Totally o/t:- ?100 bet

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buttsie

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet

Post by buttsie »

Yeah...but last time i looked they weren't white

cheers
B...OZ
Lizard

Re: Top of the pops!

Post by Lizard »

Ok, sorry I lied about Cleethorpes, I was just trying to be controversial.
It wont happen again.....until tomorrow.
Comic Book Guy

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet

Post by Comic Book Guy »

Not specific enough I think but...

If the world were 100 people

There would be:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from North and South America
08 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite, 30 white
59% of the entire world's wealth would belong to only 6 people
and all 6 would be citizens of the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
01 would be near death
01 would be near birth
Only 1 would have a college education
99 of them will not see this message,
because only 1 would have a computer.
mutanthalibut

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet

Post by mutanthalibut »

O.K I'll admit that those 100 might live in cleethorpes.
magoo

Re: Those Are Nationalities NOT Race

Post by magoo »

Sorry to be a party pooper but those statistics refer to nationalities not race. Aces original question was about skin colour. So you would need to include all non-whites living in Europe, USA etc etc etc. Then theres the whole of Africa and Asia. Whites definately a minority if by white you mean of European origin or caucasian.

And even then you would have the problem which Alec mentioned of determining whos "white" and whos "black" and who is any of the myriad of shades in between. Inuits(eskimos) now which catagory are they in? Native Americans? You see the problem? Lets just say people of European extraction which includes "white" americans, australians, south africans etc are the minority.

I saw a documentary which said all life started in Africa but thats another kettle of fish altogether.
alec

Re: Those Are Nationalities NOT Race

Post by alec »

Technically Native Americans, including Inuits, are Mongoloid - that's the old technical term anyway. Don't know what the correct term is now, still less the politically correct one.
Wink Wink

Re: Ace take the money & run.......!

Post by Wink Wink »

Well if I was Ace I'll take the money!

Besides you want a drink at the next BGAFD party or not?

Mines a coke Ace lol.
Wink Wink

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet (addition)

Post by Wink Wink »

60 would mistrust their own government

60 would live within 62 miles of a coastline

The wealthiest 50 would consume 86% of all goods & services

The poorest 50 would consume 1%

50 would rely in some manner on coastal & marine habitats for food, building sites, transportation, recreation & waste disosal

48 would live on less than $2 a day

48 would lack access to basic sanitation

44 would be urban dwellers

36 would live in developing countries

29 would belive in witchcraft

17 would be teenagers under 18 years old

16 would lack safe drinking water

16 would be unable to read & write

14 would suffer from malnutrtion

10 would live in least delveloped countries

8 would have Internet access from home
IdolDroog

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet (addition)

Post by IdolDroog »

what would a kettle of fish look like exactly...can u imagine worse way of dying ........sigh...my genius is lost on u all
magoo

Re: Totally o/t:- ?100 bet (addition)

Post by magoo »

probably similar to a pan of pilchards or something. But you replied to the wrong post as it was me who mentioned kettles of fish not wink wink. Anyway I have to go my kippers nearly boiled.
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