The Mirror reports that people who have completed their census forms are sending them back with all manner of additional material. including…
- passports
- cheques
- death certificates
- a drawing of the Queen
- credit cards
- house deeds
- family photos
- driving licence application form
It’s bad enough if you do it by accident, but in the twilight recesses of some peoples brains they probably meant to send whatever it was they sent. The results from these people are likely to be even more questionable. The last census prompted this comment on the Office for National Statistics website:
No religion includes people who ticked ‘None’ at the religion question plus those who wrote in Jedi Knight, Agnostic, Atheist and Heathen and those who ticked ‘Other’ but did not write in any religion.
As the title says, people are idiots.
And so far, only about three quarters of households have completed the mandatory census form – risking a £1,000 fine if they fail to do it. Census collectors are now being sent out – I wonder how much that costs?