So here is it. The not eagerly awaited, not magnificent and not particularly pointful survey, One Leg Called George. Conducted for no apparent reason to no real end, these are the results.
But let me give you a bit of background on this. The joke, as far as I know, comes from America around the turn of the 20th century. Being a not-very-good joke, it is ideal for my family, and my dad was always saying it as we grew up.. he still says it now. And you wonder why I'm weird? So yes, this joke was always hiding somewhere, waiting to pounce at family dos as our uncles reminisced about when they used to scrump apples and other traditional childhood features that no one has done since the 50's. I knew this joke (and I use the word in its loosest sense) inside out, back to front and with fries, but did anyone else? So I set off on my quest to discover the truth about the man with one leg called George.
It was the holidays, I was bored!
Of 18 people asked, 13 replied. 3 knew what the response was (though one gave a hugely long-winded answer), 1 asked if he was OK with 1 leg, 2 people told me about their friends, 4 people said 'Good for him!' in a way that made me cringe, and three were completely miffed.
Most interesting answer goes to:
Tintin - "I know a man called Dave who eats unborn humans". Yes, maybe you should reconsider that therapist James.
Fastest response goes to:
Cherylien, in approximately 50 seconds.
Most responsive response:
Daryl. He rang me and asked me what the hell I was on about. He always rings, surely it's cheaper to text Daryl...?
Most cheery response:
Mandolin - "Wow, how do you know him? Well, good for him! If he's OK with it then I am too. I've never met someone with only one leg!" It was then that I smacked myself on the forehead, shook my head and sighed.
If you have any ideas for other pointless surveys I could conduct, bug me ! And when I say bug I don't mean virally infect my computer via Mexico.
But watch this space for a possible follow-up survey, The Survey Strikes Back: So what was his other leg called?
But let me give you a bit of background on this. The joke, as far as I know, comes from America around the turn of the 20th century. Being a not-very-good joke, it is ideal for my family, and my dad was always saying it as we grew up.. he still says it now. And you wonder why I'm weird? So yes, this joke was always hiding somewhere, waiting to pounce at family dos as our uncles reminisced about when they used to scrump apples and other traditional childhood features that no one has done since the 50's. I knew this joke (and I use the word in its loosest sense) inside out, back to front and with fries, but did anyone else? So I set off on my quest to discover the truth about the man with one leg called George.
It was the holidays, I was bored!
Of 18 people asked, 13 replied. 3 knew what the response was (though one gave a hugely long-winded answer), 1 asked if he was OK with 1 leg, 2 people told me about their friends, 4 people said 'Good for him!' in a way that made me cringe, and three were completely miffed.
Most interesting answer goes to:
Tintin - "I know a man called Dave who eats unborn humans". Yes, maybe you should reconsider that therapist James.
Fastest response goes to:
Cherylien, in approximately 50 seconds.
Most responsive response:
Daryl. He rang me and asked me what the hell I was on about. He always rings, surely it's cheaper to text Daryl...?
Most cheery response:
Mandolin - "Wow, how do you know him? Well, good for him! If he's OK with it then I am too. I've never met someone with only one leg!" It was then that I smacked myself on the forehead, shook my head and sighed.
If you have any ideas for other pointless surveys I could conduct, bug me ! And when I say bug I don't mean virally infect my computer via Mexico.
But watch this space for a possible follow-up survey, The Survey Strikes Back: So what was his other leg called?
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