FabSwingers.com forum: How do you measure intelligence

By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

For me at 60 life experiences

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Proper punctuation

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Take the warning labels off

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

With a ruler

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

With an IQ test?

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

With a spoon.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"Proper punctuation "

That’s definitely a start for me. Punctuation and grammar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is there really a measure….. where some fall others succeed….. I think if someone can hold a conversation and doesn’t have to txt type in this day and age is an achievement

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

With great caution

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

"Proper punctuation

That’s definitely a start for me. Punctuation and grammar

I love my grammar. Such a lovely woman.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Number of likes, followers and subscribers who hit the bell?

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"Is there really a measure….. where some fall others succeed….. I think if someone can hold a conversation and doesn’t have to txt type in this day and age is an achievement

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agreed my friend x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For me at 60 life experiences "

I think to be honest you confuse intelligence with wisdom x

Intelligence is the natural ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills, this tends to be more innate within people and not altered by time.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Vocabulary is an early indicator.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Just as I was about to say NONE of the above ..... in walked Charli Grace.

My definition would be along those lines...... to a degree.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Proper punctuation

That’s definitely a start for me. Punctuation and grammar

I think that shows education. Not necessarily raw intelligence. Many people who are highly intelligent can’t spell that well. It is a complex thing to assess.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

People who can implement knowledge gained to the situation placed in front of them. Be that via education or by life experience.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

F= T V st

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

If I had a pound for every poor bugger that thinks their measured intelligence using an I.Q. test was reliable or would stand the test of time i'd be wealthy beyond my intelligence.

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By *assing Fancies xCouple
over a year ago

Sherwood Forest

Weather or not they balls up a chip cob

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Wit usually requires some intelligence.

But there are many types of intelligence

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of the most intelligent people and greatest philosopher’s I’ve met were scaffolders, there’s a wisdom there, I think it’s constantly putting things up, reaching for the heavens, then taking them down again makes you question things, ultimately everything is futile, but within that there’s a beauty, that everything is finite. Like a great man said to me, give me a degree in common sense any day of the week. Another great man said common sense isn’t so common, some of the most well read people I met couldn’t lack basic common sense, sure they could recite things they read in books, but could they mix a decent gauge of muck, not even close, I’d often end up doing it myself, just one of those things. The wiser bloke I ever met worked in a plumbing supply shop, it’s like if Einstein never went into science, but sold stop cocks instead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably should have proof read that ^

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Brings back memories for me that does C.J.......

My dad would say ..... I wish they'd give me a kid from the street to train up. All these ones who have O levels and A levels think they know it all already.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pointless on here by the look of the responses…

Grammar, punctuation, vocabulary uh!

Narrow minded… not a great sign of intelligence

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It depends which kind of intelligence, intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are very different.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"Pointless on here by the look of the responses…

Grammar, punctuation, vocabulary uh!

Narrow minded… not a great sign of intelligence "

Expert is here now people ^^^

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By *amish SMan
over a year ago

Eastleigh

"Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…"

Agreed, some intelligent people I've met seem to have a large part of their brain allocated to stupidity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

With a ruler usually

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

For me (and in the context of Fabs) it is not about formal education although that can be part of it but not necessarily.

Neither is it spelling, maths, geometry or any of the traditional concepts taught at school.

It is about an ability to think in abstract terms, to think creatively, to challenge other thoughts and to be sufficiently self-aware to spot your own illogical conclusions and blind spots.

This is the crucial part!

Well-read, well-versed in some of the things that interest me is a bonus.

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By *amantha TSWoman
over a year ago

Swindon

"Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…"

I was going to say intelligence is inversely proportional to common sense...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Proper punctuation "

Definitely not true

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Ask me when I get that cashew nut out of the see through box later......

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…"

Much like little academic intelligence can go hand in hand with lack of common sense. Bit screwed if that's the case.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…

I was going to say intelligence is inversely proportional to common sense... "

I would challenge this: I am not saying they are proportional but I do not think we can conclude the opposite to be true either.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"With a ruler usually "

My last girlfriend said I had 9" worth of intelligence. Ironic.. as she was the one who didn't know which way around to hold a ruler.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Another point of intrinsic note: The ability to memorise information and regurgitate it verbatim is an amazing feat of memory. But does it necessarily denote a superior intellect?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Well….there’s traditional academic intelligence and then there’s common sense and the two don’t always go hand in hand in the same individual…

I was going to say intelligence is inversely proportional to common sense... "

You can say that but it's simply not true.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So many different types of intelligence so impossible to have a single measure in my opinion OP. And that is exactly how it should be.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Another point of intrinsic note: The ability to memorise information and regurgitate it verbatim is an amazing feat of memory. But does it necessarily denote a superior intellect?

No.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"So many different types of intelligence so impossible to have a single measure in my opinion OP. And that is exactly how it should be.

I know of approximately 8 intelligences. There may be more.

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By *reya73Woman
over a year ago

Whitley Bay

Practical, emotional, social, philosophical, psychological, creative, academic, wisdom, knowledgeable, savvy, physical.. There's so many different kinds of intelligence! Shame our education systems don't reflect or celebrate this.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Practical, emotional, social, philosophical, psychological, creative, academic, wisdom, knowledgeable, savvy, physical.. There's so many different kinds of intelligence! Shame our education systems don't reflect or celebrate this.

Those might be ways of showing intelligence but i'd argue that some of those named are not intelligences and some are the same thing .....

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By *olcanoJoeMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Agreed - it's a shame society tends to prize academic intelligence as the most valuable.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So many different types of intelligence so impossible to have a single measure in my opinion OP. And that is exactly how it should be.

Yeah, I think there’s classic examples on here, sure they can spell words and put them in fancy sentences, but are they street smart, I very much doubt it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I measure it quite literally on if you talk to people, are they listening and engaging, or just hearing but switched off?

Then after that, do they have something to say that piques your interest?

Intelligence is the willingness and openness to exchange ideas.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Another point of intrinsic note: The ability to memorise information and regurgitate it verbatim is an amazing feat of memory. But does it necessarily denote a superior intellect?

No. "

I concur. A large component of intelligence is reasoning. To memorise word for word or indeed, large amounts of information does not necessarily mean that one has understood or rationalised the said information.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Who's a pretty boy then. Polly wants a biscuit. 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Not stepping in dog pooh?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Not stepping in dog pooh?"
twice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of the posts in the Virus sub-forum are a good filter/indicator. There are some lemons out there for sure!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being able to genuinely converse with every other level of intelligence.

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By *uenevereWoman
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

To me, problem solving and the ability to grasp new concepts, are good indications of intelligence.

It does depend on what you mean by intelligence though.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

A good sense of humour.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For me intelligence isnt about the amount of knowledge you have, its about using that knowledge wisely and at the right time.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Judging by the responses on this thread, I think the question should be ‘ how do we define intelligence?’ Rather than how do we measure it.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Judging by the responses on this thread, I think the question should be ‘ how do we define intelligence?’ Rather than how do we measure it. "

Intelligence I is knowing when to use a dictionary and when to use a sex site

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ability to question things and form your own opinion as opposed to regurgitating what the tube tells them?

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

By the level of success you achieve for the amount of effort you have devoted to your vocation, avocation, interest, hobby or whatever.

Intelligent individuals learn quickly what works, initially, and what will work in different situations with different people; they learn from experience.

Unintelligent people make mistakes repeatedly; they adopt the wrong approach, choose the wrong people or groups, choose the wrong time to act, etc.

Intelligent people are infinitely flexible, adaptable, socially adept and consequently are more successfully.

Those with most modest innate abilities stumble blindly from one crisis to the next, ad infinitum, leaving a trail of wreckage in their wake.

Intelligent individuals skilfully flow through life, masters of all they survey.

The know how to play the game, every game, with consummate ease.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"By the level of success you achieve for the amount of effort you have devoted to your vocation, avocation, interest, hobby or whatever.

Intelligent individuals learn quickly what works, initially, and what will work in different situations with different people; they learn from experience.

Unintelligent people make mistakes repeatedly; they adopt the wrong approach, choose the wrong people or groups, choose the wrong time to act, etc.

Intelligent people are infinitely flexible, adaptable, socially adept and consequently are more successfully.

Those with most modest innate abilities stumble blindly from one crisis to the next, ad infinitum, leaving a trail of wreckage in their wake.

Intelligent individuals skilfully flow through life, masters of all they survey.

The know how to play the game, every game, with consummate ease."

I absolutely love the way you describe intelligence and its applications - however, I do want to point out that it is not always as easy as you state in the seductive way you have defined it:

"Intelligent individuals skilfully flow through life, masters of all they survey"

There are extremely intelligent people who are plagued by depression (some of this associated with the fact they ARE ABLE to see many things for what they really are) rather than through rose tinted spectacles of an Express consumer. (Just chose this tabloid randomly, no offense intended)

Being very intelligent can pose huge challenges in life - certainly no guarantee for plain sailing.

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By *ourNextAddictionMan
over a year ago

Somerset

The ability to have your own thoughts - a lot of people will take things for their face value & just accept that.

To me I want to question everything, understand everything to then develop my knowledge further.

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

You don't

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up"

I did

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up"

If you could just drop me off around the corner that would be great. Cheers.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up

If you could just drop me off around the corner that would be great. Cheers. "

That'll be an exorbitantly high tarriff charge sir......... thank you. Hope the rain stays off for you mate.....

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up

If you could just drop me off around the corner that would be great. Cheers.

That'll be an exorbitantly high tarriff charge sir......... thank you. Hope the rain stays off for you mate..... "

What rain?

#itsalwayssunnyinDevon

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up

I did "

Maybe in another life ?

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By *arker secrets 321Man
over a year ago

West Bromwich

"Some of the most intelligent people and greatest philosopher’s I’ve met were scaffolders, there’s a wisdom there, I think it’s constantly putting things up, reaching for the heavens, then taking them down again makes you question things, ultimately everything is futile, but within that there’s a beauty, that everything is finite. Like a great man said to me, give me a degree in common sense any day of the week. Another great man said common sense isn’t so common, some of the most well read people I met couldn’t lack basic common sense, sure they could recite things they read in books, but could they mix a decent gauge of muck, not even close, I’d often end up doing it myself, just one of those things. The wiser bloke I ever met worked in a plumbing supply shop, it’s like if Einstein never went into science, but sold stop cocks instead. "

It just so happens I'm a scaffolder lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Punctuation measures Grammar.

not intelligence

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up

I did

Maybe in another life ?"

Cheeky

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

I don't look at intelligence as just someone who has a degree. To me intelligence is someone who has common sense and who can talk about things sensibly and not be afraid to speak their mind without resorting to insults and derogatory comments to anyone who disagrees with them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Take the warning labels off"

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Intelligence is many things! I'm not the sharpest tool in the box! Never wanted to b but I know what I know x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

With a sky remote or Lynks can

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Proper punctuation

That’s definitely a start for me. Punctuation and grammar

I love my grammar. Such a lovely woman. "

Awww….were you her favourite, the one she’d ply with sweet and chocolates when your parents weren’t looking?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Intelligence is partly subjective.

Ok I know alot about music(I'm a musician), painting decorating (job), politics and technology.

I know bugger all about football/sports cars, stock markets, and quantum physics.

So my point is intelligence is subjective to the individual.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why hasn't anyone said.........

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

This one always gets quoted when a thread on intelligence or wisdom comes up"

Also must I add just like Jaffa cakes are a cake and not a biscuit.

Pineapple does belong on a pizza.

And Marmite is Satan sperm.

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By *irthlingMan
over a year ago

stroud

Knowledge is to intelligence what good looks are to attractiveness - one doesn’t necessarily dictate the other.

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By *untimes6969Man
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne