Things I Hate - A Comedic Rantesse

[1st Ade]

Seconded. The pandemic has confirmed my (long-held) suspicions that the average member of the UK population is an imbecile.

Confirmed by my train trip from Euston to Milton Keynes yesterday where a school party was debating the big sports-ground with an arch over it (think - what is Wembley famous for?) and could not agree between Tottenham or Arsenal when their teacher piped up and offered Watford!

[Jay_Benson]

That's the one. I knew it was some ponce name, I was close.

Not really that close - Miles away to be strictly accurate. Whatever the name, the man is a cock - as is the other Piers that I can quickly think of, Piers Morgan.

[MarkA]

[QUOTE=1st Ade;480414]think - what is Wembley famous for?[h/QUOTE]

Twin towers for me.

[notdeadyet]

Confirmed by my train trip from Euston to Milton Keynes yesterday where a school party was debating the big sports-ground with an arch over it (think - what is Wembley famous for?) and could not agree between Tottenham or Arsenal when their teacher piped up and offered Watford!

I couldn't answer that either. I couldn't even tell you where Wembley is. I'd say London somewhere but that's a pure guess. Why would you expect anyone to know what it looked like who wasn't interested in whatever they play there? (I'm also guessing football).

[dwhitlow]

I couldn't answer that either. I couldn't even tell you where Wembley is. I'd say London somewhere but that's a pure guess. Why would you expect anyone to know what it looked like who wasn't interested in whatever they play there? (I'm also guessing football).

I believe they do perform football matches there, it looks like that kind of stadium. The only time I went inside the place (it had twin towers then) was for a music event called NetAid, which I recall being quite an entertaining evening. I gather the Rolling Stones and Spice Girls also played that venue at different times, and some folk still look back to a football event from 1966.

[notdeadyet]

I believe they do perform football matches there, it looks like that kind of stadium. The only time I went inside the place (it had twin towers then) was for a music event called NetAid, which I recall being quite an entertaining evening. I gather the Rolling Stones and Spice Girls also played that venue at different times, and some folk still look back to a football event from 1966.

I knew it had been used for music events but other than that I kind of vaguely know it's used for some sport I don't care about (which one, I don't know) and that it's somewhere in a part of the world I never go.

I can't see why not knowing anything about Wembley makes a group of people thick. That's what Google is for. We've wasted decades on an educational system that emphasised knowing facts over being able to think and it's now been made redundant by a rectangle of plastic in your pocket.

"Everyone is thick except me" is depressing to see repeated so much on here. And very wrong.

[Chrisch]

... We've wasted decades on an educational system that emphasised knowing facts over being able to think and it's now been made redundant by a rectangle of plastic in your pocket....

Deliberate policy as it is problematic when people think for themselves. If Gove was in charge we would be learning by rote and learning the lies they want you to believe. Soon we will be China and block stuff on the internet that is "inconvenient".

[divechick]

Soon we will be China and block stuff on the internet that is "inconvenient".

Yes, Mr. Gore

[jamesp]

I knew it had been used for music events but other than that I kind of vaguely know it's used for some sport I don't care about (which one, I don't know) and that it's somewhere in a part of the world I never go.

I can't see why not knowing anything about Wembley makes a group of people thick. That's what Google is for. We've wasted decades on an educational system that emphasised knowing facts over being able to think and it's now been made redundant by a rectangle of plastic in your pocket.

"Everyone is thick except me" is depressing to see repeated so much on here. And very wrong.

I`ve spent most of my life being told anyone who isn`t me is intellectually superior/ higher skilled/ better.
I am very used to being the least educated person in a room.

So my bench mark for stupid is "less than me".

Turns out there are actually quite a few deciles below me.

[steelemonkey]

I believe they do perform football matches there, it looks like that kind of stadium. The only time I went inside the place (it had twin towers then) was for a music event called NetAid, which I recall being quite an entertaining evening. I gather the Rolling Stones and Spice Girls also played that venue at different times, and some folk still look back to a football event from 1966.

I went there to see a small rock combo. I believe they were called Pink Floyd.