I have a survey/quiz to share with you all. It reportedly yields a 98% identical response from all participants. But, first, check out these photos, which are worth a double take:
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First, there is a picture of a massive wave from Typhoon Dianmu pummeling a fishing port in Aki, Japan.
Contrast that with this picture of a boat, balancing on a rock, wishing it was being pummeled by a massive wave.
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Everyone knows that chicks dig the piercing eyes of men like Rasputin. But this picture shows that pretty chicks with very clean skin and perfect blonde hair might dig the pickled member even more.
What those type of girls don't dig is the unwashed (for six years) 20 foot length of single strand dreadlock.
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Chicks always dig the tiger cubs. Or are they tiger kittens? For some reason, they don't seem to dig the koalas as much. The picture says they are identical twins. I don't know. Any two random koalas look like twins to me.
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Finally, you know the old saying, "lucky in love, unlucky in cards." Ben Affleck has turned that saying on its end. Affleck is lucky in love. He rode J.Lo for a good long time, then escaped just in time, before J. Lo. walked down the aisle anyway, with Marc Anthony. And now, he has found luck in cards. He took the California State Poker Championship on Sunday at the Commerce Club (a club I play) against some very good players, like Stan Goldstein, Chuck Pacheco, Jimmy Tran, Amir Vahedi and former World Champion John Esposito. As Dominican baseball players used to say "You can't walk off the island." Nor can you call and check your way to a poker title. Affleck is an aggressive player. And he's becoming a successful one.
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Anyhow, now that you've looked at and read the pictures and comments on the links, here is the imagination and creativity test. Prepare to join the 2% or the 98%. It will only take a minute. You need no pen or paper.
Follow the instructions, and answer the questions one at a time, but as quickly as you can.
1. Pick a number from 1 to 10.
2. Multiply that number by 9.
3. If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together.
4. Now subtract 5
5. Take what is left, and choose the letter than goes with that number: (i.e. 1=a, 2=b, 3=c, 4=d, 5=e....)
6. Think of a country that starts with that letter.
7. Remember the last letter of the name of that country.
8. Think of the name of an animal that starts with that last letter from the country.
9. Remember the last letter in the name of that animal.
10. Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that last letter from the animal's name.
Now picture your animal eating that fruit, in the country. What did you get?
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Posted by: lacoste shoes 2010 | July 23, 2010 at 00:03
Amazing how everyone who does this test falls in the 2%. Rather mediocre era of 2-percenters I guess. The test hinges on coming up with answers quickly so it sounds like most of the self-styled 2-percenters tests are invalidated.
Posted by: Hunter | August 29, 2007 at 15:40
... a rabbit eating a tangerine in Darfur.....
That'll be the new 98%.....
Posted by: B | July 31, 2007 at 06:01
I had an Iguana eating an apple in Djibouti...the dog eating grape in denmark guy messed up, i think
Posted by: Anna | December 26, 2006 at 12:37
Cranky Greg envisioned a Kangaroo eating an orange in Denmark. Sounds like CG is just an average Joe.....
Posted by: Crankly Greg | June 23, 2004 at 23:40
Koala eating an apple in Denmark.....
Posted by: Robert | June 22, 2004 at 16:43
When I was a precocious 16, I told my Geometry teacher he did not need to bother signing the form to authorize my taking Algebra II, "because I'm going to law school and then I'll hire someone to do math for me."
Maybe I should have thought further ahead.
I won't reveal where or what, but my answer was eating apple strudel. :)
Posted by: Westy | June 22, 2004 at 15:37
Good one, Lex!
I'm in the 2%: Dog eating a grape in Denmark.
Posted by: Retro Girl | June 22, 2004 at 10:30
Mine was a kitten eating a nectarine in Denmark.
Posted by: Don | June 22, 2004 at 09:27
The 98% envision a kangaroo eating an orange in Denmark. I, however, joined the 2% that had "other." I had a cheetah eating a honeydew in the Dominican Republic. Actually, at first, I was watching caribou starving, while looking for a fruit that starts with "u" in the Dominican Republic.
Here's the "science":
Your country will always begin with D, because you will always have the number 4, because 9 minus 5 is 4. And you always get to nine, because any number from 1 to 10, when multiplied by nine, yields one or two numbers that add up to nine:
1*9=9 9=9
2*9=18 1+8=9
3*9=27 2+7=9
4*9=36 3+6=9
5*9=45 4+5=9
6*9=54 5+4=9
7*9=63 6+3=9
8*9=72 7+2=9
9*9=81 8+1=9
10*9=90 9+0=9
9-5=4.
4=D
There are not many countries that start with D. In fact, there are but four. Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, and Dominican Republic. Exluding citizens and natives of those nations, pretty much all non-beisbol players who didn't take a Western Caribbean cruise that stopped in Haiti will come up with Denmark. Animals that start with k are also few. Most people will say kangaroo. A few might say ye olde apple-eating koala, especially if you just looked at a news photo of twin koalas. A kitten might be a proper response. I can't think of any others. Now, if you said kangaroo, like most people, the orange is a pretty obvious choice. I can't imagine another fruit beginning with an O popping into my head quickly. In fact, ... I can't think of one, period.
But...Shortstops and people who've been to Hispaniola recently might pick the Dominican Republic, even if my post hadn't mentioned walking off the island. If they pick the D.R., there are a ton of choices for animals whose names start with a C. Cheetah, caribou, cat, cow/cattle, cougar, I could name a hundred pretty quickly. But if you make the wrong first choice, like me and my caribou, your animal might starve.
Posted by: lex icon | June 22, 2004 at 01:06