Saturday 25 October 2008

Trying Out The iGoogle Blogger Widget

If this works properly, we could add all manner of ill-considered, poorly-formatted and instantly regrettable meanderings, without even any pictures of anything, and without the safety net of Firefox's inline spellcheck.

So, Family Fortunes, eh? It isn't in the news or anything, but here's a thing that has only just occurred to us. When the pre-amble to each question goes "We asked one hundred people to name something you would find in a garden shed", that must surely be a lie. Why do a hundred people, given even a relatively broad topic come up with a total of just seven different answers at most? From a statistical viewpoint, given how long the show has been running, that would be a staggering coincidence, and surely some sort of extrapolation of the most common answers must be going on.

With this in mind, we've gone out into the street and actually asked one hundred people to name something they could find in a shed. Here are the results:

"Sod off." (31)
"Sorry mate, no time." (25)
"Sorry mate, not interested." (22)
"Are you a mental or something? Why would you be even asking that?" (6)
"Ooh, I can't stop. My pay and display ticket's about to run out." (4)
"Erm, I've already given." (3)
"I don't understand." (3)
"What's this for? Broken what? Look, maybe later, eh?" (2)
"Is this for B&Q or something?" (1)
"Spiacente, non parlo inglese." (1)
"Alright Mark. What the hell are you doing now?" (1)
"I'm sorry sir. There have been complaints. You need to come with us now." (1)
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Anonymous said...

Did anyone say Turkey? I believe that during th audition process the familys play the same games, and these are used in the show later. The 100 people asked are familys that have been on previously.

Paul said...

I was expecting "Oh Christ, I've left the iron on" as one of the responses. Imagine my disappointment, X.

Mike Landers said...

"No I can't stop, I'm afraid. My wife is being towed away."

Paul said...

I believe the 100 are actually previous studio audiences (which I guess may include prior families like steve suggests). This explains the phenomenon - as they ask people the question *at the same time*, a level of "copying" is inevitable.

It does also mean that if you find yourself on the programme, you should look out the audience and imagine what they'd have said.

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