Fianna (fiannaharpar<\/a>) wrote @ 2002-05-31 14:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n The fact that I took this quiz in the first place probably knocks off about 5% of my worshipableness.<\/i><\/p>\n Bookstores used to sell a blue and white leaflet like magazine to test your own IQ. It has a series of white sillhouetted heads that got progressvely larger and had an increasing IQ in each one.<\/p>\n I always thought it’d be wonderful if one of those magazines had the following on the page where you computed the end score:<\/p>\n All cumulative<\/p>\n
| Point adjustment desc<\/th>\n | Point adjustment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you really thought this would compute your IQ<\/td>\n | Subtract 5 points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| If you bought this for someone else<\/td>\n | Subtract 15 points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | If you bought this for yourself<\/td>\n | Subtract 25 points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | If you bought this.<\/td>\n | Subtract 20 points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | If you’re not sure what cumulative means<\/td>\n | Subtract 30 points<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | If youthink this will get you into Mensa<\/td>\n | Subtract 100 points Mr. Gump.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n | Share this:<\/h3> |