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    #152
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Jesus people, my great grandfather filled this thing in 1911 with no light or running water or Internet for asking silly questions.

    No bother to him.


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    #153
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Jesus people, my great grandfather filled this thing in 1911 with no light or running water or Internet for asking silly questions.

    No bother to him.

    But the difference was that he was able to read the questions and think for himself.
    A trait that seems to have been lost as we have evolved.


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    #154
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    What's with the yes and no questions, It should be assumed no and you have to say yes. Pointless.. I don't list in life what I don't suffer from that would be ridiculous.


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    #155
    The Randy Riverbeast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭The Randy Riverbeast


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Jesus people, my great grandfather filled this thing in 1911 with no light or running water or Internet for asking silly questions.

    No bother to him.

    But he suddenly became illiterate that year so would have had help.


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    #156
    flashforward
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭flashforward


    If you are a chartered accountant or a nurse who qualified as a SRN 'State registered Nurse' from the 70's/80's what do you put down your 'Highest level of education obtained to date'?

    Leaving cert???
    These people did not do a level 6/7/8/9 course so what do they put down?


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    #157
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Four of us in the house. Two of them got their mammy to fill it up at their parents home. Other is at her fathers house. So just me to fill it up here. Will do it tomorrow :)


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    #158
    CFlat
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    flashforward wrote: »
    If you are a chartered accountant or a nurse who qualified as a SRN 'State registered Nurse' from the 70's/80's what do you put down your 'Highest level of education obtained to date'?

    Leaving cert???
    These people did not do a level 6/7/8/9 course so what do they put down?

    Without delay, pop over to your neighbours house and let them figure it out!


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    #159
    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    The FIL just filled it out & had an absolute Canary when I put down 'Jedi' as my religion & scribbled it out, think I'll move out tomorrow...


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    #160
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    hytrogen wrote: »
    The FIL just filled it out & had an absolute Canary when I put down 'Jedi' as my religion & scribbled it out, think I'll move out tomorrow...

    Are you a follower of a religion called Jedi though?
    A practising follower?

    If not, why not just put no religion on the form?


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    #161
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,370 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I live outside a small enough town and we always know the person doing the census. I was thinking that to myself if they were a nosy busy body couldn't they tell everybody all the information you filled out.
    Having read it again I relies now I could nearly fill out the census for a lot of people living around me.


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    #162
    CFlat
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Jesus people, my great grandfather filled this thing in 1911 with no light or running water or Internet for asking silly questions.

    No bother to him.

    On the upside for your great grandfather TBM, there's two questions he didn't have to answer 1) Are you on mains electricity and 2)do you get water from well, mains or group water scheme.


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    #163
    Barlett
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    Filled it in there and put down Roman Catholic as my religion....what a time to be alive!


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    #164
    The_Valeyard
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    CFlat wrote: »
    On the upside for your great grandfather TBM, there's two questions he didn't have to answer 1) Are you on mains electricity and 2)do you get water from well, mains or group water scheme.

    1.Possibly are you storing weapons for a future rebellion
    2. How many members of your household have we sent to Australia


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    #165
    CFlat
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    1.Possibly are you storing weapons for a future rebellion
    2. How many members of your household have we sent to Australia

    3. If you have a job do you 1) walk to work, 2)cycle 3) take horse and cart or 4) get an old wheel off a bike, a stick and roll it to work.


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    #166
    The_Valeyard
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    CFlat wrote: »
    3. If you have a job do you 1) walk to work, 2)cycle 3) take horse and cart or 4) get an old wheel off a bike, a stick and roll it to work.

    5) how often have you been beaten by your local constabulary
    6) how great is our current king 1. Amazing 2. Brilliant 3. Fantastic 4. Superb
    7. How much money do you make:______ 1. Send it to us.


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    #167
    The_Valeyard
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    Barlett wrote: »
    Filled it in there and put down Roman Catholic as my religion....what a time to be alive!

    The gaggle of pitch fork atheists approach!


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    #168
    FizzleSticks
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    #169
    The_Valeyard
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    Broken Hearted Road wrote: »
    More likely the man didn't get asked do you have an internet connection and faced with answering:

    Yes, boadband connection
    Yes, other connection
    No

    And left wondering what does a sh1tty mobile phone service come in under.

    ****ty = other ?


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    #170
    Broken Hearted Road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Broken Hearted Road


    CFlat wrote: »
    On the upside for your great grandfather TBM, there's two questions he didn't have to answer 1) Are you on mains electricity and 2)do you get water from well, mains or group water scheme.

    More likely the man didn't get asked do you have an internet connection and faced with answering:

    Yes, boadband connection
    Yes, other connection
    No

    And left wondering what does a sh1tty mobile phone service come in under.


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    #171
    Broken Hearted Road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Broken Hearted Road


    FizzleSticks wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Question 25 was straight forward and we marked the box down by 3. It's question 26 we are stuck on. What is the main field of study of the highest qualification you have completed to date. (Exclude secondary school qualifications).


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    #172
    [Deleted User]
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    Or this one,
    What time do you leave for work???

    Well, seeing as I work shifts, a different time everyday. Which isn't an option!


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    #173
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    Name: I don't even know
    Sex: maybe


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    #174
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Or this one,
    What time do you leave for work???

    Well, seeing as I work shifts, a different time everyday. Which isn't an option!

    It's for the criminals. Need to know when your house is free so they can go to work.


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    #175
    CFlat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,788 ✭✭✭CFlat


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Name: I don't even know
    Sex: maybe

    Are you drunk again Lexie?


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    #176
    PandaPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    French_Girl wrote: »
    You think if I owned the house I would have asked that question?

    We own our house and have a vague idea of when it was built. Only moved here two years ago so should probably remember! No idea where any of the paperwork is either.
    Just took a guess :o


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    #177
    Broken Hearted Road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Broken Hearted Road


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Or this one,
    What time do you leave for work???
    Well, seeing as I work shifts, a different time everyday. Which isn't an option!

    I don't think the census cater's very well for long term unemployed people. I was filling in the form tonight for 3 of us. One is unemployed for a few years. He did a FAS course since and worked abroad for a bit but hasn't actually worked here in Ireland at what he did at FAS. So question 30, what is your occupation. They expect unemployed people to fill this too. So I suppose, what you usually do if you were in employment. So do I put down a job he had many years ago.


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    #178
    GT_TDI_150
    Registered Users Posts: 10,917 ✭✭✭✭GT_TDI_150


    My missus filled out our form few weeks back, she also filled out her parent one and her uncles one ( gluten for punichment), so ive no idea of the exact questions on the form BUT those with temporary overseas visitors .... why are ye drawing extra work upon yourselves? Surely u just leave them off the form ie nothing to see here kinda job?!?


    My brkther the cheeky fecker went home for the weekend so my parents had to add him on their form :p


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    #179
    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    bubblypop wrote:
    Are you a follower of a religion called Jedi though? A practising follower?
    If not, why not just put no religion on the form?
    Good question, While I may not be a practising Jedi as some may expect, I see it as the closest comparable order that comes in line with my philosophical perspective on life and our beautiful universe.
    Nor was the gesture an act of revolt or atheism, just a passive comment to pigeonhole my beliefs as a silly little form wanted.


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    #180
    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    Broken Hearted Road wrote:
    I don't think the census cater's very well for long term unemployed people. I was filling in the form tonight for 3 of us. One is unemployed for a few years. He did a FAS course since and worked abroad for a bit but hasn't actually worked here in Ireland at what he did at FAS. So question 30, what is your occupation. They expect unemployed people to fill this too. So I suppose, what you usually do if you were in employment. So do I put down a job he had many years ago.

    Fill in the option for employed / unemployed / student & then skip the last part for place & address of employment / school etc.


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    #181
    The Raptor
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    There's no 'i don't know' option. Do i tick roman catholic because i celebrate Christmas. Except for last Christmas where i skipped it and had less hassle from family. I didn't even have a tree. What am I?


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