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by EllieGant ^Pro @ 10.04.2008 – 20:34:05

I'm sulking. Nobody ever asks me. It can't be because I live on the Isle of Wight - the UK's nearest equivalent to 'the-world-is-flat-and -if-you-get-near-the-edge-you-will-fall-off-and-never-be-heard of-again' theory. Because I lived in London for years and I was never asked there either.

So who does, exactly, get asked to take part in an opinion poll? I can only suggest, in the case of the statistic that claims that 59% of married women would divorce their husbands if they were assured of financial security, that the only people asked resided at the Wannabe A Footballer or Musician's Wife Club.

Either that or I am a member of a minority - again.
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- NotBob
- http://notbob562.webs.com/blog.htm
- 10.04.2008 @ 21:02:06
I've subscribed to "Valued Opinions" to take part in some of these polls, but whenever I tell them my age and occupation I get a message back from them effectively saying "Sorry, your opinion doesn't matter"
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 10.04.2008 @ 22:14:53
  WELL! I'd sulk even more if that were me.
  
  Hint: next time, say 21, 40-24-34, and party-goer.
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- NotBob
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- 10.04.2008 @ 21:02:37
I've subscribed to "Valued Opinions" to take part in some of these polls, but whenever I tell them my age and occupation I get a message back from them effectively saying "Sorry, your opinion doesn't matter"
- - blayka
  - 10.04.2008 @ 21:06:55
  They were after Bob's opinion, you see.
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- rowtheboat ^Pro
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- 10.04.2008 @ 21:03:32
Red or white wine?

Your opinion is sought...
- - flojo666 ^Pro
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  - 10.04.2008 @ 21:43:05
  Now that would depend on the circumstances.... with a meal, watching a film, to get drunk or personal preference!?!?
  - - rowtheboat ^Pro
    - http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
    - 10.04.2008 @ 21:47:04
    See, there's the problem - polls these days just aren't specific enough. How are they supposed to give an accurate representation of, say, the alcoholic state of the nation?
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  - - EllieGant ^Pro
    - 10.04.2008 @ 22:16:52
    No no! The answer is BOTH! Whenever!
    
    Whadya mean, that's why they never ask me!
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- blayka
- 10.04.2008 @ 21:05:05
This is a very good point!

I don't believe that these results are credible at all. If it were true, men would be right not letting their wives work. Because if they did, there would be 59% chance that the wife would divorce them upon the receipt of her first paycheck.

Or something... It's very confusing.
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 10.04.2008 @ 22:19:30
  No, I'd resist. I'd still be happily married.
  
  My first paycheck wouldn't even fund a bottle of red and a bottle of white!
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- Usksider ^Pro
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- 10.04.2008 @ 21:09:38
Wait! What da ya mean the world's not flat? Am I about to fall off???
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 10.04.2008 @ 22:21:36
  *soothes Usky's brow*
  
  No, no, you're safe where you live.
  Just make sure you are clinging to a lamp-post when you step off the pavement.
  - - Usksider ^Pro
    - http://www.usksider.co.uk
    - 10.04.2008 @ 22:31:55
    Are you sure...
    Lamp-post, eh? And that'll save me will it? Sprout arms and legs and save me.... Hmmm....
    *whistles quietly while the strange little men in the funny white coats arrive*
    - - EllieGant ^Pro
      - 11.04.2008 @ 15:47:47
      You're right. Very strange.
      
      Screams loudly because little men in the funny white coats have arrived and are revving up the van,
      - Usksider ^Pro
        
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        12.04.2008 @ 05:23:45
        
        I hope you fobbed them off...
        
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- jackfrost
- 10.04.2008 @ 22:02:33
i did an opinion poll and got junk mail for years!!....i didn't know that The IOW does not have grey squirrels and that it was the last place in the country to accept christianity!!!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 10.04.2008 @ 22:27:30
  *hops up and down with excitement at venturing an opinion*
  
  Why, yes! No grey squirrels here - only red ones. So they say.
  
  Didn't know about the christianity. But doesn't surprize me. We 're a bit slow off the mark here.
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- kevinwilson ^Pro
- 10.04.2008 @ 22:41:44
nine out of ten people don't like opinion polls.
i think.
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 11.04.2008 @ 15:49:40
  And 2 out of 10 cats hate that disgusting looking cat food but when do they ever get to say it!
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- MissyMouse
- 10.04.2008 @ 23:12:57
Aw poor you Ellie!
There are a fair few opinion polls out there waiting for you to sign up and take part. I've done a few but as Bob states, you receive the invite, by time you join up you get the message saying either "you are too late as the world has already signed up" or "we don't want ya now".

Stupid eh!
- - EllieGant ^Pro
  - 11.04.2008 @ 15:50:49
  Stupid indeed - and it sounds a bit selective, which confirms my suspicions about the statistical results!
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