Dumb Britain

[naartje]

The Million Pound Drop Live.............Channel 4

Davina McCall - What did Roger Bannister become the frst man
to do on this day in 1954? There are three possible answers,and
they are - Run the sub-four-minute mile - go nto outer space -
- put the toilet seat down.

Andrew(Broker,26) - He wasnt the first man in space.

Vanessa(Dancer,27) - Put the toilet seat down?

Andrew - Maybe,,,Maybe he invented the toilet seat.No,the toilet
seat was Crapper.The man that invented the toilet seat was Crapper.

Vanessa - It didnt say he invented it.It said he put it down.

Andrew - Yeah,yeah.

Davina - Fifty seconds.

Vanessa - Put the toilet seat down?Would that really have been a big thng?

Andrew - Wait,wait.I think Ive seen - Bannister - on a toilet.Like a brand.

Vanessa - What are we going to do?Quick.

Davina - Twenty-fve seconds'

Vanessa - Have you seen it,or not?

Andrew - I think so,yeah.

Vanessa - I dont know.

Andrew - Well,do you want to?

Vanessa - I dont know,I dont know,I dont know.Put it on there.I dont know.

(They put £50,000 on - Put the toilet seat down. - Time s up.

Davina - I just want to hug you two all the time.You are having no joy with
these questions.

Vanessa - Who knows any of this?

[craft1948]

naartje I can't watch this programme as I shout at the tele...............

[naartje]

yep - i know its crepe

[MarkRae]

It's really very, very sad... As a nation, our educational system has completely failed. Why do we celebrate ignorance so highly in this country? When did it begin? What caused it?

[ummmm]

Rose tinted glasses Mark....!!

[Mamyalynne]

It is a window on the world we despair of, I really struggle to comprehend such stuff. Tonight a couple had never heard of a Spectacled Bear, I ask you!!

[Jan1957]

Calculators and computer games I think. Reality tv and talentless people who became famous for nothing else and then become role models.

[MarkRae]

Is this our nation's fate, then? The spawn of these cretins will be running the country in a generation or two...

[Answerprancer]

It's celebrated it because it stops thickoes feeling insecure and keeps the ratings up.

[Answerprancer]

...IMHO

[Mattk]

These are the kind of people who would state that they 'werent even born then' to explain why thy didnt know.

That always irritates me!

[MarkRae]

I couldn't agree more! What a stupid reason to give for ignorance. Books? What are they, then...?

Q - In what year did the Second World War begin?
A - Dunno, like, it's a bit before my time innit...

[naartje]

The Weakest Link ...BBC1

Anne Robinson - The road known as Watling Street,which incorporates
part of the A5,was built by which ancient civilisation?

Contestant - Apes

[MarkRae]

If only that had led to "Weakest Link Ignorance Shocker" headlines in the papers...

But, of course, it didn't because the vast majority of this country's population couldn't have answered the question either, so they empathise with the ignorance...

[bunkmoreland]

the,"before it's my time" excuse,is just so pathetic! It has turned my history loving and in fact,just of general life interest,hubby and I,into 2 old f*rts way before our time ;-). We weren't born in the 1930s dude,but,it is possible to actually read (online even) about it !

[quizzywig]

It makes me feel very ashamed that there are people in this country who are so very stupid and totally uninterested in anything that has happened in their country which they should be immensely proud of! These ridiculous shows ahould not be on TV it's too embarrassing.

[bluebirdino]

i dont think the girl who anwered "apes " for the answer to watling
street question really thouht that , naartje . i think she just had a moment of madness
she laughed at her own stupidity later .

[ummmm]

What some are doing again is mocking those less intelligent. Not everyone has been blessed with the gift of a high IQ. Not everyone has been given the opportunity to learn.

Mock their greed, not their intelligence.

[boxtops]

Ummm - but why then put themselves forward for a general knowledge quiz - if they haven't GOT any general knowledge?

[ummmm]

That's why I said 'mock their greed' they should stick to programmes like deal or no deal.

[Tizzi24]

ummmm - you don't have to have a high IQ to know these things. Everyone has to go to school and has the opportunity to learn. I totally agree with Mark, what is this country going to be like in a couple of generations? It's bad enough now.