# How smart are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902 "2003-10-17T00:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/41 "2003-10-17T19:21:50Z")
I tried to click on the link, but the scabs and callouses on the backs of my knuckles makes my fingers too stiff to work the mouse. It’s even worse when the mouse is covered with drool. Gotta go, time to finish those stick animals on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/42 "2003-10-17T20:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Really??? _jumps up and down_ That would mean I could spend my next week not cramming and studying. \*\* I could, but I won’t. They always ask for akward things like ID, and then there’s the fraud thing that just follows you forf\*\*\*\*\*\*\*ever. Maybe you should just bite the bullet and take it. You’re going to do fine… remember I see the future:\> ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/43 "2003-10-17T20:17:47Z")
I’m smart enough not to take internet IQ tests that inflate scores, predict nothing, and are a source for email address harvesting. That, and my pencil kept on breaking on the monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/44 "2003-10-18T01:17:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by green\_bladder_ > **Hah. No, it’s "ai cue."** No, it’s pronounced “haiku”. 😛 I tried to click the link but I kept missing it (no opposable thumbs). So I licked it instead. I don’t feel any smarter. My breath smells like haiku. ---
**Author:** ![Amy881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Amy881](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amy881)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/45 "2003-10-18T03:06:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by picunurse \* > **I could, but I won’t. They always ask for akward things like ID, and then there’s the fraud thing that just follows you forf** _\*\*ever. > Maybe you should just bite the bullet and take it. You’re going to do fine… remember I see the future:\> \*\*\*\* Thanks picunurse. I think I’ll do well…maybe. You can see the future huh? Sooo will I be smart, good looking, and rich?..okay, how about just rich then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/46 "2003-10-18T03:15:35Z")
I don’t trust ANY IQ test. My lowest score is 123. My highest is (believe it or not) 189. I usually hit around 130 though. ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/47 "2003-10-18T06:09:57Z")
Internet IQ tests are fun to take, but they mean nothing. Social IQ, Emotional IQ–it all factors in to one’s ‘success’–and there hasn’t been a reliable way developed to measure those traits. And measuring intellect? Oi! All kinds of controversy about how valid IQ even the most respected IQ tests are. ---
**Author:** ![Ripley2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ripley2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripley2004)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/48 "2003-10-18T06:12:34Z")
And typos or lack thereof, have no relationship _whatsoever_ to IQ. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/49 "2003-10-18T06:19:20Z")
I am the cheese. The cheese stands alone. ---
**Author:** ![Amy881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Amy881](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amy881)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/50 "2003-10-18T07:18:28Z")
What kind of cheese? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/51 "2003-10-18T07:22:10Z")
Head cheese–'cuz that’s where the brain is! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/52 "2003-10-18T13:58:47Z")
My IQ is … wait … what was the question? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/53 "2003-10-18T14:25:33Z")
Now my monitor is covered with whiteout. Thanks a heap. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902/54 "2003-10-18T17:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*Now my monitor is covered with whiteout. Thanks a heap. \*\* [sub]tehe[/sub] you’re welcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/207902.md?page=2)