COMMON SENSE TEST

OK folks, here's what you've all been waiting for: The Common Sense Test. See where you come in on the scale.


1. You are a congressperson and have before you a 1200 page bill that will cost the taxpayer $100 billion plus dollars and fundamentally change the nature of American government. What is your best course of action?

A. Have your staff and/or outside consultants analyze everything in the bill, the true costs, and the effects it will have on the country, giving you a detailed synopsis so you can make an informed decision about your vote.
B. Take the word of the President and the bill's sponsors that the country needs this and vote to pass.
C. Vote whichever way your party leaders tell you to.
D. Take off on a taxpayer funded junket to explore trade links with Timbuktu.
E. Tell your colleagues they need to pass the bill to find out what is in it.

2. You are a small time landscaper and need 6,000 lbs. of sod for a job you are doing. Your only truck is a Ford Ranger and your trailer is 3000 lbs. gross with no brakes. What do you do?

A. Have the sod company deliver it to your job site.
B. Pay a friend to haul it on his larger truck/trailer.
C. Make 2 trips.
D. Turn down the job, it's too much trouble.
E. Save money by loading it all on anyway, causing you to rear-end a car when a light turns red.

3. You are in charge of Homeland Security. How do you insure the safety of the flying public?

A. Thoroughly search every passenger who looks like a middle eastern terrorist.
B. Scan all baggage and carryons before loading and boarding the aircraft.
C. Cross your fingers and hope for the best.
D. Create a huge multi billion dollar federal bureaucracy to strip search every elderly grandmother, our military men returning from deployments on civilian aircraft, obviously American businessmen in thousand $ suits, etc.
E. Issue an advisory to every law enforcement agency in the nation telling them that "disaffected" American veterans are potential domestic terrorists.

4. You are laid off due to our current economic situation. It is putting you in a severe financial bind. How do you handle this?

A. Cut out ALL but absolutely necessary spending, including doughnuts, eating out, going out on Sat. night, etc.
B. Spend an hour cutting coupons out of the Sunday paper, then spend half a day and $20 worth of gas running to 4 different stores to save $5.50 with said coupons. Then complain you have no time do things.
C. File for WIC, housing assistance, etc. as well as your unemployment.
D. Run up your credit card charges by spending just like you did before you got laid off.

5. You are on an Interstate highway and it is snowing. You have passed 27 cars and 3 trucks in the ditches. What is your best course of action?

A. Slow down to a safe speed, which may be as slow as 30 or 40 mph, if conditions and visibility are bad enough.
B. Stop and get a room for the night.
C. Continue to drive 65 mph because you are the worlds greatest driver and all those in the ditch are idiots.
D. Go even faster because you have 4 wheel drive, all season tires, and are the worlds best driver.
E. Become #28 by doing either C or D above.

Where do YOU score on the Common Sense scale? Score 5 points for every correct answer.

Answers:
1. A
2. A, B, or C
3. A plus B
4. A
5. A and/or B

Score
25: You have more common sense than half the people in this country today.
20: Keep working at it, you're getting there.
15: Remind me to never vote for you or let you drive.
10: You are qualified to be a college professor.
5: You're headed for Congress!
0: Congratulations! You'll be our next president!

Hope ya'll got a chuckle,
Dumb Farmer