# PBS game- what social class are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474 "2007-12-18T18:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/61 "2007-12-19T05:30:01Z")
I got _middle middle-class_ moving into _noveau riche_. I picked the things I would actually want out of those choices, and the final apartment ended up looking almost exactly like my real apartment! (Minus the dog since I don’t have one.) Hardwood \> Middle middle _Yup, I have this. With the throw rugs too._ Best sellers & art pottery \> Middle middle _Well, I have books & collectible polystone figures_ Exhibition poster \> Middle middle \* My walls are decorated with Playbills & Broadway windowcards. Close enough\* Barcelona chair \> Nouveau rich _My chairs look more like this than a sofa or recliner_ High Def wall screen \> Nouveau riche _Yup, got one of these\<_ Grandfather’s Civil War sword \> Old money _Do LOTR replica swords count? I’d put a sword on my wall any day over those other choices._ Labrador \> Middle middle _This one I don’t have but it’s what I would want of the choices._ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/62 "2007-12-19T05:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=SpazCat] I got “eclectic”. Confused the game, I did. [/QUOTE] Me too. Frayed carpet Books on shelves Family painting Civil War swords Leatherette recliner widescreen wall TV Labrador. I didn’t really want the dog though. I’d prefer a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/63 "2007-12-19T05:53:01Z")
May I suggest to everyone that picked a lab just because they didn’t see their first choice, that elkhounds are wonderful companions? They’re smaller than labs and really sturdy critters, great with kids, and frankly have no down side that I can think of (from a reputable breeder and a dysplasia free bloodline, etc) unless you dislike attention when you walk them or want a kid-mauler. I don’t know of an animal I’d rather have by my side. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/64 "2007-12-19T15:20:30Z")
Middle middle class, with a smattering of working class. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/65 "2007-12-19T21:32:53Z")
Middle middle, minus the old money sword and the working class photo collage. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/66 "2007-12-19T21:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] May I suggest to everyone that picked a lab just because they didn’t see their first choice, that elkhounds are wonderful companions? They’re smaller than labs and really sturdy critters, great with kids, and frankly have no down side that I can think of (from a reputable breeder and a dysplasia free bloodline, etc) unless you dislike attention when you walk them or want a kid-mauler. I don’t know of an animal I’d rather have by my side. [/QUOTE] I might have, but I didn’t know a thing about them. You could say I wouldn’t know an elkhound if one bit me on the ass. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/67 "2007-12-19T23:10:28Z")
I was asked to play again–mostly because most of the questions didn’t seem to have an answer that was accurate for me. However, when I take the “Living Room Scale” test in the back of Paul Fussell’s _Class_, I always come up smack dab in the middle class. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/68 "2007-12-26T19:42:13Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I’m Old Money and I’m off to meet Biffy at the Club… [/QUOTE] Oh, sorry, was that _last_ week? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/69 "2007-12-31T19:00:00Z")
Eclectic None of the choices really fit me very well (I would have preferred shelves of books, for example - but they weren’t an option). Ended up choosing something from every social class. Shows how far out of it I am. A 32" Color TV is considered “Trailer Park” now? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/70 "2007-12-31T19:14:31Z")
Nouveau riche and middle middle. I picked the Civil War sword for old money, though IRL no one in my family was in the U.S. during the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474/71 "2007-12-31T20:41:01Z")
Nouveau riche. Yep, that’s me, except without the money. 😃 I just wish I didn’t have to pick a dog. I didn’t know anything about most of those breeds and I would rather cover my Barcelona chair with hot coals than let a dog in my house. I would’ve liked a “framed pictures of city life” option, although I think I picked the exhibition poster. Or maybe the original artwork. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-game-what-social-class-are-you/430474.md?page=3)