Lonan3 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Manx Citizenship test: 1. If an event is due to start at 2pm what time do you need to arrive? ans. About 4.30pm, time enough fella. 2. If you are traveling North what direction is it? ans. Down, everywhere is down. 3. How many to the nearest 10 million does the IRIS project cost (bonus mark for naming which century it will eventually be finished)? ans. A very big number (and the year 3456). 4. Do you know how to drive around a roundabout? ans. No, I can barely drive and when I do it is at a max speed of 20 mph. 5. Do you want to live in an overpriced cardboard box sized flat? ans. Yes please I would like 2. 6. Do you believe in fairies (but you'd better not be one)? ans. Yes (No and you will be cursed with bad luck). 7. What is a reasonable price to travel to the Island? ans. 250 quid by plane 50 quid by boat as long as the journey takes a decade and has a 50% chance of sinking. 8. Manx Radio represents good value for money because? ans. I have no idea. 9. How many I's in the word film? ans. 2 - filim. 10. Will you vote for a bunch of clueless butchers and bakers who mismanage public funds, vote themselves massive pay rises, and are in the pocket of certain companies? ans. If yes welcome to the Isle of Man. You made that up - I don't believe Ans would reply in that fashion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanghigh Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Take a mock test yourself....... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6506569.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Take a mock test yourself....... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6506569.stm 9. I'll get my coat boat. Some seem to have a couple of correct answers - with one answer more correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I think you'll find thick people no longer exist. They all have attention deficit disorder nowadays You seem to making light of attention deficit disorder yet I'll have you know A.D.D is a serious illness and people who suffer from it are all too often the butt of many jokes and.....ooh look a pigeon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 You seem to making light of attention deficit disorder yet I'll have you know A.D.D is a serious illness and people who suffer from it are all too often the butt of many jokes and.....ooh look a pigeon! In my day ADD was simply referred to as being "An irritating pain in the arse" my how things have changed. Wow ... that dog has a fluffy tail ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunkylover Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 You seem to making light of attention deficit disorder yet I'll have you know A.D.D is a serious illness and people who suffer from it are all too often the butt of many jokes and.....ooh look a pigeon! In my day ADD was simply referred to as being "An irritating pain in the arse" my how things have changed. Wow ... that dog has a fluffy tail ..... it's a bit like you can't say short, you have to say vertically challenged and loads of other PC rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 So when I repeat my father's words of warning -' beware of dwarfs and cripples' I am not being PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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