On the radio this morning someone was wondering about what percentage of the British population have been on television. Not just all those newsreaders and the cast of Eastenders ... but just ordinary people who get filmed walking down the Portobello road ( as I have done many times) when the real actual target is some presenter telling us viewers about empty shops, or the scandal of homelessness, and "ordinary people" are there in the background, doing whatever ordinary people do. There's all those posh people at The Antiques Road Show, or people who are driving along the A6 and get televised for a feature about the deadliness of electric cars and their deadly silence. I reckon that would be quite a high percentage ...... er, 63% ? -ish. ?? That could well include you ..or me . So ...naturally, as you do, I thought ..... ...... what percentage of the UK bird population have actually been seen by us humans ? Having thought about it, I would suspect it turns out to be a lot lower than we might think. My guess ...... 8%. And what about that % for all the birds in the world ? That surely would be a tiny tiny % !! My guess ....... 0.1 %. As usual, I've given you a lot to think about ... should you wish to do so. If any of my faithful readers ( Sandra and Colin Mablethorpe, 315 Limes Alley, Leeds) know owt about all that, kindly let me know. OK then .. music time ... it's sort of relevant ....
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