Results of a recent survey indicate that less than half of the British population can identify the location of their major organs, which may explain why so few of their knife crimes wind up being fatal.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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But they do know how to play football:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/12/teenagers-jailed-student-head-kicked
There's a lot I miss about living in the UK, but it was sure nice to leave the daily onslaught of senseless, nihilistic violence behind.
At least in Canada we know the place for that sort of thing: the ice rink.
But really, how important is it to know where your organs are compared to what they do and how you can affect their function. I was in the Peace Corps in Mongolia and people would go to their doctor saying their kidneys hurt. They got the location right, but would never think to drink regular water instead of gallons of salty milk tea: http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/37543.html
And in an appropriately Darwinian development, 78.3% of Americans talk out of their asses. Comfort Wipe, anyone?
Introspection has never been a hallmark of the British people.
I defy you to locate a heart in that Beckham woman.
Ummm...D?
In my younger years the heart was like in illustration "B" but considerably lower.
British people, they're just like us.
Or maybe the British are, like me apparently, so prone to second-guessing themselves that they had to go and look it up to make sure it was C and not B.
-- Because I'm still bitter over British colonialism in Africa. I can't be objective about this, guys.