 02-03-2008, 11:38 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender:  Posts: 27,006 Thanks: 1,781 Thanked 2,371 Times in 1,423 Posts | UKTV Gold Finds Interesting Perception of Reality
Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll - Yahoo! News Quote: LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.
And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.
Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.
Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.
Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.
UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people. | And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!" |
 |  |