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Thread ID: 121387 2011-10-23 21:37:00 What is Wrong with Europe KenESmith (6287) PC World Chat
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1239474 2011-10-23 21:37:00 Europe's Problems Summed Up :

Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Lord's prayer: 66 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
Ten Commandments: 179 words
Gettysburg address: 286 words
US Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 words
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

It says it all.

Be interesting to find some Australian and New Zealand Comparisons
KenESmith (6287)
1239475 2011-10-23 21:54:00 Very intuitive

One day I'd like to read the declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

Most go to Wikipedia.
Digby (677)
1239476 2011-10-23 21:56:00 cabbage??? really

wow, europe is backwards
GameJunkie (72)
1239477 2011-10-23 22:45:00 Be interesting to find some Australian and New Zealand Comparisons

NZ Constitution: 0 words
Strommer (42)
1239478 2011-10-23 22:49:00 gg.govt.nz Snorkbox (15764)
1239479 2011-10-24 03:12:00 Europe's Problems Summed Up :

Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
Lord's prayer: 66 words
Archimedes' Principle: 67 words
Ten Commandments: 179 words
Gettysburg address: 286 words
US Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: 7,818 words
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

It says it all.

Be interesting to find some Australian and New Zealand Comparisons

Didn't know the US had annexed Europe now! Or have I missed something?
tuiruru (12277)
1239480 2011-10-24 03:42:00 Didn't know the US had annexed Europe now! Or have I missed something?

Grey matter perhaps?
Cicero (40)
1239481 2011-10-24 03:47:00 Not so much missed as avoided? :D R2x1 (4628)
1239482 2011-10-24 04:30:00 IIRC there was a competiton back in 2003 as to which company had the longest T&C's. American Airlines won, with ~27,000 words. bot (15449)
1239483 2011-10-24 04:46:00 It's a hoax. Metla (12)
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