Re: Churchill -- Man or Myth?

"Scour Old Cereal Bowls" <scouroldcerealbowls@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message

news:Xns9A95CD2B250D8scouroldcerealbowls@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Supposedly, 23 percent of (take your pick) all British people or British
> people under 20 believe that Winston Churchill was just a myth.
....

> Doesn't that number suggest it's not a scientific survey?  The survey
goes
> on to say that 58% believe Sherlock Holmes was real -- this is getting
even
> more bogus sounding.  It goes on to list "Top ten fictional characters
that
> the British public thinks are real" with #5 being Mona Lisa -- except
she
> wasn't fictional....
>
> I couldn't find any debunking of this survey, but has anyone else found
> something?

I don't know about you, but if I were asked stupid questions like that,
I would be giving stupid answers just for the fun of screwing up
the validity of the survey.

Pollsters take themselves too seriously, IMO.

Don