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There used to be a lass in the office at work a few year back during the time my son was in secondary school. I mentioned he was studying apartheid and Nelson Mandela’s role In breaking it down. She hadn’t heard of Mandela . The rest of the office couldn’t believe it. They asked if she had heard of Hitler - she responded that she was vaguely aware of the name but couldn’t pinpoint exactly where from....

She was 21 at the time and good at her job ..... despite this , I could never look at her again without thinking how thick she must be about people I thought everyone ( unless you lived under a rock) would have heard of. Staggering, really !

Was her surname Hennessey?
 
There used to be a lass in the office at work a few year back during the time my son was in secondary school. I mentioned he was studying apartheid and Nelson Mandela’s role In breaking it down. She hadn’t heard of Mandela . The rest of the office couldn’t believe it. They asked if she had heard of Hitler - she responded that she was vaguely aware of the name but couldn’t pinpoint exactly where from....

She was 21 at the time and good at her job ..... despite this , I could never look at her again without thinking how thick she must be about people I thought everyone ( unless you lived under a rock) would have heard of. Staggering, really !

A case of pretending to be thicker than she is perhaps ? I've noticed this trait in some lasses.
 
My lass (no) doesn't keep up with current affairs as she doesn't read or watch the news as she thinks it's depressing. That gets annoying. Especially when I hear her talking to her mates or family about stuff that's going on and she's getting half truths and total shite fed to her.
 
When Ronnie Biggs died a few years back the discussion about the Great Train Robbery came up at work and what they stole. (I think it was about 2 million at the time)

Female colleaguesaid "It was a bit daft the fuss they made because if you think about it 2 million isnt really a lot of money now is it?"

I replied along the lines of 2 million was a lot of money to steal back then (Equivalent to about 50 million today iirc) so that's why it was a big deal.

Lady in question repeats the line that it's not a lot now. I tried to explain monetary equivalents changing over time but gave up after the 5th "But it's not a lot of money now"
 
A lass who worked for me, asked how come you could drink the water in Skegness.

I said what do you mean.

She said if you go on holiday in Spain, you can’t drink the water, but if you go on holiday in Skegness you can.

I said you’re aware that Skegness is in England aren’t you? She said yeah, but it takes 3 hours to get there and 3 hours to get to Spain, so how come you can drink the water in Skegness?

I gave up at that point.
Well how can you?
 
A lass who worked for me, asked how come you could drink the water in Skegness.

I said what do you mean.

She said if you go on holiday in Spain, you can’t drink the water, but if you go on holiday in Skegness you can.

I said you’re aware that Skegness is in England aren’t you? She said yeah, but it takes 3 hours to get there and 3 hours to get to Spain, so how come you can drink the water in Skegness?

I gave up at that point.
Why can't you drink the water in Spain?
 

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