Fun_People Archive
3 Nov
Health Care beats out both monarchy & fish and chips in Britain

Date: Thu,  3 Nov 94 01:01:52 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: Health Care beats out both monarchy & fish and chips in Britain

Forwarded-by: Bob Stein <REEDZSTEIN@aol.com>
Used w/o permission from the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Scene Column,
11/2/94:

"Britons prefer monarchy to fish and chips--barely"

Britain's monarchy rates just ahead of fish and chips in a survey of popular
national institutions.

Asked "what is great about Britain today," 1266 adults placed the countryside
first (51%), followed by heritage and tradition (49%), and the National
Health Service (39%).

The monarchy got 27%, followed by fish and chips with 19%.

Sounds kind of fishy that the royals did that well.

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(I wonder if this is a good argument for *our* national health care
advocates!!!  --Bob)

© 1994 Peter Langston