Census

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:21

I thought the jedi bit was obvious...

Alarm · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:45

sinister agent wrote:

Re: religion. Whose genius idea was it to include no subdivisions of, say, Islam, but even to lump all christian churches in together?

I agree. At the very least options to identity oneself as Roman Catholic or Anglican/Protestant would have been welcome.

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:48

I can sort of see their point on that one. If they just included the 'main' religions there would be howls of protest from all the lunatic sects which didn't get mentioned.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:18

Alarm wrote:

I agree. At the very least options to identity oneself as Roman Catholic or Anglican/Protestant would have been welcome.

And are Mormons Christians?

(lights blue touch paper, runs)

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Might get a better picture up here by just having Christian, there's no chance of mongs up here ticking Protestant/Catholic because they hate Catholics/Protestants/Celtic/Rangers/Neil Lennon/The Pope/The IRA/The UVF/Masons/Whateverthefuckotherirrelevantisgettingdraggedupthesedays and not because they are religious.

In other news I've still no got mine yet.

Alarm · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 13:47

Kern wrote:

Alarm wrote:

I agree. At the very least options to identity oneself as Roman Catholic or Anglican/Protestant would have been welcome.

And are Mormons Christians?

(lights blue touch paper, runs)

They would say they are. I would disagree.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

The Jedi bit is important if silly. There are more Jedi's than Jews in the UK. 400k odd,

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 13:00

Proper job.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Was anyone else hoping that the answers to "what is your religion?" and "what is your job title?" bits would also be "Other (Cornish)"?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:44

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

We got our form hand delivered and the man wrote the name of the head of the household on the top, they're coming this week to collect them. I believe everyones got hand delivered, from what others have said, so they should have no trouble fining people who don't fill them in over here!

As Ramsea proclaimed himself head of the household, I made him fill the form in. I should have checked it really, as god only knows what he's written in it....

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

Grim... wrote:

:)

Thought you'd like that

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:56

Little Bobby Tables

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Where's that from, Davpaz? I'd like to blog it.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Where's that from, Davpaz? I'd like to blog it.

Not too helpfully, it's from reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/com ... nsus_they/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:33

Grim... wrote:

I thought the jedi bit was obvious...

I thought it was A TRAP!

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11913

Job title:
Scientist.
Briefly describe what you do:
Science.

sdg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:56

Gilly wrote:

We filled ours out online at the back of eleven on the day they were due to be done.

Wild.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10185

Bobbyaro wrote:

Job title:
Scientist.
Briefly describe what you do:
Science.

Hel is a scientist by job title and point blank refused to do that (even without the trailing ! on SCIENCE), the spoilsport.

Whereas I put "Software engineer" and "Engineer software." Which isn't anywhere near as good, but is at least pleasingly symmetrical.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12345

I put: IT Administrator
Administration of IT.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11913

BikNorton wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Job title:
Scientist.
Briefly describe what you do:
Science.

Hel is a scientist by job title and point blank refused to do that (even without the trailing ! on SCIENCE), the spoilsport.

Whereas I put "Software engineer" and "Engineer software." Which isn't anywhere near as good, but is at least pleasingly symmetrical.

What else did they expect me to put in a 20 character box, FFS?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12345

In ten years time I'll be putting:

Retired
Optimising laurel resting position

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 14:00

I will go for:

Risk Manager
Manage Risks

Though it would be tempting to put 'very little' for the second bit.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 14:29

Curiosity wrote:

I will go for:

Airport Security Manager
Manage Frisks

Though it would be tempting to put 'very little' for the second bit.

FTFY

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 16:55

I had to put Darryl on ours.

Occupation: Soldier
Brief Description: Soldiering.

(I actually put 'Protecting the Empire'

)

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Title: Research admin person

Does: Bloody everything.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 20:10

I wrote 'Awesome' in the bits I had to think about.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

When I tried doing it online, the key code for it wouldn't work in Chrome. The second entry box would only allow 3 letters.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22405

Nirejhenge wrote:

When I tried doing it online, the key code for it wouldn't work in Chrome. The second entry box would only allow 3 letters.

No problems on chrome here

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

I did mine on Chrome too.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Mar 29, 2011 21:06

I cut letters from potatoes and pressed them into the blood of a virgin crow before marking the paper. Except for the letter S. And I had to make my C onto an E as I was struggling with curves and ran out of spuds.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11913

MaliA wrote:

I cut letters from potatoes and pressed them into the blood of a virgin crow before marking the paper. Except for the letter S. And I had to make my C onto an E as I was struggling with curves and ran out of spuds.

"and ran out of pud", surely?

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Turns out Emily Davidson, the suffragette, was a mad vampire woman that lived in the Houses of Parliament crypt or something

http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/2010/04/as ... nts-crypt/

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

We got too Census forms. One addressed to Flat 9F, one addressed to Flat F, 9-11.

Our address is flat 9F so I completed that form and sent it in. Other, not completed. May have been recycled. Have now had 3 chasers of increasing threat level for the 9-11 form. However, they always visit when we're at work. Looking forward to actually meeting them and explaining the very basic error being made here.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:09

This will soon be a thing again!

What witty entry under "religion" will the Internet insist we enter this time round?

Except for viewers in Scotland.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:20

It's just occurred to me that the stats on where people work and how they get there might be very different this time round due to the Event.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:50

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

We got too Census forms. One addressed to Flat 9F, one addressed to Flat F, 9-11.

Our address is flat 9F so I completed that form and sent it in. Other, not completed. May have been recycled. Have now had 3 chasers of increasing threat level for the 9-11 form. However, they always visit when we're at work. Looking forward to actually meeting them and explaining the very basic error being made here.

Wow, Nelson Mandela House feels like æons ago.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6621

Mrs Squirt has answered the call and is now an official Census Officer. Yesterday she drove to a Top Secret Secure Location ( a hotel conference room ) where she was issued with her badge, a super secure smartphone, her lanyard and her service revolver. She's now an Agent of Her Majesty, and is ready to drive arounf rural Somerset helping old people fill out their forms.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

Squirt wrote:

Mrs Squirt has answered the call and is now an official Census Officer. Yesterday she drove to a Top Secret Secure Location ( a hotel conference room ) where she was issued with her badge, a super secure smartphone, her lanyard and her service revolver. She's now an Agent of Her Majesty, and is ready to drive arounf rural Somerset helping old people fill out their forms.

Does she have a License to Kill threaten with fine?

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:43

Squirt wrote:

Mrs Squirt has answered the call and is now an official Census Officer. Yesterday she drove to a Top Secret Secure Location ( a hotel conference room ) where she was issued with her badge, a super secure smartphone, her lanyard and her service revolver. She's now an Agent of Her Majesty, and is ready to drive arounf rural Somerset helping old people fill out their forms.

Giphy "i'm doing my bit":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/jnKnVI7mORTROgPl9E/giphy-loop.mp4

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:58

Kern wrote:

This will soon be a thing again!

What witty entry under "religion" will the Internet insist we enter this time round?

Except for viewers in Scotland.

Warrior of Sunlight!
Giphy "grossly incandescent":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/3o7aCQTyoPLEVwVtZK/giphy-loop.mp4

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6621

Kern wrote:

This will soon be a thing again!

What witty entry under "religion" will the Internet insist we enter this time round?

Except for viewers in Scotland.

Worshipper of Xunt! All hail Xunt, and bask in his endless mercy!

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6621

DavPaz wrote:

Squirt wrote:

Mrs Squirt has answered the call and is now an official Census Officer. Yesterday she drove to a Top Secret Secure Location ( a hotel conference room ) where she was issued with her badge, a super secure smartphone, her lanyard and her service revolver. She's now an Agent of Her Majesty, and is ready to drive arounf rural Somerset helping old people fill out their forms.

Does she have a License to Kill threaten with fine?

She can deploy any force she deems necessary, up to and including "Stern Words".

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38697

Squirt wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Squirt wrote:

Mrs Squirt has answered the call and is now an official Census Officer. Yesterday she drove to a Top Secret Secure Location ( a hotel conference room ) where she was issued with her badge, a super secure smartphone, her lanyard and her service revolver. She's now an Agent of Her Majesty, and is ready to drive arounf rural Somerset helping old people fill out their forms.

Does she have a License to Kill threaten with fine?

She can deploy any force she deems necessary, up to and including "Stern Words".

Blimey. Has she been trained for that?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6621

She's been given a very informative pamphlet, and she's read most of it!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:22

Just be careful what you say and do around her now.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Occupation: Slave of Günter, the Norse God of Tidiness.

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:43

Well, that was fun.
Enjoy making sense of it, future generations!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

There was no non-binary gender option. I imagine a lot of people will be unhappy about that.

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