Simply 19 funny tweets about Census Day that should be preserved for posterity

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Don’t forget to celebrate John Denver Day and fill up your census

— Sam (@sam_bambs) March 21, 2021

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nice try, census dot gov dot uk pic.twitter.com/JeDVuPtlg4

— alex kealy (@alexkealy) March 21, 2021

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Dad just came upstairs to ask how he should fill out the census question on sex for me so I told him to put that I hadn’t had any since December.

— Arthur Webber 🏳️‍🌈🌹 (@BernieTranders) March 21, 2021

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Question: did Mary and Joseph ever actually get round to doing the census or did the whole giving birth in a stable, shepherds, kings, angels, flight into Egypt cause them to forget? And did that affect provision of public services in Judaea if messiah numbers were underreported?

— Patrick Kidd (@patrick_kidd) March 21, 2021

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Always looking for opportunities to add to my mailing list…#Census2021 #teacherlife pic.twitter.com/wzCsEOSTF2

— Becky at Twinkl (@FromTwinkl) March 21, 2021

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Census annoyed me for no other reason than I loathe forms and under sex ? I wanted to answer’ not fussed’

— Jenny Eclair (@jennyeclair) March 21, 2021

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Imagine if on the Census, we all said we lived at one address, just for a laugh?
In one hundred years, historians would be saying “and it appears, they survived the pandemic at Steve’s house.”#census

— Mick Ferry (@MickFerry) March 22, 2021

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Wasn’t sure if I should put this on the census form or not… #CensusDay #LineOfDuty pic.twitter.com/UWCEHy8bBw

— Matthew Lumby (@MatthewLumby) March 21, 2021

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I’m sorry but #Census2021 is asking me questions that are just impossible to answer pic.twitter.com/LgFZRGyY2d

— Mr Firth (@MisterFirth) March 21, 2021

We may never know, but we can only hope at least one person followed this advice.

In case you need some inspiration for filling out #Census2021

34-year-old Cecilia Morris and her 19-year-old daughter Mary, immortalised in the 1861 census as 'A Perfect Lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' and ‘Another perfect lady’ 💅 pic.twitter.com/2XgldJwwMj

— Emily Brand (@EJBrand) March 21, 2021

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This list of jobs from the 1881 census proves the British have always had a great sense of humour

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