It appears that some 30 percent of Americans couldn’t name the year of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to a recent poll, summarised here.
And five percent couldn’t name the date.
This must represent some kind of floor for poll questions. They’re the ones who would answer ‘yes’ to the ‘Do you drink paint?’ question.
I was going to say that these are the people who determine elections, except they’re probably not awake enough to vote. But seeing how clueless voters can be, I wonder…
Hat tip to Billmon.
14 August 2006 at 6:46 am
Who wrote Beethoven’s 5th? How long was the 30 year war? Where are Panama hats made? Any trick questions there? I have a list.
Incidentally, if you want any more jokes to put in your next phonetics translation worksheet for us, I have bunches of music-related ones.
14 August 2006 at 11:17 am
Yeah well someone voted Bush in TWICE! People suck. IN the movie little rascals there’s a scene where they go to call 911 but can’t remember the number its cute because they’re FIVE!
14 August 2006 at 2:25 pm
Of course, how you dial 911 in Australia is 000. Trick question.
Go on, Ash, tell us a music joke.
I’ll start you.
What’s that droning sound?
The alto section.
Kidding!
14 August 2006 at 11:03 pm
Of course they can’t remember the date because it was 11/9.
(Brit crosses her arms firmly in indignation.)
(was the date chosen because the emergency number in the US is 911?)
15 August 2006 at 10:31 am
Right Daniel! You’re on!
What’s the definition of an alto?
A soprano who can sightread.
How do you tell if a tenor is dead?
The wine bottle is still full and the comics haven’t been touched.
What’s the definition of a male quartet?
Three men and a tenor.
What did the tenor get on his IQ test?
Dribble. (May be applied to many voice types/instruments, depending on your preference.)
How do you tell when there’s a tenor at the door?
He can’t find the key and doesn’t know where to come in.
That’ll be all for now. I make pies. I will offer pies.
15 August 2006 at 11:38 am
Go Ash!
mmm pies… man I wish I’d taken up that cupcake offer today…
16 August 2006 at 4:17 am
Okay, those hit a little close to home.
A few times our conductor Margaret Pride has said, “Okay, let’s hear from the men and the tenors.
“Oh, I mean the men!”
And then there’s ten minutes of inter-part snarking.
16 August 2006 at 5:49 am
Nothing personal Daniel. Honest. Actually, if you want to join PUCS for the Faure Requiem, we’d be more than happy to have you as our tenor section is a little bit under in terms of numbers. You might get to sing that solo!