Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

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Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

#1 Post by nitrah55 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:11 pm

22 percent of Britons think Churchill was a fictional character, and 58 percent think Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od ... oryoffbeat
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Re: Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

#2 Post by earendel » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:54 pm

nitrah55 wrote:22 percent of Britons think Churchill was a fictional character, and 58 percent think Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od ... oryoffbeat
Only 22%? Don't they know that Churchill was a character created by Harry Turtledove for his alternate history series?

And of course Sherlock Holmes is real - just ask anyone who plays The Game.
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Re: Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

#3 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:27 pm

nitrah55 wrote:22 percent of Britons think Churchill was a fictional character, and 58 percent think Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od ... oryoffbeat

Sherlock? Is that Baskerville Holmes' brother?

I saw him play basketball for Memphis State.
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Re: Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

#4 Post by Appa23 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:31 pm

andrewjackson wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:22 percent of Britons think Churchill was a fictional character, and 58 percent think Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od ... oryoffbeat

Sherlock? Is that Baskerville Holmes' brother?

I saw him play basketball for Memphis State.
Are you a big Keith Lee fan?

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Re: Which explains why Dumbledore was elected to Parliament

#5 Post by andrewjackson » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:13 pm

Appa23 wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:22 percent of Britons think Churchill was a fictional character, and 58 percent think Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od ... oryoffbeat

Sherlock? Is that Baskerville Holmes' brother?

I saw him play basketball for Memphis State.
Are you a big Keith Lee fan?
Fan? No way. I didn't say I was a fan of Memphis State, I just saw them play in the NCAA tournament in 1984 against Purdue. Holmes and Lee were both on that team.

That was the year that we were picked to finish last in the Big Ten, we tied for the league title, were a given a 3 seed, and sent to play Memphis State (a six seed, on their home court. One in a string of having to play lower seeded teams on their home courts during the NCAA tournament.
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