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Thread ID: 93588 2008-09-23 23:09:00 Kiwis are thick pctek (84) PC World Chat
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707335 2008-09-24 09:40:00 www.stuff.co.nz
More than 10 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about the atom-smashing Hadron Collider in Switzerland creating a disastrous mini black-hole, according to a poll.

And I watched the Millionaire game show last night for a few minutes, stupid woman at the end struggling with easy questions, even her phone-a-friend was thick.
I do wonder what sort of smell uranium has. It possibly smells like garlic.
mikebartnz (21)
707336 2008-09-24 09:56:00 Most TV is aimed at the lower less educated groups in Society, who are happy to be entertained with crap: Newspapers are just as bad, with an average reading age between 12 and 14, they are certainly not targeting the upper quartile of society's intellect pool. KenESmith (6287)
707337 2008-09-24 09:57:00 A woman I work with got on this show and she asked me to be her "phone a friend" because of my googling skills. I turned her down after explaining that in the time allowed you would be very hard pushed to do a search and find a good hit with the answer. I also did not want to be in the hot seat when pushed came to shove as I still had to work with her. :xmouth:

Has her episode been on yet Jen? Do you know how she went?
johcar (6283)
707338 2008-09-24 10:00:00 Has her episode been on yet Jen? Do you know how she went?Yeah, it was on a while ago. She didn't make it into the "hot" seat. She is a very bright woman so it would have been interesting how she would have got on. Jen (38)
707339 2008-09-24 10:33:00 I reckon a wikipedia search would be the key. roddy_boy (4115)
707340 2008-09-24 19:20:00 From when I used to watch the English version the phone a friends are not at home but all tucked away somewhere with adjudicators to stop things like googling from happening.

Incidently the show was actually created as a show piece for the English presenter Chris Tarrant, if he had not agreed to do the shows over there the creators were going to pull it.
gary67 (56)
707341 2008-09-24 19:57:00 do wonder what sort of smell uranium has. It possibly smells like garlic

It smells like CRC. I would know, look at my avatar.

sarel
sarel (2490)
707342 2008-09-24 20:05:00 Most TV is aimed at the lower less educated groups in Society, who are happy to be entertained with crap: Newspapers are just as bad, with an average reading age between 12 and 14, they are certainly not targeting the upper quartile of society's intellect pool.
I don't think you can win a million and be a slug.!
Cicero (40)
707343 2008-09-24 20:31:00 I don't think you can win a million and be a slug.!Lotto winners often end up hidiously in debt and far worse off than they could ever have got without that 6-7 figure win. Game show winners are possibly the same. personthingy (1670)
707344 2008-09-24 20:35:00 Lotto winners often end up hidiously in debt and far worse off than they could ever have got without that 6-7 figure win. Game show winners are possibly the same.

One is chance,the other general knowledge,much more rounded on average I would say.
Cicero (40)
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