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[challenge entry] Apparently
the whole population of the world could fit on the Isle of Wight.



Ah. Oops.

(Edit: FPWooYay!)

From the 100% Fact challenge. See all 469 entries (closed)

(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:27, archived)
# Ah yes.
This is what we need from a compo.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:28, archived)
# haha! Yay!
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:28, archived)
# heh heh
what is true is that the whole island will cease to exist in 500 years due to subsidence...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:28, archived)
# or
if you believe the telly last night - it's still sinking due to the scottish glaciers melting.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:30, archived)
# yeah
one beach there is shrinking a metre a year...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:32, archived)
# bloody
glaciers - just don't know where to leave off.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:34, archived)
# Ace-tastic!
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:29, archived)
# Lovely.
I'm getting the same lovely vibes from this challenge that I get from the Stephen Fry programme on telly last night.
Woo!
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:29, archived)
# qi?
bbc four?

thats the only time i watch that channel...

good show..
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:30, archived)
# like it
Jim Bergerac, bureau d'change
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:29, archived)
# bergerac
was jersey though...

isle of wight's off portsmouth
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:30, archived)
# I know
it just looks like the start of Bergerac though
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:34, archived)
# i have the theme tune in my head now
git
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:36, archived)
# Ha
Looks like southampton is having a poo on the isle of white.. i like it.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:30, archived)
# hahaha
that's so spot on
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:32, archived)
# excellent
more of this sort of thing!
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 13:32, archived)
# i can see the IOW from where i live
100% Fact
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:17, archived)
# hmm
dont think thats true any more...
I remember that statistic from when i was knee-high to the vicar (which was quite often)...

ps. im isle-of-wight born and bred (pity me?)
(, Fri 24 Oct 2003, 14:19, archived)