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Alien beings from a highly advanced society visit the Earth, and you are
the first human they encounter. As a token of intergalactic friendship,
they present you with a small but incredibly sophisticated device that
is capable of curing all disease, providing an infinite supply of clean
energy, wiping out hunger and poverty, and permanently eliminating oppression
and violence all over the Earth. You decide to:
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Present it to the President of the United States.
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Present it to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
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Take it apart to see how it works.
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As you grow older, what lost quality of your youth do you miss the most?
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Innocence.
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Idealism.
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Cherry bombs.
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When is it okay to kiss another male?
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When you wish to display simple and pure affection without regard for narrow-minded
social conventions.
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When he is the Pope (but not on the lips).
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When he is your brother, you are Al Pacino, and this is the only really
sportsmanlike way to let him know that, for business reasons, you have
to have him killed.
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What about hugging another male?
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If he's your father and at least one of you has a fatal disease.
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If you're performing the Heimlich maneuver. Even in this case, you should
repeatedly shout: "I am just dislodging food trapped in this man's trachea!
I am not in any way aroused!"
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If you're a professional baseball player and a teammate hits a home run
to win the World Series, you may hug him provided that:
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He is legally within the basepath,
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Both of you are wearing protective cups, and
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You fraternally pound him hard enough on the back with your fist to cause
fractures.
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Complete this sentence: A funeral is a good time to ...
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Remember the deceased and console the loved ones.
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Reflect upon the fleeting transience of earthly life.
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Tell the joke about the guy who has Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
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In your opinion, the ideal pet is:
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A cat.
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A dog.
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A dog that eats cats.
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You have been seeing a woman for several years. She's attractive and intelligent,
and you always enjoy being with her. One leisurely Sunday afternoon the
two of you are taking it easy -- you're watching a football game; she's
reading the papers -- when suddenly, out of the clear blue sky, she tells
you that she thinks she really loves you, but can no longer bear the uncertainty
of not knowing where your relationship is going. She says she's not asking
whether you want to get married; only whether you believe that you have
some kind of future together. What do you say?
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That you sincerely believe the two of you do have a future, but you don't
want to rush it.
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That although you also have strong feelings for her, you cannot honestly
say that you'll be ready anytime soon to make a lasting commitment, and
you don't want to hurt her by holding out false hope.
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That you cannot believe the Jets called a draw play on third and seventeen.
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Okay, so you have decided that you truly love a woman and you want to spend
the rest of your life with her -- sharing the joys and the sorrows, the
triumphs and the tragedies, and all the adventures and opportunities that
the world has to offer, come what may. How do you tell her?
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You take her to a nice restaurant and tell her after dinner.
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You take her for a walk on a moonlit beach, and you say her name, and when
she turns to you, with the sea breeze blowing her hair and the stars in
her eyes, you tell her.
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Tell her what?
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One weekday morning your wife wakes up feeling ill and asks you to get
your three children ready for school. Your first question to her is:
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"Do they need to eat or anything?"
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"They're in school already?"
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"There are three of them?"
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When is it okay to throw away a set of veteran underwear?
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When it has turned the color of a dead whale and developed new holes so
large that you're not sure which ones were originally intended for your
legs.
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When it is down to eight loosely-connected underwear molecules and has
to be handled with tweezers.
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It is never okay to throw away veteran underwear. A real guy checks the
garbage regularly in case somebody -- and we are not naming names, but
this would be his wife -- is quietly trying to discard his underwear, which
she is frankly jealous of, because the guy seems to have a more intimate
relationship with it than with her.
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What, in your opinion, is the most reasonable explanation for the fact
that Moses led the Israelites all over the place for forty years before
they finally got to the Promised Land?
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He was being tested.
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He wanted them to really appreciate the Promised Land when they finally
got there.
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He refused to ask directions.
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What is the human race's single greatest achievement?
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Religion.
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Democracy.
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Remote control.
How to Score: Give yourself one point for every time you picked answer
"c." A real guy would score at least 10 on this test. In fact, a real guy
would score at least 15, because he would get the special five-point bonus
for knowing the joke about the guy who has Alzheimer's disease and cancer.