Are The Brits Getting Dumber?

by Englishman 37 Replies latest social entertainment

  • JH
    JH

    Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. I knew that. I learnt that in grade 2.

  • Big Tex
    Big Tex

    Oversexed, overpaid and over here, eh Eman?

  • Englishman
    Englishman

    Some more just up..

    BBC GMR, Phil Wood Show

    Wood: What “K” could be described as the Islamic Bible?Contestant: Er...
    Wood: It’s got two syllables... Kor...
    Contestant: Blimey?
    Wood: Ha ha ha ha no. The past participle of run...Contestant: (Silence)Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I...
    Contestant: Walked?

    Fifteen-To-One, C4

    William G Stewart: Which cathedral town on the river Severn shares its name with the sauce used in a Bloody Mary?
    Contestant: Tomato.

  • Matty
    Matty

    LOL! I love watching the "Jay Walking" segments on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, I think he should come over here and do the same and show how thick we are too!

  • xjw_b12
    xjw_b12

    Every Baseball Fan knows "Catcher in the Rye " was written by former MLB catcher Bob Uecker, who as rumor has it, liked to drink a lot of whiskey !

  • Englishman
    Englishman

    More from Private Eye:

    Steve Wright Radio 2

    Wright: Which legendary blood-sucking creature was created by Bram Stoker?Contestant: The leech.

    Wright: The anchovy belongs to which family of fish?
    Contestant: Kipper.

    Blind Date, ITV

    Girl: Name a book written by Jane Austen.
    Boy: Charlotte Brontë.
    (She picked him anyway.)

    Englishman.

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    I've done it! I've found a 'soul mate' who likes Private Eye! Well done, Mike. Keep reading, mate.

    Ozzie

  • Irreverent
    Irreverent

    I don't know. The Brits gave us Monty Python and Benny Hill.

  • Trauma_Hound
    Trauma_Hound

    Only Tony Blair, I mean he is following a complete idiot.

  • RAYZORBLADE
    RAYZORBLADE

    It's the fine ales, I'm sure of it.

    Blame the booze.

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