Monday, February 04, 2008

And They Call Americans Stupid

Don't be intimidated by a British accent. Some of them may sound cultured, but according to this article, it's a front.
LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

3 comments:

tugboatcapn said...

Well, most Americans think that John F. Kennedy was a Liberal, and that the Democrat Party are the champions of the "little guy".

However stupid the Brits may be, we don't have a lot on them...

Jim O said...

I'll bet that, in large part, this reflects Britian's changing demographics. My wife is from England, so I visit there frequently, so believe me. In most of England's big cities - indeed, for most of Europe's cities - the population consists, to an ever increasing extent, of people who trace their ancestry from somewhere other than Eurpoe. They neither know nor care about British history, no more so than we know or care about America before 1609.

Lone Ranger said...

On the upside,at least they have edible food now.