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17 Jun 2005 06:39:37 PM |
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OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
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zamboni #2139
BAAWA Assistant to the Vice-Administrator of Malevolence
EAC Tertiary Adjunct to the Dispenser of Obfuscation.
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| User: "Iain" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 06:22:11 PM |
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wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
God would get them all right, therefore god is British.
~Iain
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| User: "Kevin Anthoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
17 Jun 2005 07:01:19 PM |
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wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
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Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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| User: "Martin" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
17 Jun 2005 10:44:06 PM |
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Kevin Anthoney wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
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| User: "Bill Door" |
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| Title: Re: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 09:58:04 AM |
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In the great debate about "Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you?" in
alt.atheism, Martin <martin_nospam@btinternet.com> catapaulted the
following boulder:
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
The North Pole is the address kids send their letters to Santa to.
Finland have made an industry out of santa because so much of their
country i.e. Lapland is in the Arctic circle.
David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 05:23:32 PM |
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Bill Door wrote:
In the great debate about "Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you?" in
alt.atheism, Martin <martin_nospam@btinternet.com> catapaulted the
following boulder:
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country
when the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a
second opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
The North Pole is the address kids send their letters to Santa to.
Finland have made an industry out of santa because so much of their
country i.e. Lapland is in the Arctic circle.
David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
I got 8 but would have got 9 had I not been clever....
One that I missed was the 999 question.
"The UK introduced the 112 number to help foreign visitors who may not know
that 999 is the main emergency number. "
So if they don't know 999 is 112 common in other places in the world or are
we born with that knowledge?
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| User: "Kevin Anthoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 11:47:20 AM |
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Martin wrote:
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
Also, you'd think a question such as "which side of the road do you drive
on?" would be more important than one about bloody Father Christmas.
--
Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 01:00:15 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:44:06 +0100, Martin
<martin_nospam@btinternet.com> wrote:
Kevin Anthoney wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
I agree
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| User: "Razor 616" |
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18 Jun 2005 05:45:04 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:00:15 -0400, Christopher A. Lee
<calee@optonline.net> wrote:
I only got 10/15 despite actually being British. I also want a second
opinion on the "where does Santa Claus come from?" question.
You're right, that one ticked me off too. It should be Lapland
I agree
Doesn't matter. It's still incorrect either way. Santa Claus was
'invented' in Germany, and reportedly came from Norway. I only got it
right because I knew it was of german origin.
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| User: "Jon." |
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17 Jun 2005 06:44:42 PM |
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wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
10/15!
Not bad for someone who is an ocean and a continent away from Jollie
Olde.
Jon.
aa #703
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| User: "Graham Kennedy" |
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17 Jun 2005 11:19:04 PM |
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wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Me too. Amusingly, I did better on the US citizenship
test I took a while back!
However, it doesn't test knowledge of British life,
but specifically what the book says about British
life. PG is a brand of tea *and* a film certificate,
the average Brit would know this, but how many would
know which one the book refers to?
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Graham Kennedy
Creator and Author,
Daystrom Institute Technical Library
http://www.ditl.org
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| User: "Razor 616" |
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18 Jun 2005 05:49:29 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:19:04 GMT, Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>
wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Me too. Amusingly, I did better on the US citizenship
test I took a while back!
I took it just now. (I'm norwegian)
Your score was 100%
Congratulations! You are qualified to be a U.S. citizen!
Holy *****? lol... I know more about their culture and system
of government than I do my own.
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| User: "Graham Kennedy" |
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19 Jun 2005 09:26:09 AM |
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Razor 616 wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:19:04 GMT, Graham Kennedy <graham@ditl.org>
wrote:
zamboni30000@knowshpamatyahoo.com wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Me too. Amusingly, I did better on the US citizenship
test I took a while back!
I took it just now. (I'm norwegian)
Your score was 100%
Congratulations! You are qualified to be a U.S. citizen!
Holy *****? lol... I know more about their culture and system
of government than I do my own.
Amazing, isn't it? US culture is so pervasive. Not
that that's a bad thing, IMHO.
--
Graham Kennedy
Creator and Author,
Daystrom Institute Technical Library
http://www.ditl.org
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| User: "Ian Braidwood" |
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18 Jun 2005 12:12:43 PM |
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I got 7 out of 15, so obviously Britian has changed since I was born
there. Funny how I didn't notice, because I've never lived anywhere
else.
I don't see how the Father Christmas myth has anything to do with
Britishness. While I would think ensuring that a solicitor is qualified
in the relevent field of law is more important than checking their
charges and IIRC, the UK voltage was changed to 230V to be compatible
with the French system when the channel tunnel was opened.
It all goes to show that all this talk of immigration is irrational
bollocks after all.
(-: Ian :-)
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| User: "Bill Door" |
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18 Jun 2005 09:55:54 AM |
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In the great debate about "OT: Way OT...How British are you?" in
alt.atheism, catapaulted the
following boulder:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I got 15. The trick is to read the blurb at the beginning and realise
that most of the questions refer to the Government's propaganda
booklet about British citizenship.
David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
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| User: "Bill Door" |
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| Title: Re: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
18 Jun 2005 09:59:26 AM |
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In the great debate about "Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you?" in
alt.atheism, Bill Door <bill.door@scythesrus.com> catapaulted the
following boulder:
most of the questions refer to the Government's propaganda
booklet about British citizenship.
I didn't cheat. I haven't read it.
David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
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| User: "stoney" |
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19 Jun 2005 10:02:28 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:39:37 -0500,
wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
4 correct
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Way OT...How British are you? |
22 Jun 2005 05:46:51 AM |
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In article <drqbb1tahjjpt8v9bmeg4mi12k3a5q2uiv@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:39:37 -0500,
wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
4 correct
Me too. Darn.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Razor 616" |
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18 Jun 2005 05:43:45 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:39:37 -0500,
wrote:
Can You Pass a British Citizenship Test?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 9 of 15 :-(
Maybe, not too bad...
Mmmm, guess I'll have to brush up a bit before I flee the country when
the burnings start.
I got 11. I'm uber-british!
Got #2, 10, 11, 15 wrong.
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