Monuments to Stupidity

[Onlyforfun]

36- "5th Richest Country - 17th Best Standard of Living". This is the UK according to The Economist. No big deal, after all, what do Economists know?

What really amazed me was the news as reported on the BBC that part of this was that we had "done well in alcohol consumption". State the bleedin' obvious I thought until they told us our ranking.

Top? Nope, thats Oz.
Top 3? Nope
Top 5 surely? Nope
Top 10, has to be? Nope
Top 20? Just, 18th.

17 other countries consume more alcohol per capita than we do, I hardly call that something to be proud of. :D

[Onlyforfun]

37- Received Wisdom, in particular "no 2 snowflakes have ever been the same".

HOW DO YOU KNOW?!?! Trillions and trillions of the things must have fallen over the last billion years, who has checked this so called fact?

(I have a problem with snowflakes having had just 10 minutes to remind myself how to make paper ones before my little 'un went to nursery with one).

[tophatter]

37- Received Wisdom, in particular "no 2 snowflakes have ever been the same

i agree there snow way of knowing