03 07:12:10 PM  
jonr: Idiocracy....
That movie scared me...


As well it should.

 
MadTheologian 2008-02-03 07:12:12 PM  
img409.imageshack.us

 
jayessell 2008-02-03 07:14:12 PM  
A short Science Fiction story I once read postulated a future in which our history had devolved into mythology.

Hitler, Churchill and FDR were believed fictional characters.

 
40oz_A_Knight 2008-02-03 07:17:38 PM  
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip.
After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down for the night, and went to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the
sky and tell me what you see."
Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."
"What does that tell you?"
Watson pondered for a minute.
"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"
Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke.
"Watson, you pillock. Somebody has stolen our tent."

 
Suede head 2008-02-03 07:18:07 PM  
This is absolute BS. You would have to have the IQ of plankton to genuinely think that. Either the respondents are farking with the questioner for a laugh or the questions are skewed somehow.

 
MadTheologian 2008-02-03 07:18:35 PM  
img227.imageshack.us

 
E Arkhe 2008-02-03 07:19:45 PM  
I thought the Mona Lisa was a real person.

 
Rye_ [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:21:39 PM  
40oz_A_Knight:

Hehe - like it, like it.

 
Arthur Jumbles [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:21:40 PM  
ChewbaccaJones: Have you talked to 1 in four people lately? I think you'll find a quarter of the population of the planet to be dolts. They tend to live in clusters and watch daytime talk-shows.

I always wondered why Bush's popularity never dips below 25 percent.

 
Otherwise Just Fine [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:21:42 PM  
I have an attractive female friend who this morning mentioned that she was embarrassed to go out in public with her "hair like this".

Presumably it was that she hadn't washed her hair since yesterday.

My response:

Have you seen public recently? Don't worry.

That is to say, a random sampling will reveal our species to be in pretty sad shape.

 
Anagrammer 2008-02-03 07:25:15 PM  
Ah, but did this person really exist?
www.yazoorecords.com



/Winston Holmes
//Couldn't find anyone named Sherlock Churchill

 
Anagrammer 2008-02-03 07:26:58 PM  
Otherwise Just Fine: That is to say, a random sampling will reveal our species to be in pretty sad shape.

Many studies show that about half of any given human population is below average!

 
glwtta [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:27:26 PM  
5: Mona Lisa

WTF? Lisa del Giocondo was a perfectly legitimate person. Fail, Daily Mail, fail.

 
shadowself 2008-02-03 07:29:55 PM  
Suede head: This is absolute BS. You would have to have the IQ of plankton to genuinely think that. Either the respondents are farking with the questioner for a laugh or the questions are skewed somehow.

It's the Daily Mail, the UK's answer to Weekly World News.

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-02-03 07:30:09 PM  
40yoVirgin, 40below, 40oz_A_Knight

Nobody told me the 40 trifecta was in play.

 
pedanticmofo 2008-02-03 07:32:08 PM  
The world would probably be better off if they were right.

 
radioman_ 2008-02-03 07:33:26 PM  
My favorite story about the stupidity of people vis a vis fictional characters was told by Dan Blocker who played Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza. A old lady came up to him and told him that he and his brothers needed to get married and get some women on the ranch. He talked to her for a while and then realized she was not talking about his character on TV, but that she thought that Bonanza was his real life. Dan Blocker was a genuinely nice guy and gently explained to her that it was a TV show, that his name was Dan Blocker, he was just an actor on the show, and that he was married and lived in California with his wife and kids and so on.

Despite this explanation the lady never got it and walked away still believing Dan Blocker's name was Hoss and that he lived on ranch with his father and brothers. I'm not surprised that a substantial number of people believe Sherlock Homes is real.

 
FunkOut [TotalFark] 2008-02-03 07:35:20 PM  
Otherwise Just Fine: I have an attractive female friend who this morning mentioned that she was embarrassed to go out in public with her "hair like this".

Presumably it was that she hadn't washed her hair since yesterday.

My response:

Have you seen public recently? Don't worry.

That is to say, a random sampling will reveal our species to be in pretty sad shape.


The number of people publicly wandering around in well worn flannel pajama pants scares me. And we're not just talking about those who pair it with an XXL shirt featuring cartoon characters and some form of plastic flip-flops or fake Crocs. There's what appears to be fairly normal people just wandering around like they rolled out of bed.

 
2wolves 2008-02-03 07:35:57 PM  
Horoscopes, every major city newspaper.

Freaks be everywhere.

 
luckychipin 2008-02-03 07:40:01 PM  
What I love about this thread (so far) is that no one is claiming that either of them were MILFy or MILFish in anyway. My recently concluded research also confirms that neither of them were attacked by a moose while pregnant and saved by a dog who was "in the zone". In addition, I am almost certain that there is no proof that Churchhill was a medical student, a mom, nor has performed mouth to mouth to a tiger cub, although Sherlock Holmes may have...but only twice at the most.

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-02-03 07:40:21 PM  
FunkOut: The number of people publicly wandering around in well worn flannel pajama pants scares me. And we're not just talking about those who pair it with an XXL shirt featuring cartoon characters and some form of plastic flip-flops or fake Crocs. There's what appears to be fairly normal people just wandering around like they rolled out of bed.

www.fdiskc.com

"Dude, you got a problem with that?"

 
Jonathan Hohensee 2008-02-03 07:41:10 PM  
Winston Churchill DOESN'T exist, he's a mind-cloud invented by the CIA to distract people from the fact that the 9/11 attacks where completely fabricated and caused by chem-trails in the sky.

/open your eyes sheeple!
/OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE!
/OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE!

 
thelordofcheese 2008-02-03 07:41:38 PM  
Anagrammer: Ah, but did this person really exist?
/Winston Holmes
//Couldn't find anyone named Sherlock Churchill


I'm going to look for Prune Tracy.

 
CreepyBasementGuy 2008-02-03 07:42:04 PM  
People are SO dumb.
Sherlock Homels was a holodeck character on The Next Generation.

Winston Churchill is the actor that plays Peter Griffin on Family Guy.

Put down the books and watch TV once in a while, jeez.

 
Ihaveanevilparrot 2008-02-03 07:43:15 PM  
You know, If I walked around like I'd just rolled out of bed I wouldn't have anything but panties on.

You all should be glad I had the decency to put on pants and a shirt.

 
CreepyBasementGuy 2008-02-03 07:44:48 PM  
FunkOut: Otherwise Just Fine: I have an attractive female friend who this morning mentioned that she was embarrassed to go out in public with her "hair like this".

Presumably it was that she hadn't washed her hair since yesterday.

My response:

Have you seen public recently? Don't worry.

That is to say, a random sampling will reveal our species to be in pretty sad shape.

The number of people publicly wandering around in well worn flannel pajama pants scares me. And we're not just talking about those who pair it with an XXL shirt featuring cartoon characters and some form of plastic flip-flops or fake Crocs. There's what appears to be fairly normal people just wandering around like they rolled out of bed.


Were we supposed to dress up for you?

Nobody told me.

 
Falcc 2008-02-03 07:46:13 PM  
radioman_: My favorite story about the stupidity of people vis a vis fictional characters was told by Dan Blocker who played Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza. A old lady came up to him and told him that he and his brothers needed to get married and get some women on the ranch. He talked to her for a while and then realized she was not talking about his character on TV, but that she thought that Bonanza was his real life. Dan Blocker was a genuinely nice guy and gently explained to her that it was a TV show, that his name was Dan Blocker, he was just an actor on the show, and that he was married and lived in California with his wife and kids and so on.

Despite this explanation the lady never got it and walked away still believing Dan Blocker's name was Hoss and that he lived on ranch with his father and brothers. I'm not surprised that a substantial number of people believe Sherlock Homes is real.


This just in: old people are STUPID!

/Sherlock Holmes is a character, Homer
//He sure is

 
dwalder 2008-02-03 07:47:19 PM  
Well, at least Banksy knows better.
www.elconfidencial.com

I've read more books BY Mr.Churchill
than have been written by Arthur Conan Doyle on Holmes.
Last of a line of Warrior Poets.

 
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