Red, red wine
Wednesday, July 7th, 2004 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robinturnerI clicked on a link in someone's LJ to a combined IQ and personality test. The third question was "Which number should come next? 144 121 100 81 64 ?"
It took me a while to realise that the numbers were in descending order. Someone should design a drunkards' IQ test. Just like we have EQ for emotional intelligence, we could have a DQ for drunk intelligence. There would definitely be none of those awful mathematical questions (think about how long it takes to work out the bill when everyone has had more than a few). Rather, it would have useful questions like:
1. You are in the toilet and wonder if you went in the right door. Looking up, you see written on the wall "For a good time, call Sharon, 863543." Are you in the
(a) Ladies?
(b) Gents?
(c) Car park?
2. You notice that a good-looking person (of whichever sex you are attracted to) sitting three seats away at the bar has been staring into your eyes for an inordinately long time. Do you
(a) offer to buy him/her a drink?
(b) stare at your drink, hoping they'll go away?
(c) use your lightning kung fu reflexes to catch them before they slide onto the floor?
(d) stare at your drink, trying to remember what "inordinately" means.
It took me a while to realise that the numbers were in descending order. Someone should design a drunkards' IQ test. Just like we have EQ for emotional intelligence, we could have a DQ for drunk intelligence. There would definitely be none of those awful mathematical questions (think about how long it takes to work out the bill when everyone has had more than a few). Rather, it would have useful questions like:
1. You are in the toilet and wonder if you went in the right door. Looking up, you see written on the wall "For a good time, call Sharon, 863543." Are you in the
(a) Ladies?
(b) Gents?
(c) Car park?
2. You notice that a good-looking person (of whichever sex you are attracted to) sitting three seats away at the bar has been staring into your eyes for an inordinately long time. Do you
(a) offer to buy him/her a drink?
(b) stare at your drink, hoping they'll go away?
(c) use your lightning kung fu reflexes to catch them before they slide onto the floor?
(d) stare at your drink, trying to remember what "inordinately" means.
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Date: 2004-07-07 02:46 pm (UTC)Today's intelligence test took the form of an essay question, as in when my boss called completely out of the blue, and asked "Do you think there's a problem with the staff thinking that they're being paid enough?". It's not quite up there with "When did you stop beating your wife?", but it's close.
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Date: 2004-07-07 03:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-07 11:27 pm (UTC)I would take that test... and post the result in my LJ.
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Date: 2004-07-07 11:30 pm (UTC)B, if your in israel, why not call the prime minister
A, unless your married