Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[only_human]

Reviews of the type of shoes worn by Texas Senator Wendy Davis are running wild:
Customer Reviews: Mizuno Women's Wave Rider 16 Running Shoe

The next time you have to spend 13 hours on your feet without food, water or bathroom breaks, this is the shoe for you. Guaranteed to outrun patriarchy on race day.

An essential tool for running down the clock in a state 773 miles wide and 790 miles long! These shoes are perfect for those days when you must spend 13+ hours standing, not lean on your desk or take any breaks - even for meals or to use the bathroom. The snazzy hot pink color brings out your inner badassness and helps you to "humbly give voice to thousands of Texans" and stop a "raw abuse of power" in its tracks. Raise a feminist army and lead the charge when your competitors cheat and change the rules on you. These Mizuno's are built to protect your feet from mudslinging and add sunshine to the political process. Highly recommended for fierce women and anyone who's not a Greedy Old Prick (GOP).

When I first began wearing these shoes I thought my reproductive rights were secure. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Luckily these shoes are really great for kicking republican legislators out of office! They want to shut down reproductive and health care facilities for the poor in Texas? Use these shoes to shut down the state capital!

These go perfectly with any back brace you may need after good old fashion filibusting for 9 hours (with 4 more to go). What's that? Your crappy mean spirited colleagues on the other side of the isle say it isn't fair? That's right ladies, this shoe is completely washable, so just shove it up their ass.

Most importantly, even if you wear these gems without sox for three days straight, they still smell better than a republican Lt Governor who tries to push a law through past midnight, which is absolutely and completely illegal. Yea, pretty stinky I know.

Go Wendy Go #StandWithWedy

Whether you're running for governor or standing up for women's rights, these shoes really fit the bill! Standing up for 11 hours straight in a room full of men who are telling what to do with your baby-maker is no easy task. Fortunately, the Mizuno Wave Riders are always up to the challenge. They are sturdy enough to kick behind, yet classy enough to look good while doing it. I endorse these shoes!

Ah, Governor Rick Perry... without your never-ending misogyny and chauvinism, I never would have learned about the Mizuno Women's Wave Rider 16 Running Shoe - modeled so very stunningly and effectively by Texas State Senator Wendy Davis during her epic 11 hour filibuster! I'm hoping that when I lace these babies up and step out, every male troglodyte who sees my feet will recognize these red shoes and know that I am dead serious about controlling my own body and making my own reproductive choices - and that I'm also standing up for every woman so she can do the same.

I'm standing with Wendy, so get the heck out of my body and my bedroom, or I'll put these red shoes to another good use - and kick your behinds into the next century.

Thanks, gov - couldn't have done it without you!

[kladner]

Those are great!

[chappy]

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-sums-night.html

Legion of Evil is trying right now to teach some hostas to double check LLs.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by chappy

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-sums-night.html

Legion of Evil is trying right now to teach some hostas to double check LLs.

Aloes multiple very well, and many bulb plants are excellent at division.

[chappy]

The level of humor has fallen so low as to hit the flora.

I anticipate many more groanings to fallow.

[jasong]

Originally Posted by chappy

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-sums-night.html

Legion of Evil is trying right now to teach some hostas to double check LLs.

Nice, so the plants are smarter than some people.

My mom sometimes overpays a bit at a store so she has less change to worry about, which confuses some cashiers. Perhaps they should start hiring plants as cashiers. And it's been proven that they can calculate when the lights go out, so that's an added bonus.

[firejuggler]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault...src=most_viral
As a foreigner, I have no problem with any question

[only_human]

Originally Posted by firejuggler

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault...src=most_viral
As a foreigner, I have no problem with any question

There was little room for befuddlement. The test was to be taken in 10 minutes flat, and a single wrong answer meant a failing grade.

That is 20 seconds per question. That would include all the drawing of figures.

Question 21: Print the word vote upside down, but in the correct order.
Is "ǝʇoʌ" the correct answer, or is "ʌoʇǝ"? Or, does the examiner get to pick the opposite of what is written?

[firejuggler]

Ok, I lied a bit, the 10 minute time limit is a bit harsh.
And question 20 is a bit aof a trap too.
As for question 21, I would pick the latter.

[LaurV]

That was a funny test. It is easily doable in 10 minutes, you don't need 20 seconds for all questions, for the most of them the answer is instant. As someone said before, as a non-native speaker, they didn't make any trouble for me. The first one which posed a small threat was no. 9, the first impulse is to cross out Z and Y, but doing so you draw two lines, and the question asks for a single line. How many of you drew a continuous line that goes from Z to Y, avoiding all the other letters?

(btw: if in question 10, instead of the word "last" would be the word "second", what the answer would be? )

[sdbardwick]

It is a guaranteed fail if the grader wants you to fail [which is the point of the test]; there are several ambiguous questions, not to mention places to trip up one's lack of absolute devotion to the exactness of the question.

For example #18:

18. Look at the line of numbers below, and place on the blank,
 the number that should come next.
          3   6   9   ___   15

Is the answer 12 or 24?
Note it does not ask for the number that fits the sequence (12 [3x]), it asks for the next number (3+6=9, 6+9=15, 9+15=24)
And did you make sure your numerals were touching the line so as to be "on the blank"? You did? Sorry, it doesn't say to place the numbers on the line, it says on the blank (empty space). You didn't have them touching? Sorry, they are not on the blank (line).