# Four Humours **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730 "2006-11-16T20:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/1 "2006-11-16T20:38:54Z")
I’m Melancholy Choleric. [What are you?](http://oneishy.com/personality) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/2 "2006-11-16T21:03:28Z")
Ruggedly Handsome ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/3 "2006-11-16T21:15:51Z")
I’m not really Phlegmatic Melancholy. I’m just drawn that way. 38% Phlegmatic 33% Melancholic 15% Sanguine 15% Choleric ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/4 "2006-11-16T21:18:40Z")
Choleric Sanguine ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/5 "2006-11-16T21:20:24Z")
Choleric Melancholy Wasn’t that a character in _Gone with the Wind_? ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/6 "2006-11-16T21:20:44Z")
Afterthought: my score adds up to 101%. What does THAT mean? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/7 "2006-11-16T21:32:07Z")
Choleric Phlegmatic. Notice lots of “leaders” taking the test. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/8 "2006-11-17T00:19:52Z")
Wry Slapstick. Just kidding. Melancholy Phlegmatic. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/9 "2006-11-17T00:40:49Z")
Melancholy Phlegmatic ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/10 "2006-11-17T00:53:56Z")
Melancholy Sanguine with a phlematic glaze. The only thing I’m not appears to be choloric. So I’m safe to be around. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/11 "2006-11-17T00:58:28Z")
Melancholy Choleric. Which, I suppose, means that I am sad that I have cholera. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/12 "2006-11-17T01:14:05Z")
Melancholy Phlegmatic And the glass it neither half full nor half empty; it’s just too big ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/13 "2006-11-17T02:02:29Z")
Melancholy Phlegmatic ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/14 "2006-11-17T02:43:48Z")
Melancholy Strength:10 Weakness:13 57% Phlegmatic Strength:5 Weakness:6 28% Sanguine Strength:2 Weakness:0 5% Choleric Strength:3 Weakness:1 10% ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/15 "2006-11-17T03:04:38Z")
Choleric Melancholy. Which is all well and good, but what does it _mean_? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/16 "2006-11-17T04:28:06Z")
Quintessential ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/17 "2006-11-17T06:37:17Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Choleric Melancholy. Which is all well and good, but what does it _mean_? [/QUOTE] There are links to “definitions” of each of the humours along the right hand side of the linked page. But to answer your question, it doesn’t really _mean_ anything. It thinks it does, but it doesn’t. [Here’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours) what Wikipedia has to say if you’re really interested. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/18 "2006-11-17T06:59:33Z")
So I’m courageous, amorous, despondent and sleepless. Yup, me in a nutshell. ---
**Author:** ![Snowflake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snowflake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowflake)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/19 "2006-11-17T07:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Choleric Melancholy. Which is all well and good, but what does it _mean_? [/QUOTE] Choleric means you are pissed. melancoly means you feel like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Snowflake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snowflake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowflake)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730/20 "2006-11-17T07:08:51Z")
Melancholy (45%) Phelgmatic (33%). I knew that already. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-humours/380730.md?page=2)