>> So why does everybody act surprised that I don't know certain rather 
>> obscure facts? 
> 
> Because many of the facts you say you don't know really aren't very 
> obscure, or if they are obscure, shouldn't be obscure in *your* culture. 
> (Like, who RMS is. :-)

Meh. Who gets to decide what is or is not "obscure" anyway?

> Now, I'll grant that making movie references (like to the Wicked Witch), 
> I discounted that you're in a foreign country and maybe they don't show 
> that classic amazingly famous movie on TV every single year. But it *is* 
> classic *and* amazingly famous.

And it is also a movie that I really, really hate.

>> People accuse me of being stupid, but I do realise there was a real 
>> ship called the Titanic, that really did sink when it hit an iceberg. 
>> As surely does most of the population?
> 
> They'd say "Why should we? What makes you think we studied the same 
> history bits you did?"

Studied? No. Heard vague references to it? You'd think so...

>> To me, not recognising the theme tune to the Wicked Witch of the West 
>> just isn't on the same level as the two examples above.
> 
> Actually, I suspect you'd recognise it if you heard it.

I did. [Not much of a "tune" though - no idea who you'd whistle that...]

>> Depends if the actors know what the hell they're performing or not. ;-)
> 
> Well, true. This was a professionally-staged play, not a high-school 
> performance or something. :-)

Even BBC Spakespeare productions shown on TV look cripplingly low-budget 
and seem completely incomprehensible. [And I know the damned script!]

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