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Monday, April 11, 2005

Surveying the Demographic of the Voter Demographic. Please vote first and then read.

Let us introduce ourselves, we are Head of Polls, Poppy and Biscuits.

We have decided to start a poll which will determine the nation's predilection to certain numbers. We have selected a random sample of 12345, and over the coming week (or however long we can be bothered) we will observe the findings and discover which figure the public prefer.

And now our prediction....
we predict, based upon extensive research into the field of psychology, that people often like the underdog and so may veer towards the last number, 5. on the other hand, this is a cultural phenomenom specific to Britain, and so non-British voters of may be likely to go for the all-American number one. On the other hand, seeing as we live in a modern democratic society, we think that in this day and age that people do not go for either extreme anymore but prefer a more neutral and less biased approach.

Also we must take into account the Americanisation of many cultures, which may result in people liking number 1 more than they would have before. Still though, sympathy with the underdog may mean that many think 1 is a bit too showy,
and so will go for number 2 instead. Unfortunately, the number 2 can imply rude things with it rhyming with 'poo'. Therefore, people may instead go for either 3, or 4 depending on how much they sympathise with the underdog.

In retrospect: We dont have a clue.

So Biscuits predicts that the number 2 will win the poll because it's not quite
number 1. Poppy predicts that the winner will be number 3, because it's in the middle.
Let the voting commence!

4 Comments:

At Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:22:00 am, Blogger patroclus said...

I refer you to the example of the Wasp T-12 Speechtool, which although featuring "every known integer", has an extra large 5 because "that's the most common number". Which suggests that your original hunch may be correct. Then again, Douglas Adams believed that some numbers are funnier than others, the funniest being 42 (obviously) and 37. So there's all to play for, really.

 
At Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:42:00 pm, Blogger Fizzy good said...

37 is the BEST number.

Just thought I'd add that.

 
At Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:56:00 pm, Blogger Catpee said...

I would go for 1.618

 
At Friday, April 27, 2007 1:03:00 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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