Riddles - Page 8

wolf · 01-23-2004, 10:19 AM

I'm thinking Sister Jenny is a bottle of gin?

hot_pastrami · 01-23-2004, 10:59 AM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
well you must be right, cuz i got a 135......and i'm also, coincidentally, worth my weight in dead slugs. ( that's a lot of slugs, btw)

Once previously a link to an online IQ test was posted to a community I frequented, and like this one, it provided a score, but one had to pay to access the detailed score. Everyone posted their results, and I noticed an unlikely score trend... everyone, even the morons, were receiving above-average IQ scores. There was a spread of perhaps 10 points between the truly stupid and the certifiably genius.

I didn't have to strain my think-muscle too hard to realize that the test was intentionally flattering the testee (heheh... testee) to make them more likely to purchase the detailed results. Few people would care to purchase the details if they got a low score.

In that community, in carefully examining the scores compared to my knowledge of who received them, I concluded that either some people had been very skillfully concealing their intelligence, or the test's IQ measuring abilities were about as reliable as a 90 year old dick. There were a handful of people whom I was confident were smarter than I, and many got lower scores than I did. Also, there were some obvious cement-heads who did as well, or better, as I. Not that I'm belittling your score on this test Jimbo, I wouldn't be surprised if you really were smarter than I am.

In the end, even accurate IQ tests only measure one's ability to solve cute puzzles in a controlled environment, and a high score only proves that the one being tested thinks simlarly to those who created the test. Hence the wide variations of scores one can get on different IQ tests. IQ tests can't possibly test the truly valuable intelligence, such as practical problem-solving, because tests are inherently impractical.

Or maybe I'm just a moron.

lumberjim · 01-23-2004, 12:02 PM

no, you're obviously not a moron. and it wasn;t my intent to say i was smarter cuz i tested higher. i wsa saying you're prolly right about the innacuracy of the scores. Jinx also got a 133, and we go back and forth about who's smarter. We've decided that there are different types of intelligence. I am good with abstract, intuitive thinking, she has a damn near perfect memory etc....

none of it really matters, though, cuz tw is the only smart person in the cellar. just ask him.

Torrere · 01-23-2004, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
I'm thinking Sister Jenny is a bottle of gin?

Quite right.

I've been trying to figure out if that's what Bruce answered, but... I don't know.

An Arab sheikh is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?

perth · 01-23-2004, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by Torrere
An Arab sheikh is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?

"Swap camels."

Michael Roth · 01-24-2004, 12:38 AM

"Split it."

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2004, 06:28 AM

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Or maybe I'm just a moron.

Clearly, your post shows you're not.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2004, 06:43 AM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
snip... Most people value what you actually do, not what you're capable of, and rightly so. (If you can find someone who values you based on what you're capable of, hang onto them with both hands.)

My experience is, people value you by how comfortable you make them feel around you, how good you make them feel about themselves.

Slartibartfast · 01-26-2004, 11:37 AM

My life can be measured in hours
I serve by being devoured
thin I am quick
thick I am slow
wind is my foe

What am I?

Griff · 01-26-2004, 11:47 AM

fog?

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2004, 03:34 PM

A candle!

Slartibartfast · 01-26-2004, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
A candle!

/me gives monkey a banana

Slartibartfast · 01-26-2004, 05:42 PM

Whoever makes it doesn't use it,
whoever buys it doesn't want it,
and whoever uses it doesn't know they are using it.

What is it?

Slartibartfast · 01-26-2004, 05:44 PM

and apostrophies in the above quote go before the 'n' in all the above cases.

Ain't that not the truth?

Grizzly · 01-26-2004, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast
Whoever makes it doesn't use it,
whoever buys it doesn't want it,
and whoever uses it doesn't know they are using it.

What is it?

A coffin.

01-23-2004, 10:19 AM	#106
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm thinking Sister Jenny is a bottle of gin? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-23-2004, 12:02 PM	#108
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no, you're obviously not a moron. and it wasn;t my intent to say i was smarter cuz i tested higher. i wsa saying you're prolly right about the innacuracy of the scores. Jinx also got a 133, and we go back and forth about who's smarter. We've decided that there are different types of intelligence. I am good with abstract, intuitive thinking, she has a damn near perfect memory etc.... none of it really matters, though, cuz tw is the only smart person in the cellar. just ask him. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2004, 12:38 AM	#111
Michael Roth Minister of Lurking Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: calgary Posts: 64	"Split it." __________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We are all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat. "Or else you wouldn't have come here."

01-26-2004, 11:47 AM	#115
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	fog? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-26-2004, 03:34 PM	#116
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	A candle! A candle! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-26-2004, 11:37 AM	#114
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	My life can be measured in hours I serve by being devoured thin I am quick thick I am slow wind is my foe What am I?

01-26-2004, 05:42 PM	#118
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Whoever makes it doesn't use it, whoever buys it doesn't want it, and whoever uses it doesn't know they are using it. What is it?

01-26-2004, 05:44 PM	#119
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	and apostrophies in the above quote go before the 'n' in all the above cases. Ain't that not the truth?

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