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Riso

Tue Oct 9 16:19:44 2001

Coming very near the bottom of an official list of religions put out by the Statistics Office, Jedi Knight is known by the code 896. Heathen comes in at 897. Followed by Atheist at 898 and lastly None with 899. It's not exactly a ringing endorsement though since the 800s come after every other religion, no matter how obscure, and 700 is used for all "other religions".

We reported in April about a worldwide attempt to get Jedi Knight accepted as a religion. It started out a daft idea but thanks to email and the Internet soon a whole army of budding Luke Skywalkers had joined in.

We spoke to the Home Office - which was not overly entertained especially since the Census is supposed to be deadly serious. However the Home Office would not say what constituted a religion and we subsequently discovered that while you can be heavily fined for putting down false details on a census form, it does not apply to the religion question.

With 95 per cent of census forms now received and scanning, coding and data capture due to be completed by August next year, we should know just how many official Jedi Knights there are in the UK by the end of 2002

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 17:29:47 2001

Jedi Knights have gained official recognition

:rolleyes: F4g0tRy +++

Only in Britain.

HitScan

Tue Oct 9 17:58:58 2001

Do you not see? This is excellent! By 2002 we'll konw how many damned fools there are in Britain. Then, the lists are passed out to the Stupidity Elimination Squads, and these f00ls are dealt with. Is it not brilliant? Hell, if my plan were to go into effect the average IQ in Britain would rise over 40 points! Guaranteed!

:biggrin:

DuffMan

Tue Oct 9 19:11:11 2001

I didn't fill out the census because They use it to insert aliens into your brain. I'll be damned if I let that happen again.

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:16:53 2001

[color=purple]Glad to be part of the Top Five posters, DuffMan?

Only 37 to go until 1K; one more after that for Captain rankage.[/color]

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Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:19:02 2001

I resent Atheists getting the code 898.

We should get the code 666, because we're all godless bastards. :evilgrin: :biggrin: :evilgrin:

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:20:30 2001

I'll be damned if I let that happen again.

*again*? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Heh. I know you're joking.

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:21:03 2001

At least I hope you are.

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:22:20 2001

postcount ++

At Ars Technica, rapid-fire posting like this is considered spam. But this is not Ars Technica. Therefore I may do this with impunity.

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 9 19:23:23 2001

And so I shall.

Post count = [color=red]1525[/color]
postcount++

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Madan

Tue Oct 9 19:29:05 2001

I didn't fill out the census because They use it to insert aliens into your brain. I'll be damned if I let that happen again.

LOL!

DuffMan

Tue Oct 9 19:29:17 2001

I think I shall celebrate my 1000th post by sacrificing a hooker to the aliens.

Magus

Tue Oct 9 19:52:20 2001

A hooker? You mean like my ex-gf turned out to be?

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Tue Oct 9 20:40:51 2001

Only in Britain.

[size=24][color=red]Silly English Pigdogs![/color][/size]

Imitation Gruel

Wed Oct 10 09:45:10 2001

What was THAT picture, AYB?

Harbinger

Wed Oct 10 16:02:45 2001

IG: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Consider Yourself Informed.

I fart in your general direction!

I resent Atheists getting the code 898.
We should get the code 666, because we're all godless bastards.

Naw, leave it to the Satanists, since 666 'belongs' to him anyway.

I'll take 664: The Neighbor of The Beast.

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Jedi Knights have gained official recognition