Who says kids today are thick?
 

* 36% of eight to 14-year-olds did not know the main ingredient of chips was potato.

* Nearly one in 10 of the children questioned for the BHF survey thought chips were made of oil, while others suggested eggs, apples and flour.

*More than a third (37%) did not know cheese was mostly made of milk.

Another fantastic success story for the current standards of education in this country. Ruth Kelly can be proud of her department.

Makes you wonder about the parents of these kids as well. How negligent regarding their childrens' health and education must they be. :rolleyes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4413144.stm

Whats a potato?

An unripe fry.

They grow on trees, dont they?......









:D

:confused: - you tellling me it isn't slices of moon?

LOL. Actually I'm not convinced there is actually any potato in the cocktail of chemicals and enhancers that make up 'fries' these days.

Well of course they would! What else would they be made of! :rolleyes:

We took an extra teenaged lad (16) with us on holiday to France this year, and both the lads' girlfriends stayed for a week too.

I was FAIRLY surprised to find that none but my lad knew the difference between a nectarine and a peach.........but really shocked when blackberries were ripe and NONE except mine had ever tasted one!

Alcazar

Shouldn't that be spelt potatoe like the most powerful man in the world would spell it;):rolleyes::D

Our trainee at work is a nice lad, we are however convinced he was beamed down around 2001 as he has no knowledge of history prior to then, doesnt know who Led Zep, Pink Floyd or the Beach Boys are/were, didnt know that the Italian Job made in 2003 was not the original.

Not the most powerful man in the world, but Dan Quayle an ex vice president of the US. Widely regarded as the thickest ever politician.

http://www.capitalcentury.com/1992.html

That's painful! :lol1: See if he knows about the Falklands or the Iranian embassy seige! ;)

The most powerful man in the world doesn't care how it's spelt, as long as he can invade it.

Ah yes, the man who wouldn't go to Latin America as he couldn't speak Latin!

PS there was another survey a while ago where a significant number of children thought that their milk cam from a carton, not a cow!:cuckoo:

Extruded corn starch plus, as you say, various "enhancers" can produce an item that, to the less selective, can be presented as a "fry".

That was the fella:thumb:

How old is the lad??

I have heard of all of them, I think that when I was about 7-8yrs old I had a Beach Boys T-Shirt, but I couldnt pick any of them if you put up pics. I'm 22.

I am a huge fan of the original Italian Job. :)


Cheers,
Grant

Think you reached Paulr's level there UB.

Les :D

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/54/85/28m.jpg

You only need to look @ some of the horrendous spelling & grammar on here (not this actual thread) to see that it's not just the kids that are a bit "fick"

why would he??? thats you being old not him thick.

on the jamie oliver programme he showed a class of kids some celerie and half of them said it was an onion and the rest of them named out other various things , carrot, potato ect :freak3:

Well they must be fick if dey don't no what celerie (sic) is

is that the republican spooling.

publican? It isn't last orders already is it?

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buck, yes it's risible BUT the stupid and the ignorant have always been with us. as has [some] bad education and [some] bad parenting. if you compared over time, my guess would be that these figures would be little different from say 30 years ago. there were some real morons at my school (probably now councillors, civil servants, politicians and journalists heh heh) but most of us were pretty bright.

i'd say perceptions are a little slewed today because a 24/7 media has to find something to fill pages and airtime. and it's usually something shock-horror gloomy with an exaggerated spin because that's how the media works, bless their sensationalist and tawdry little hearts.

nearly 1 in 10 children may have been cringingly thick in their response but the normality is that more than 90% sensibly knew that chips are made of potato and not fairy dust.

ruth kelly is a man. discuss.