23% of Britons Say Churchill was a Myth

Ulfhedjinn said:
It's OcUK. I thought you, having been here longer than me, would've known that if you're religious, an immigrant, on benefits, or any combination of the above that you would get unlimited amounts of stick. :eek:
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Yea, I have come to accept that.
 
vonhelmet said:
I'm not sure you do.
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romperstomper said:
No you don't !
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Having claimed benefits before I know you need a certain number of tax credits that equate to x amount of months of work and x amount of national insurance contributions. You also have to have pretty much no savings.

There are ways around that but you have to be pretty severely disabled.

vonhelmet said:
NHS
Council house
Income support

are all free benefits regardless if you have ever worked in this country !
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NHS yes but council houses are rent controlled AFAIK you need housing benefit etc. if you want your rent paying for you and income support then I think you definitely need a certain amount of tax credit / N.I. contributions.

Also you have to be declared "unavailable for work" and your partner cannot be claiming, if you want income support.



Seriously folks, if it was as easy as you people make out nobody would ever work.
 
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It should be noted that the writers of the survey are perhaps as stupid as any taking part in it. Here's the full list of their "fictional" characters:

Top ten fictional characters that the British public thinks are real

1) King Arthur – 65%
2) Sherlock Holmes – 58%
3) Robin Hood – 51%
4) Eleanor Rigby – 47%
5) Mona Lisa -35%
6) Dick Turpin – 34%
7) Biggles – 33%
8) The Three Musketeers – 17%
9) Lady Godiva – 12%
10) Robinson Crusoe – 5%
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Hey geniuses; Dick Turpin, Lady Godiva and Lisa del Giocondo (aka Mona Lisa) WERE real people. Parts of their lives becoming fictionalised and embellished for legend, does not mean they are fictional people :rolleyes:
 
NuclearWinter said:
It should be noted that the writers of the survey are perhaps as stupid as any taking part in it. Here's the full list of their "fictional" characters:



Hey geniuses; Dick Turpin, Lady Godiva and Lisa del Giocondo (aka Mona Lisa) WERE real people. Parts of their lives becoming fictionalised and embellished for legend, does not mean they are fictional people :rolleyes:
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yep, I'm from Coventry I should know, lady Godiva is real, the story linked with it about peeping Tom probly isn't though.
 
dmpoole said:
A new study has shown that a whopping 25% of people in Britain believe Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was a myth, while the majority of those questioned in the poll believed Sherlock Holmes to be real.

Another large amount of people believe Indian leader Mahatma Ghandi, one of Britain's greatest novelists Charles Dickens and the Duke of Wellington, who beat Napoleon at Waterloo, were also made up.

3,000 people took part in the poll.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2008020...toryoffbeat;_ylt=AmRv6UyUdvV_8Yyevww3qHGs0NUE
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Remind me of people putting Jedi down as their religious!

Morons as well I guess! ;)
 
1) King Arthur – 65%
2) Sherlock Holmes – 58%
3) Robin Hood – 51%
4) Eleanor Rigby – 47%
5) Mona Lisa -35%
6) Dick Turpin – 34%
7) Biggles – 33%
8) The Three Musketeers – 17%
9) Lady Godiva – 12%
10) Robinson Crusoe – 5%

I'm well above average intelligence and academically and I thought Robin Hood was real. There was a grave found which people believed to be his...

Shameful about Churchill though.
 
Fraggr said:
1) King Arthur – 65%
2) Sherlock Holmes – 58%
3) Robin Hood – 51%
4) Eleanor Rigby – 47%
5) Mona Lisa -35%
6) Dick Turpin – 34%
7) Biggles – 33%
8) The Three Musketeers – 17%
9) Lady Godiva – 12%
10) Robinson Crusoe – 5%

I'm well above average intelligence and academically and I thought Robin Hood was real. There was a grave found which people believed to be his...

Shameful about Churchill though.
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lady godiva was real, Robin Hood could still be real, just nobody really knows.

but sherlock homes is purely fictional.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
Having claimed benefits before I know you need a certain number of tax credits that equate to x amount of months of work and x amount of national insurance contributions. You also have to have pretty much no savings.

There are ways around that but you have to be pretty severely disabled.
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Alternatively, you can get pregnant at 14.
 
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