# What is your "mental age"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708 "2013-12-06T21:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/41 "2013-12-07T02:35:25Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I assumed: ice lolly is a Popsicle. Cone with chocolate flake is ice cream cone and sprinkles. Magnum is a Dove bar product I’ve seem advertised here. Ice lolly I assumed that as well. Chocolate flake I had a reasonable guess about, but not sure. Magnum–big fucking thing of champagne, as far as I’m concerned. Or a gun. Or a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/42 "2013-12-07T02:39:01Z")
The quiz was written by a 14 year old. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/43 "2013-12-07T02:47:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ice lolly I assumed that as well. Chocolate flake I had a reasonable guess about, but not sure. Magnum–big fucking thing of champagne, as far as I’m concerned. Or a gun. Or a condom. I’ve seen this advertised here in New York. [http://www.magnumicecream.com/products/mini-almond-ice-cream-bar/](http://www.magnumicecream.com/products/mini-almond-ice-cream-bar/) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/44 "2013-12-07T02:52:32Z")
Real: 60, mental: 43 Do people really order coffee after meals in restaurants? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/45 "2013-12-07T02:58:49Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Real: 60, mental: 43 > > Do people really order coffee after meals in restaurants? We do, sometimes, especially if we’re having dessert. Why not? Why does that seem hard to believe? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/46 "2013-12-07T03:03:23Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Real: 60, mental: 43 > > Do people really order coffee after meals in restaurants? What? Don’t MOST people order coffee after meals in a restaurant? I think we just uncovered another cultural divide. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/47 "2013-12-07T03:04:20Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What? Don’t MOST people order coffee after meals in a restaurant? I think we just uncovered another cultural divide. Only if we order dessert. Otherwise I generally don’t. But it’s certainly not unusual that people do. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/48 "2013-12-07T03:11:11Z")
Real 66 Mental 43 With the same complaints about the answers to choose from as noted above. I don’t know that I’ve ever thought about Dire Straits - ever. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/49 "2013-12-07T04:01:26Z")
Real 63, mental 40. I thought it’d be younger. I’m growing up! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/50 "2013-12-07T04:08:40Z")
Real age 52, mental age 48. Pretty close. And I think a few of my answers might have been off due to the American-to-British conversion factor. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/51 "2013-12-07T04:37:53Z")
45 going on 41. I thought I was more immature than that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/52 "2013-12-07T05:08:37Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > Real: 60, mental: 43 > > Do people really order coffee after meals in restaurants? Not always but, yes, that’s a pretty normal course of events. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/53 "2013-12-07T05:19:53Z")
Has the bottomless coffee cup, starting from the moment the customer sits down, yet reached Britannia’s shores? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/54 "2013-12-07T05:26:44Z")
Chronological : 47, Mental : 35 Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/55 "2013-12-07T05:38:34Z")
Apparently zero. None of the buttons would “push” for me, so I couldn’t even answer question #1. I’m not even using an exotic browser, just IE 11. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/56 "2013-12-07T05:43:14Z")
Real age 52. Mental age 31. Stupid test. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/57 "2013-12-07T06:24:28Z")
60/36 Amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/58 "2013-12-07T09:46:23Z")
Mentally 37 but a lot of those questions were a bunch of things I would never do. Like, what the hell is an ice lolly and what does it have to do with a magnum and a cone with a chip? The thing about finishing a meal at a restaurant was weird, too. None of those were anything I would do. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/59 "2013-12-07T10:25:53Z")
Real age: 51 Mental age: 40 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708/60 "2013-12-07T11:37:19Z")
54 is my real age, 41 is my mental age. Without the test, I swear I would have guessed 16. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-mental-age/675708.md?page=4)