Survey

[kgwilson]

Last month, a world-wide telephone survey was conducted by the UN.

 

The only question asked was:-

 

"Would you please give your honest opinion about possible solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"

 

The survey was a complete failure because:

 

In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.

 

In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.

 

In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.

 

In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.

 

In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.

 

In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.

 

In the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.

 

And in Australia, New Zealand and Britain everyone hung up as soon as they heard the Indian accent.

 

 

[Marty_d]

When my father-in-law was in hospital with bowel cancer last year, I got a call one evening from a gent with an Indian accent wanting to talk to my wife. I growled "Is this another goddamn marketing call?" to which came the frosty response "No, I am a doctor at the Royal Hobart Hospital..." oops.

 

 

[bexrbetter]

I did a little survey of my own about education standards last year and discovered that out of every 10 people, 7 are quite confident with their math and the other 4 have some problems.