world phone survey

[briggie]

WORLD SURVEY BY PHONE
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> > Last month a world-wide telephone survey was conducted by the UN.
> >
> > The only question asked was:
> >
> > "Could you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food
> > shortage in the rest of the world?"
> >
> > The survey was a massive failure because of the following:
> >
> > 1. In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.
> > 2. In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.
> > 3. In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
> > 4. In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
> > 5. In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.
> > 6. In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.
> > 7. In the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.
> > 8. In the UK they hung up as soon as they heard the Indian accent.