A quiz with a difference...
Oct. 16th, 2003 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieTaken from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
Okay, let's do a checklist version.
1.change a diaper- Yes. Only we call them nappies.
2.plan an invasion- Possibly not. If someone asked me to plan a small-scale ambush, then yes.
3.butcher a hog- Can't be too much different to sheep and cows. I do know about the bit with the boiling water for the bristles.
4.conn a ship- Do what with a sea faring vessel?.
5.design a building- Yes. I've designed many a place I'd like to live. ;)
6.write a sonnet- Yes.
7.balance accounts- Double-entry book keeping, even. Work is good for some things.
8.build a wall- Yes.
9.set a bone- Theoretically yes. Done the course, just never come across one.
10.comfort the dying- Possibly. Hope I never have to.
11.take orders- I'm not _that_ obstinate.
12.give orders- Ask the Melbourne Maelstrom.
13.cooperate- Yes.
14.act alone- Yes.
15.solve equations- With time.
16.analyze a new problem- Regularly - that's what court work is, new problems.
17.pitch manure- And clean a henhouse too.
18.program a computer- *grins* There's a reason why I use a Mac.
19.cook a tasty meal- Yes, indeed.
20.fight efficiently- If "efficiently" means "getting the job done", then yes. I'm more dirty than elegant.
21.die gallantly- Not planning to die in any kind of way any time soon.
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Okay, possibly not as world-experienced as Mr Schmidt, but still, not entirely useless. ;)
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein
Okay, let's do a checklist version.
1.change a diaper- Yes. Only we call them nappies.
2.plan an invasion- Possibly not. If someone asked me to plan a small-scale ambush, then yes.
3.butcher a hog- Can't be too much different to sheep and cows. I do know about the bit with the boiling water for the bristles.
4.conn a ship- Do what with a sea faring vessel?.
5.design a building- Yes. I've designed many a place I'd like to live. ;)
6.write a sonnet- Yes.
7.balance accounts- Double-entry book keeping, even. Work is good for some things.
8.build a wall- Yes.
9.set a bone- Theoretically yes. Done the course, just never come across one.
10.comfort the dying- Possibly. Hope I never have to.
11.take orders- I'm not _that_ obstinate.
12.give orders- Ask the Melbourne Maelstrom.
13.cooperate- Yes.
14.act alone- Yes.
15.solve equations- With time.
16.analyze a new problem- Regularly - that's what court work is, new problems.
17.pitch manure- And clean a henhouse too.
18.program a computer- *grins* There's a reason why I use a Mac.
19.cook a tasty meal- Yes, indeed.
20.fight efficiently- If "efficiently" means "getting the job done", then yes. I'm more dirty than elegant.
21.die gallantly- Not planning to die in any kind of way any time soon.
***
Okay, possibly not as world-experienced as Mr Schmidt, but still, not entirely useless. ;)
