"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"

• The survey was a failure because of the following:
• In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.
• In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.
• In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
• In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
• In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.
• In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.
• In the US they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.
• In Australia, they hung up, because they couldn't understand the Indian accent.