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runeman · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

Are you a professional?

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a "professional."
Scroll down for each answer.
The questions are NOT that difficult.
But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.

This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?"
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe put in the elephant and close the door.

This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference.
All the animals attend...
except one ...
Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant.
The elephant is in the refrigerator.
You just put him in there.
This tests your memory.

Okay even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat.
How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across.

Have you not been listening?
All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.

This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I got three out four correct. Does that mean I am more in tune with pre-schoolers?

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

This test is fundamentally flawed in the fact that there's no way a fridge in this world that can fit an elephant or a giraffe, I douibt very much whether this test has been applied on businesspeople or four-year olds.

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:57 am Post subject:

It could be an industrial fridge.

Or midget elephants and giraffes.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:31 am Post subject:

industrial fridges: have you ever worked in the meat department of a supermarket?
midget elephants: there is considerable eveidence of their existence up to about 4,000 years ago on the Island of Flores, near Sumatra
midget giraffes: well, that'd be bloody pointless, not to mention silly. However, the common or garden tapir is related to the giraffe.
Whether by blood or marriage, I don't know.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:10 am Post subject:

It's easy - just fold the elephants up along the creases....

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:15 am Post subject:

These guys would have sorted the giraffe-elephant-fridge conundrum no problem.

And they would have shot the crocs.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject:

How about one that's been sick for a while?

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject:

yes, but very funny. In fact, you could fold it up

*grabs hat and coat*

and put it in a trunk!

*turns into blurry lines as he heads for the door*

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject:

well, it is late on a thursday.