# The Rorschach Feud  by Sparky812 \[Game Over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105 "2009-08-20T18:29:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/41 "2009-08-21T03:52:24Z")

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1. evil bunny
2. men touching hands
3. picking up a kettle
4. tired big-footed dragon
5. butterfly
6. hug monster
7. girls with arms behind
8. two lions climbing tree
9. ugly flower
10. Bobbys with exploding hands

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/42 "2009-08-21T03:56:31Z")

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1. fox face
2. two men in turbans
3. two women washing clothes
4. wild boar
5. butterfly
6. animal skin rug
7. necklace
8. two animals climbing hill
9. squid
10. coral reef

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/43 "2009-08-21T03:56:44Z")

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> [@Sparky812](#):
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> A doctor has posted them on Wiki [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test)

Very interesting. I had a response in line with the Wiki-noted common responses about half the time.

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**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/44 "2009-08-21T04:04:41Z")

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1. Bat
2. woman with black cape
3. 2 men/butlers
4. dog
5. bat
6. cat
7. stonework
8. 2 bears climbing
9. steer and its breath
10. needlenose pliers

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/45 "2009-08-21T04:15:55Z")

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1. Halloween Pumpkin
2. Clown
3. Waiter
4. Dog
5. Bat
6. Guitar
7. Two Native American girls.
8. Meerkats on ice
9. Chemical fire
10. Pass

I’m serious about #8.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/46 "2009-08-21T07:16:05Z")

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1. Moth

2. Two people, hands together

3. bowtie, part of tuxedo

4. weird, Lovecraftian creature

5. bat in flight

6. goose wearing fur coat

7. rock formation

8. demon wearing pretty vest

9. flaming dragons and smoke

10. fish, crabs, coral reef

11. Like, facing each other.

12. with a tiny head

13. and some kind of feathery hat

14. with two pink lizards for arms…good lord, these are weird

15. and cotton candy

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/47 "2009-08-21T08:12:24Z")

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1. bat
2. clown mask
3. dancers
4. cow skull
5. moth
6. doesn’t look like anything
7. Master Control Program
8. doesn’t look like anything
9. flower
10. doesn’t look like anything

Man I suck at this. Three of them just look like blotches to me, I can’t even pretend they’re something recognizable.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/48 "2009-08-21T12:50:52Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Like the new rules formatting – very clear and a good way to make sure special notes get read. Well done!

I forgot to give credit to **garygnu** for the rules formatting. Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/49 "2009-08-21T12:54:46Z")

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I might just summarize the answers, instead of trying to score this one, like someone suggested. It just seemed too interesting a topic to skip!

We’ll see when the time comes. I’ll do it over the weekend.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/50 "2009-08-21T14:11:01Z")

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Won’t we all feel bad when we get disqualified for not giving serious answers, but we really did?

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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/51 "2009-08-21T14:41:16Z")

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1. Beetle
2. Rabbits
3. Dancers around a kettle
4. Dejected ducks
5. Mae West
6. Elephant totem pole
7. Rabbits (again)
8. Iguanas on Everest
9. Fire in a cup
10. Sea fleas and blue crabs

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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/52 "2009-08-21T15:58:28Z")

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1. angel
2. bloody high five
3. two women
4. doggie
5. moth
6. boat (need to turn image)
7. two girls
8. lizards climbing a pagoda
9. Here be dragons
10. Sea horses & shrimp  
… and they all look like my Mom.

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/53 "2009-08-21T16:09:40Z")

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1. pigs flying vertically
2. dancing clown schnauzers
3. women holding purses
4. schnauzer face
5. moth
6. bearsking rug
7. bunnies facing each other
8. otters in lake
9. chalice
10. seahorses

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/54 "2009-08-21T16:16:09Z")

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1. Mask
2. People playing patty-cake
3. People in staring contest
4. Man in trench coat
5. Butterfly
6. Ship with reflection
7. Two squaws
8. Multi-colored blob
9. Fire and smoke
10. Sea life

Notes:  
3. Presumably trying not to be distracted by the XL bow tie and two stomach/esophogus combos around them  
4. As seen while lying on the floor at his feet, staring up  
6. Turn card 90 degrees  
7. Based on the feather-like projection coming out of their ‘heads’  
8. Can’t come up with any other explanation that takes four words or fewer

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/55 "2009-08-21T16:30:13Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> How come I do so badly in feuds?

Clearly, you’re projecting suppressed hostility towards your mother.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/56 "2009-08-21T16:37:43Z")

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Sparky should be in trouble for having all those dirty pictures on his computer.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/57 "2009-08-21T16:40:21Z")

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> [@Lakai](#):
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> 1. Meerkats on ice

Starring Brian Boitano and Scott Hamilton. Two weeks only at the Metroplex Arena!

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**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/58 "2009-08-21T16:51:16Z")

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[ol]  
[li]chubby aristocrats dancing[/li][li]CEOs highfiving[/li][li]butlers dancing[/li][li]view from beneath dragon[/li][li]mothman prophecies[/li][li]island mermaid reflection[/li][li]native american biddies snubbing[/li][li]fonzie with muskrat[/li][li]basselope[/li][li]dancing seahorses[/li][/ol]

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/59 "2009-08-21T17:10:19Z")

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> [@born\_too\_late](#):
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> [ol]  
> [li]chubby aristocrats dancing[/li][li]CEOs highfiving[/li][li]butlers dancing[/li][li]view from beneath dragon[/li][li]mothman prophecies[/li][li]island mermaid reflection[/li][li]native american biddies snubbing[/li][li]fonzie with muskrat[/li][li]basselope[/li][li]dancing seahorses[/li][/ol]

Damn, I thought that rule was in there. Don’t use the “list” function, please. I’ve added it to the rules.

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-feud-by-sparky812-game-over/507105/60 "2009-08-21T17:35:39Z")

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1. A moth
2. Two people Playing Pattycake
3. Dude looking in mirror
4. Godzilla!
5. Butterfly
6. Roadkill
7. Ants
8. Animal walking on rainbow
9. Firefighters fighting fire
10. hippie with pink hair

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