The 4th BT Hunger Games - Star Wars Pod Racer - Turin Wins!

[Ithillian Turambar]

[Ithillian Turambar]

Thought for the Day

 

 

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8%) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.[24] In the 2001 Census, 2.6% of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi.

 

Jedi was assigned its own code in the United Kingdom for census processing, the number 896.[29] Officials from the Office for National Statistics pointed out that this merely means that it has been registered as a common answer to the "religion" question and that this does not confer on it the status of official recognition. John Pullinger, Director of Reporting and Analysis for the Census, noted that many people who would otherwise not have completed a Census form did so solely to record themselves as Jedi, so this joke helped to improve the quality of the Census. The Office for National Statistics revealed the total figure in a press release entitled "390,000 Jedis there are".

 

In June 2005, Jamie Reed, newly elected Labour Member of Parliament for Copeland in Cumbria, declared himself to be the first Jedi Member of Parliament during his maiden speech.[31] The statement, made in the context of an ongoing debate regarding the Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill, was confirmed by Reed's office to be a joke instead of a serious statement of faith. During a subsequent committee debate on the bill, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield, Dominic Grieve, proposed as "a bit of a joke" to exclude Jedi Knights from the protection of the proposed act, along with Satanists and proponents of animal sacrifice, illustrating the difficulty of defining religious belief in legislation.[32] Similarly, in April 2006, Edward Leigh, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, asked whether he would be allowed to set up a Jedi knights faith school during a Committee debate on the Education and Inspections Bill.[33]

 

On 16 November 2006, two Jedi delivered a protest letter to UN officials in recognition of the International Day for Tolerance. They requested that it be renamed the "UN Interstellar Day of Tolerance" and cited the 2001 Census showing 390,000 Jedi in England and Wales.[34]

 

According to 2011 census figures, the number of Jedi had fallen to 176,632, placing it in seventh place, having been overtaken by Judaism and Buddhism, but still comfortably outnumbering any other alternative or mock religions.[35] The magazine Metal Hammer also encouraged readers to mark "Heavy Metal" as their religion, leading to over 6,000 responses.[36]

[Ithillian Turambar]

[Niniel]

Love my sponsor! 

[Thane Vakarian]

sponsors are good, but the racer has to race

[Niniel]

That is so true. You are full of wisdom young padawan. 

[Thane Vakarian]

*bows* i try to please, and survive.

 

At last i will reveal myself to the other racers. At last i will have revenge.

[wheeloftime13]

http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3660963/OOYL/

[wheeloftime13]

grrrr... That was supposed to be a pic, not a link!!

[Thane Vakarian]

i felt a disturbance in the force....

[wheeloftime13]

It is a pic of Yoda saying

 

OOYL

 

Only Once You Live

[Thane Vakarian]

[wheeloftime13]

http://loldailyfun.com/9186/

 

It is another meme... Sorry that all I can copy are links... :/

 

And I know quite a few people who would do what the meme says...

[wheeloftime13]

I saw this and laughed my butt off... http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/522296-star-wars

[wheeloftime13]

http://geeknation.com/happy-star-wars-day-the-20-best-star-wars-memes/

[wheeloftime13]

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/683036-star-wars

 

I never thought about this before, but I totally get it..

[Ithillian Turambar]

4 1/2 hours ish till deadline.

 

tick tock

 

tick tock

 

[Hayl3y]

*comes back to watch*

[Thane Vakarian]

so, even though this was meant to be open and such, there's not a lot going on.... silent plotting...

 

and Ithi.... can we get like... a cannonshot when someone dies? That would be great

[wheeloftime13]

:( my memes never come out right.... But I swear they are funny.... To me anyway...

[wheeloftime13]

http://joyreactor.com/post/292940

[Ithillian Turambar]

Well a cannonshot would be nice

 

BUT

 

I never know who's going to survive until all the actions are in.

 

You see my dilemma?

 

But if it will make you happy.

 

 

I gave the cannon to the ghost of the Pirate - let's hope he doesn't cause too much damage.

[Panchi]

Thane

[Panchi]

Turin

 

[Panchi]

Hallia