Question 17

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On the Census Form it says Question 17, this question is intentionally left blank.

What question would you have included?

I am torn between a question asking if the household has any pets, if you think the monarchy should be abolished or do you think you should put milk in the cup before the tea. I think they all have relevance in their own way.

Ha ha
What about asking each member of the household who their celebrity crush is?!

It's obvious what the blank question should be, surely? Marmite - love it or hate it?

Now that would be a great help to future social historians ! “Look CitizenRobot 93, here’s another 2021 Question 17 citing Kardashian, but this one has a slightly different prefix , do you think it could have been some sort of cult or religion?”

Is your household shoes on, or shoes off?

A question which would split the nation and possibly lead to civil war.

How many loo brushes are in your house RIGHT NOW?! 😂

Which way round is your cutlery drawer - forks on the left or the right? Or alternatively what time do you eat dinner

Do you believe dinner is in the middle of the day or the evening?

@Lurkingforawhile

Which way round is your cutlery drawer - forks on the left or the right? Or alternatively what time do you eat dinner

Oh. Mine are in the middle. Knives(l) forks (m) spoons (r)

Scones-jam or cream first?

(Team Devon here btw)

I love Question 17! The possibilities are endless 🙂

I get asked question 17. Because I'm one of the special people definitely not just because I live in Wales.

@110APiccadilly that's a tease! I'm guessing it's more dull than we might hope then? Or it's in welsh and we won't understand it anyway!

@Lurkingforawhile you're nearly right. It's the question that asks whether you can speak, understand, read or write Welsh.

[quote 110APiccadilly]@Lurkingforawhile you're nearly right. It's the question that asks whether you can speak, understand, read or write Welsh.[/quote]
No offence Piccadilly, but I am a little sad that the census people censored Question 17 for the rest of us.

Marmite.
Love it

Would be interesting to ask that question in England too - two of my team speak welsh!

That's annoying. I'm literally a few hundred meters from the border. Lots of Welsh speakers, do we not get counted?

I think it is sometimes suggested that they ask in England, but it's one of those things where it's quite expensive because although the cost per question is small, if you scale it up across the whole population it's big. It would be interesting to know how many people in England spoke (or read, wrote, or understood) Welsh though.

It would be as there's a lot of migration from Wales into English border towns for employment opportunities. And I would say more so from traditional Welsh speaking areas (thinking especially of Gwynedd which whilst beautiful is limited in employment opportunities).

I'm in NI and there was definitely a question whether I spoke mmmmm now I'm not sure now, either Ulster Scots or Irish

@Lurkingforawhile

Which way round is your cutlery drawer - forks on the left or the right? Or alternatively what time do you eat dinner

Mine go from front to back (spoons at the back)