Stupid flipping Census form

Just filled this in online BUT had what I now understand is a very common problem

Access code and post code didn't match - it said.

Switched from Safari to Firefox

Still didn't match

Eventually phoned the helpline and after going through all the options [ will admit they were clear and not rushed ] and got a human person .

"Oh' quoth he.

"Close your browser , re-open it , go to the Census Site and put the Access Code and your Postcode in using lower case letters "

I said " you are surely not serious "

"Yes" quoth he " This is happening to lots of people - just use lower case and it will accept it. "

He was right.

Now what blooming chump made up a paper form showing things in uppercase and you are then told to enter it online exactly as it appears on the printed form , and that doesn't work "

BAH

Form now completed and accepted .

Hope this helps any other user with a similar problem.

Congratulations - that was an exceedingly useful prize and at a very opportune time

Surely 'snot

'snot a nose

's a beak

that's what this thread is all about

dear dear - casting aspersions

tsk tsk

ye gods !!

I'm looking forward to this years pictures

Not at all

It just sort of happened because of Paddy's Day

now that's a hard one

what a fabulous duck

Get him head on and it would be a great study in symmetry , but then you would lose the detail of the rest of his plumage