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Parents Baffled By Science Questions
Pickens writes "The BBC reports that four out of five parents living in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children with the top three most-asked questions: 'Where do babies come from?', 'What makes a rainbow?' and 'Why is the sky blue?'. The survey was carried out to mark the launch of a new website by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills called Science: So what? So everything."
In the UK?!
Why, I'll bet we Americans could get stumped even easier!! take that, britian!
Yes. Geography to be specific. Croydon to be precise.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
FTSummary:
Where do babies come from?
From the sixties:
Some parents asked their son, "What do you want for Christmas?"
He said, "I want a watch."
So they let him.
There is no way that children in Britain think blue is the colour of the sky.
Her dad is not a turkey baster. Her dad is a wanker.
Geography to be specific. Croydon to be precise.
Alternatively:
Genealogy. The milkman to be precise.
how is babby formed?
how girl get pragnent?
However, surely parents should have a certain amount of... familiarity with the answer to, "where do babies come from?"
Huh? Why would they? Its not like they get to chat with the stork when the baby is dropped off.
When I asked my mother where I came from, she said, "Cleveland."
I will give you the gift of science but curse you with such poor spelling nobody will pay any attention to what you say because they are too incandescent with rage. *evil laughter*
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
They'd try WolframAlpha.
That's it!
Maybe Computers will never be as intelligent as Humans.
For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]
They haven't used storks since 1973 when the Ciconiiformes Rights Protection Act was passed. Nowadays the baby is usually sent by first-class mail.