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July 9, 2009 at 11:15 pm #2215829
Click Here to find out your IQ
Lockedby santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
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.
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July 10, 2009 at 6:57 am #2940226
re: Click Here to find out your IQ
by stelye · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
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.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:12 am #2940218
There’s someone
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
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.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:18 am #2940212
Paula & IQ
by ksoniat · about 14 years, 8 months ago
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I saw it and the connection made me laugh.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:19 am #2940211
IQ and competition
by geek3001 · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
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.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:20 am #2940209
IQ-test
by shasca · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your 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??
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July 10, 2009 at 7:38 am #2941909
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July 10, 2009 at 7:53 am #2941899
hey
by shasca · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Possibly you mean
Who’s the one with the macro intelligence here.
“I think, therefore I be”
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July 10, 2009 at 8:10 am #2941893
I think
by neilb@uk · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to hey
I think I am
Therefore I am
I thinkOr…
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!
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July 10, 2009 at 11:53 pm #2941684
Did you hear about Descartes?
by jackofalltech · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to I think
He walked into a bar and the bartender asked “Have a beer?” Rene said I think not – and disappeared!
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July 11, 2009 at 12:04 am #2941682
Sounds like
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Did you hear about Descartes?
You bought at discount and read that book about jocular philosophy.
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July 13, 2009 at 11:30 pm #2942697
Oh man, that’s a terrible pun!
by jackofalltech · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Sounds like
Funny, but really bad.
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July 10, 2009 at 11:52 pm #2941686
Obviously a facetious post
by jackofalltech · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to IQ-test
since you did’t know the correct spelling to use in this context was ‘bear’.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:21 am #2940208
Not for all the code in Redmond.
by charliespencer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
I don’t know what my IQ is, but it’s high enough that I know better than to click on links like that.
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July 10, 2009 at 7:25 am #2940205
Not for all the code in Redmond
by shellbot · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Not for all the code in Redmond.
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!
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July 10, 2009 at 7:27 am #2941914
Shelly
by hal 9000 · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Not for all the code in Redmond
Does Pally PMing you involve extra clicking?
If so I would advise you not to hold your breath waiting for the Peer Mail. 😀
Col
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July 10, 2009 at 7:40 am #2941908
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July 10, 2009 at 12:46 pm #2941798
We had a guy
by ganyssa · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to ya it does
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.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm #2941779
Clemson University, here in SC,
by charliespencer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to We had a guy
has found a new use for sheep. Apparently you can get wool off them, too.
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July 11, 2009 at 7:41 am #2941635
At a Xmas party last year
by hal 9000 · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to ya it does
All of the staff at one of the clients where given Inflatable sheep and only some of them are Kiwi. 😀
But to keep things [b]Level Headed[/b] 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 [i]Truck for our American Fiends.[/i] :^0
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. :0
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. :p
But at least I know which Xmas parties to avoid this year. 😉
Col 0:-)
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July 10, 2009 at 7:50 am #2941901
I repeat,
by charliespencer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Not for all the code in Redmond
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.” 😀
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July 11, 2009 at 7:44 am #2941634
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July 11, 2009 at 9:15 am #2941616
cordially invited
by shellbot · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Eat Caviar and Die??
good job i swallowed that sip of coffee before i read that 🙂
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July 10, 2009 at 7:25 am #2941917
So what am I missing out on here?
by hal 9000 · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
I feel so Deprived. :^0
Col 0:-)
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July 10, 2009 at 11:56 am #2941815
Well don’t you all feel foolish now?
by Anonymous · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
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…
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July 10, 2009 at 12:20 pm #2941804
Like I was telling someone
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Well don’t you all feel foolish now?
I don’t hold a candle to you guys.
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July 10, 2009 at 12:26 pm #2941801
Without
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Like I was telling someone
each candle, held by each ‘one’ of us, ‘the world’ would be darker.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:16 pm #2941789
While I have you
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Without
The shanks are electroplated 1018 CRS and the business ends are common gray cast iron. Setting them up now.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:20 pm #2941786
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July 11, 2009 at 7:53 am #2941631
Well Sante
by hal 9000 · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to While I have you
While you area t it perhaps you would like to paint my Ducati for me. Not something that I’m looking forward to doing all that much but you can use Brass to fill in the dents in the tanks. It just has to have all of the flux washed off before painting. 😀
But I would think that Common Cast iron would have a very short life in something like that won’t they start to corrode quickly when heat is applied?
Personally I would have thought that 316 Stainless would have been a better option even if it is far more expensive. 😉
Col
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July 17, 2009 at 2:13 pm #2941156
:D My pokers arrived just now.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
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Wow!
I tried like nuts to unscrew them, no luck. Perfect.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:32 pm #2941777
Oh, cripes
by charliespencer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Without
Why don’t you just by the world a Coke and teach it to sing in perfect harmony?
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July 10, 2009 at 1:33 pm #2941775
Diet for Tammy & I :) [nt]
by ksoniat · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Oh, cripes
nt – really!
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July 10, 2009 at 1:33 pm #2941774
I don’t like Coke.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Oh, cripes
And I’ve heard you sing…
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July 10, 2009 at 1:45 pm #2941768
That’s why he’s asking for lessons!!
by ksoniat · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to I don’t like Coke.
To increase the harmony.
So, Is Santee welding something for you or what???? He’s not speakin-a-English. He’s speaking “Steel”.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:50 pm #2941767
He’s fixing my pokers.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to That’s why he’s asking for lessons!!
]:)
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July 10, 2009 at 1:53 pm #2941766
Why does that sound dirty?!? [nt]
by ksoniat · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to That’s why he’s asking for lessons!!
nt
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July 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm #2941746
Well.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to That’s why he’s asking for lessons!!
Could be the power of suggestion…
But after years and years of heavy use, they are filthy! :0
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July 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm #2941742
“Goodnight everybody!”
by charliespencer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to That’s why he’s asking for lessons!!
Nope, too easy. I’ll leave these for Scummy to pick up on.
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July 10, 2009 at 1:45 pm #2941769
Placation
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Oh, cripes
Of an unnatural horror that now turns one eye on you.
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July 11, 2009 at 8:21 am #2941624
rolls up a dollar bill
by jdclyde · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Oh, cripes
ok, ready… 😀
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July 10, 2009 at 11:48 pm #2941687
I use an ad blocker so I never see these
by jackofalltech · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
are they at lease amusing?
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July 10, 2009 at 11:52 pm #2941685
No, sir.
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to I use an ad blocker so I never see these
They are not amusing.
I take them to be indicative.
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July 11, 2009 at 5:14 am #2941658
I clicked ” Here” and didn’t find out anything.
by ontheropes · about 14 years, 8 months ago
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I feel ripped off.
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July 11, 2009 at 5:27 am #2941654
Just disabled Adblock to see what I’m missing …
by older mycroft · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Click Here to find out your IQ
BUGGER THIS – I’m turning it back on! 😀
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July 11, 2009 at 8:20 am #2941625
looks VERY different, doesn’t it?
by jdclyde · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Just disabled Adblock to see what I’m missing …
As long as the noobies keep coming in and viewing them though, they won’t charge us to come in. 😀
I am thinking outside the core group, discussions of adblocker should be kept to a minimum.
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July 14, 2009 at 9:36 am #2941513
I took one for the team
by rouschkateer · about 14 years, 8 months ago
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…and out of curiousity, I clicked on it and “took” the 5-8 question “test.”
What happened?
You have to PAY to get your results, even after clicking through 10 “offers…”
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July 14, 2009 at 9:52 am #2941504
Stand away!
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to I took one for the team
You are inflicted!
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July 14, 2009 at 9:57 am #2941500
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July 17, 2009 at 5:09 pm #2941125
No, it is just based upon his results
by jdclyde · about 14 years, 8 months ago
In reply to Stand away!
he scored so lowly they thought they could get some cash out of him! :p
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