English people are charmingly stupid - proof
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English people are charmingly stupid - proof
The following are ACTUAL answers given by contestants on "The Family Fortunes" in the UK.
Name something a blind person might use - A sword
Name a song with moon in the title - Blue Suede Moon
Name a bird with a long neck - Naomi Campbell
Name an occupation where you need a torch - A burglar
Name a famous brother and sister - Bonnie & Clyde
Name a dangerous race - The Arabs
Name an item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers - A horse
Name something that floats in the bath - Water
Name something you wear on the beach - A deckchair
Name something Red - My cardigan
Name a famous cowboy - Buck Rogers
Name a famous royal - Mail
Name a number you have to memorize - 7
Name something you do before going to bed - Sleep
Name something you put on walls - Roofs
Name something in the garden that's green - Shed
Name something that flies that doesn't have an engine - A bicycle with wings
Name something you might be allergic to - Skiing
Name a famous bridge - The bridge over troubled waters
Name something a cat does - Goes to the toilet
Name something you do in the bathroom - Decorate
Name an animal you might see at the zoo - A dog
Name something associated with the police - Pigs
Name a sign of the zodiac - April
Name something slippery - A conman
Name a kind of ache - Fillet 'O' Fish
Name a food that can be brown or white - Potato
Name a jacket potato topping - Jam
Name a famous Scotsman - Jock
Name another famous Scotsman - Vinnie Jones
Name something with a hole in it - Window
Name a non-living object with legs - Plant
Name a domestic animal - Leopard
Name a part of the body beginning with 'N' - Knee
Name a way of cooking fish - Cod
Name something a blind person might use - A sword
Name a song with moon in the title - Blue Suede Moon
Name a bird with a long neck - Naomi Campbell
Name an occupation where you need a torch - A burglar
Name a famous brother and sister - Bonnie & Clyde
Name a dangerous race - The Arabs
Name an item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers - A horse
Name something that floats in the bath - Water
Name something you wear on the beach - A deckchair
Name something Red - My cardigan
Name a famous cowboy - Buck Rogers
Name a famous royal - Mail
Name a number you have to memorize - 7
Name something you do before going to bed - Sleep
Name something you put on walls - Roofs
Name something in the garden that's green - Shed
Name something that flies that doesn't have an engine - A bicycle with wings
Name something you might be allergic to - Skiing
Name a famous bridge - The bridge over troubled waters
Name something a cat does - Goes to the toilet
Name something you do in the bathroom - Decorate
Name an animal you might see at the zoo - A dog
Name something associated with the police - Pigs
Name a sign of the zodiac - April
Name something slippery - A conman
Name a kind of ache - Fillet 'O' Fish
Name a food that can be brown or white - Potato
Name a jacket potato topping - Jam
Name a famous Scotsman - Jock
Name another famous Scotsman - Vinnie Jones
Name something with a hole in it - Window
Name a non-living object with legs - Plant
Name a domestic animal - Leopard
Name a part of the body beginning with 'N' - Knee
Name a way of cooking fish - Cod
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1 for the money, 2 for the show, 3 to get ready, and 4 to bombom, bomadeebomdebom, bomdedebomderamramrambingdeedongbing....go.Martin Milner wrote: Name a song with moon in the title - Blue Suede Moon
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I just asked my 15 year old daughter this one, thinking she'd see the silliness behind it. Her answer was "1". Seems that both sides of the pond are infected. I did congratulate my daughter for finally being able to memorize the number 1....it only took her 15 yearsMartin Milner wrote:Name a number you have to memorize - 7
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Re: OT: English people are charmingly stupid - proof
What's wrong with this one?Martin Milner wrote: Name an occupation where you need a torch - A burglar
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Thats it.aderyn_du wrote:slowair wrote:I've always been told I have above average intelligence, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what a "jacket potato topping" would be.
Must be a cultural thing.
Enlighten me Martin. I hate to be in the dark.
Mike
Maybe a baked potato... potato still with its skin (jacket) on?
Standard toppings (fillings) are Cheese,Tuna,Chili con carne and Coleslaw,though anything at all would do.
Vans selling these items are commonplace here in England and will be found anywhere a crowd may gather.
Slan,
D.
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Yup, baked potato in it's skin. The skin should be a bit crunchy.aderyn_du wrote:slowair wrote:I've always been told I have above average intelligence, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what a "jacket potato topping" would be.
Must be a cultural thing.
Enlighten me Martin. I hate to be in the dark.
Mike
Maybe a baked potato... potato still with its skin (jacket) on?
Traditional toppings would be butter, grated cheese, baked beans, cottage cheese, maybe a curry, not all at once. Not Jam.
Quaker once brought out a series of toppings in jars called Dinner Jackets, which I though a good idea, and good for students on low budgets, but I could never find them in the shops.
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how about this?Martin Milner wrote:Name something with a hole in it
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Traditionally,a Cadburys 99 Flake would be jammed into an ice cream cone and sold from an ice cream van.emmline wrote:Right alongside the (gag!) 99 Flake vans? Just what is that stuff anyway...cake frosting in a cone?dubhlinn wrote: Vans selling these items are commonplace here in England and will be found anywhere a crowd may gather.
Slan,
D.
Alas,modern packaging and retailing has left us with these things,
Just not the same thing
Slan,
D.
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Re: OT: English people are charmingly stupid - proof
I'm afraid it's not just you Brits. It seems to me that "Family Feud" overMartin Milner wrote:The following are ACTUAL answers given by contestants on "The Family Fortunes" in the UK.
here in the states used to get some pretty inane responses to questions
as well. Although, if I was put on the spot in front of millions of viewers I
guess I'd probably come up with a couple of doozies myself.
Will O'Ban
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Must be a very recent loss then, as we got some of that stuff from a van in 2000--not prepackaged. There were numerous vendors, in fact, clustered around the Tate Gallery district. I'm sorry to say it did not resemble ice cream as we ever knew it.dubhlinn wrote:
Traditionally,a Cadburys 99 Flake would be jammed into an ice cream cone and sold from an ice cream van.
Alas,modern packaging and retailing has left us with these things,
Just not the same thing
Slan,
D.