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Click Here to find out your IQ

The ad, featuring a well-known (Kobe Bryant, 115, at the moment) has been appearing to the right of TR, All Threads, with my Firefox browser (no ad-block).

I peeled up a corner of the pixels and I peeked. I swear I saw something wriggle. I ain't gonna click on it.

Has anyone? What would that say about your "IQ"? That it is important? That you are worried about it? That you need to know? That you have one?

Now, I see Paula Abdul. They're saying...oops, now it's gone.

Misery or bliss. The Lady or the Tiger. Aimed right at a community of knowledge workers.

Must be why.

These ads are all over social networking sites as well. I clicked one once out of curiosity, and it was just one of those quiz sites composed of 95% advertising and 5% "content" (if you can call it that). I don't know if this is the same thing, but it would be a good bet.

over there in Questions asking about Intelligence. Maybe it will go away after s/he clicks on it...

The Lady is a Tiger?

Oh. My IQ is fun.

I saw it and the connection made me laugh.
Was in no way tempted to click.

I believe that I've seen political figures in similar ads, particularly around election time. I can't remember the IQs associated with Palin and Bush.
It does provide an interesting "I'm smarter than they are" dynamic. Of course, intelligence, especially in the social arena, goes far beyond simple IQ.

I was ordered to stop taking IQ tests. I keep breaking the top off of the IQ meter. Macro intelligence is such a burden to bare. You folks have no idea......or do you??

"burden to bear".



Although, thinking about it, perhaps not...

Who's the one with the macro intelligence here.

"I think, therefore I be"

I think I am
Therefore I am
I think

Or...

Cogito, cogito sum, ergo sum, cogito

with due apologies to Rene from 'Allo, 'Allo.

Now, I'm seriously ticked off here. I had a very nice accent on my post when I saved it and bloody TR stuck a question mark in to give me Ren?. It's about time we had a bit of IQ application in order to FIX THE BLOODY SITE!

He walked into a bar and the bartender asked "Have a beer?" Rene said I think not - and disappeared!

You bought at discount and read that book about jocular philosophy.

Funny, but really bad.

I don't know what my IQ is, but it's high enough that I know better than to click on links like that.

Palmy, that has got to be THE geekiest line EVER!

Holy cow... you get a prize for that...

PM me your address and I'll see what i can dig up!

Does Pally PMing you involve extra clicking?

If so I would advise you not to hold your breath waiting for the Peer Mail.

Col

and typing as well..

well, his loss if he doesn't..i mean, inflatable sheep are a prized possesion in some places..
am i right on that?

transfer to a location in the Southern U.S. once, and his going-away gift was an inflatable sheep. I do believe the people who purchased it for him enjoyed the shopping more than he enjoyed the gifting.

The party was awesome, though.

has found a new use for sheep. Apparently you can get wool off them, too.

All of the staff at one of the clients where given Inflatable sheep and only some of them are Kiwi.

But to keep things Level Headed some bright spark hijacked the Helium Bottle and blew his up with that. I must admit that ti looked so funny floating in the air with a leash around it's neck and the thing must have adversely affected the Electronics because it was bleating all of the time. But things got completely out of hand when he left with the Sheep tied in the Back of the Ute Truck for our American Fiends.

I'm not sure just how many people drove off the road while he was going the other way but I really would have loved to see the Insurance Claims, I also wonder just how many where refused because the Insurance Companies Customer was Obviously Drunk.

But he did start a trend and everyone wanted to get at the Helium Bottle and blow theirs up as well. Not something I'm likely to forget in a hurry either.

But at least I know which Xmas parties to avoid this year.

Col

not for all the code in Redmond. The last thing I need is to open box of b!tch slaps at the house when my hard hat is at work.

Oh, and Colin, you're cordially invited to eat the traditional meal that precede the phrase, "and die."

No Thanks Palmetto I don't like Sea Food all that much.

Col

I feel so Deprived.

Col

I clicked on it, and not only did I get a free IQ test, but I also won a million Dollars! I gave them my bank account and credit card #'s, and they are going to transfer the money next month! Nyahh Nyahh to all you scaredy cats who were afraid of a little advert...