# Why are you so smart?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274 "2008-02-26T20:11:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Barry\_From\_Eastenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barry_From_Eastenders)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/1 "2008-02-26T20:11:26Z")
In the same spirit as all the other “smart” threads:
What are the qualities you possess that confirm you’re a smart person? How do you know that you haven’t deluded yourself?
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/2 "2008-02-26T20:16:16Z")
Mr. Neville says I’m smart because I read faster than he does (he says I read faster than most people).
Other people say I’m smart because I have a master’s degree in astronomy from a good university.
I don’t feel very smart, though.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/3 "2008-02-26T20:20:23Z")
I’m smart enough to have stayed out of those other threads. 😉
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/4 "2008-02-26T20:30:22Z")
I can roll my tongue. I can read at or above a 5th grade level. I rarely get lost in my house or even my neighborhood. Many dogs come when I call them. I can read an analog clock. I can use a calculator to add up as much as 5 or 6 numbers. I know that a 2 x 4 isn’t quite that size when you get it home from the store. I can tell left from right even with my eyes closed. I once road a bike 50 feet without training wheels. I can break egg without spilling the yoke 7 times out of 10. I can operate a cable box. I know what a dishwasher is for. I can read a gas gauge even without looking at the letters. I can name 20 states from memory. I can identify both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans on a map. I can speak with people all over the globe in English. I can dog paddle.
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### Author:  [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/5 "2008-02-26T20:33:44Z")
I’m smart enough to be an underachiever and just enjoy myself.
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### Author:  [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/6 "2008-02-26T20:35:37Z")
I’m so smart, my favorite beer is called Three Philosophers.
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### Author:  [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/7 "2008-02-26T20:37:17Z")
I don’t use spellcheck. Except for words like convienent and accomodation, which are my eternal bugaboos. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/8 "2008-02-27T05:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=Anne Neville]
I don’t feel very smart, though.
[/QUOTE]
Well you are gotdammit.
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### Author:  [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/9 "2008-02-27T08:04:14Z")
One smart fella, he felt smart.
Two smart fellas, they felt smart.
Three smart fellas, they all felt smart.
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### Author:  [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/10 "2008-02-27T10:52:04Z")
People assume I’m smart because I’m quick-witted.
I guess people correlate a clever sense of humor with intelligence.
I do not argue with them, even though I’m not positive that they’re correct.
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### Author:  [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-smart/439274/11 "2008-02-27T12:17:16Z")
Then I am smrter, because;
I can roll my tongue and whistle the 5th Brandenburg.
When I drink beer I become a philosopher.
And I KNOW that 2x4’s change size from purchase due to transport losses.