Dissertation, again

Out of 1002 adults interviewed in 2000, 27% had never heard of the European Central Bank. I’m hoping that this was a terminology oversight on their part and that they’ve been so used to referring to it as the Bundesbank that being asked about the European Central Bank was a little confusing. I’m really hoping that was the case, otherwise of those 1002 people 27% needed to be bludgeoned with those metal plates that are used to print euro notes or a nice, hardback copy of "Der Hexenhammer" (or the "Malleus Maleficarum", if you prefer), whichever is closest.

In other news, have the urge to become a rich isolationist bastard, move to the country and live happily ever after. Might also like to invest in a Persian cat. And servants. And something upwards of a 15MB connection. Also wouldn’t mind taking up fencing. Would settle for a good game of chess though or a decent round of cards. Might even be persuaded to shoot at small clay items from time to time, regardless of lack of accuracy from past attempts. Put a rife in my hands and I can guarantee that I’ll miss spectacularly, though strangely enough always score highest at Laser Quest. Have yet to rank anything but 1st on that account. Cousin always comes in 2nd, though is more accurate than I am. Curious.

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Aim to spend hours also playing mahjong, though currently am using German rules rather than European Classical because of exponential scoring , additional scoring for pungs and some additional details with seasons too.

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Must stop saying 'bollocks' randomly, in case I become incapable of controlling that reflex in polite company.

Dissertation; I have no faith left in humanity

Coming back to that 1002 people demographic of 2000, 91% didn’t actually know anything about the government’s five criteria for joining the euro.
91% didn’t know anything about the five criteria. 91%.
91%.
91%.

That’s almost reason enough to drink myself into a stupor or move to Norway! They might not like the EMU but at least they know about it.


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Granted a lot of the Mori polls take place in one place, namely Edinburgh but my god, it’s Edinburgh! It’s full of over-privileged public school kiddies. What on earth is their excuse?

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Have spent most of the day drawing graphs to illustrate public trends in stupidity attitude.
I think I miss chi-squared calculations.

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I have a credit card scanner under my desk. Why do I have a credit card scanner? Ah, yes. Cousin.
Must finish write-up so that I can actually ring cousin tomorrow, else he’ll start worrying again. He worries entirely too much about my health. It’s very sweet really. Possibly not the best trait in a lieutenant though.