Sherry Chandler » On the fence, as always
On the fence, as always
You are 49% hippie.
You’re in the middle, leaning towards the non-hippie side of things, but you’re not afraid to try out some hippie philosophies. Good going! An open mind is all a person really needs to lead a happy life.
I got this from I See Invisible People, who in turn got it from Pocahontas County Fare.
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12 Comments
1. Rosalie replies at 8th January 2008, 2:41 pm :
71%
I thought I’d score higher. That free love question tripped me up a bit.
— Ro
2. Helen Losse replies at 8th January 2008, 5:09 pm :
I’m 50% hippie. LOL Guess we’d get along.
3. Sam L. Martin replies at 9th January 2008, 12:17 am :
Well, at 17%, I’m more hippie than I would have guessed.
4. sherry replies at 9th January 2008, 9:19 am :
Hey Ro, Helen, Sam — I rather suspect that hitting that “I write poetry” button gave us all a big boost in the hippy direction. As for me, to quote Oh Brother!, “I never was no hippy.” Just a college student in the late 1960s.
5. Tommy replies at 9th January 2008, 9:51 am :
I’m 47% hippie, but take that with a grain of salt. One or two of the questions didn’t have answers that fit me.
The only exercise options were organized events, or none at all. Made me feel like a slacker and a loner.
What a wonderful way to start off a Wednesday! I learn I’m 53% square, and I feel like a loser.
It’s just an Internet quiz. It’s just an Internet quiz! What does it know?
It’s just an Internet quiz. It’s just an Internet quiz! What does it know?
It’s just an Internet quiz. It’s just an Internet quiz! What does it know?
Whew. Better.
Love,
T
6. Rebecca Clayton replies at 9th January 2008, 6:36 pm :
Gosh, Tommy, I was relieved to discover I was only 35% hippie. When they ask “Are you a hippie?” in these parts, they want to know if you’re going to get up on your high horse and tell everybody how they ought to live and what they ought to think. (Also if you’re “easy.”) Turns out the local crowd of hippies, like Puritans, want to be free to do as they see fit, and tell everybody else what’s wrong with them. Same mentality, different wardrobe.
7. Sam L. Martin replies at 9th January 2008, 11:44 pm :
God bless Rebecca.
8. sherry replies at 10th January 2008, 9:21 am :
Oh no! It’s the culture wars, right here on me very own blog. Why can’t we all just get along?
Well, apparently Helen and I can.
But seriously folks, I find it interesting that the people in my blogging community, all of whom might be said to lead alternative lifestyles of one kind or another, should have such different emotional reactions to the concept “hippy.”
Leads me to believe the term has become essentially meaningless.
In reality, I think there were very few hippies in the country and then only for a relatively short time. Other folks who did drugs, played rock, and wore long hair were mostly students rebelling against a senseless war. And other things.
For the record, I tend to be more pro than con but the hippies were not all that good to women. And I can stand accused of being feminist.
P.S. Yes, Sam & Rebecca, those who have seen the light are often self-righteous pains whether they’re left or right. For me, my b*tch this week is the woman (I assume) who hung signs up all over the women’s washroom where I work. “WASH YOUR HANDS — THIS MEANS YOU!!!!” Anybody who pees and doesn’t wash will be, apparently, responsible for the next outbreak of the plague. It isn’t that I’m against handwashing—though you have to scrub for at least 30 seconds with soap or else you’re just creating super bugs—but I sure do hate to be berated about it. Anonymously.
9. Sam L. Martin replies at 10th January 2008, 12:21 pm :
Maybe Pontius Pilate said, “I just washed my hands, and I can’t do a thing with them!”
10. Rebecca Clayton replies at 10th January 2008, 2:19 pm :
Oh dear–it sounds as if I don’t like hippies. Actually, I wanted to be a hippie, but they didn’t accept farm girls. But as an outsider of a certain age, Pocahontas County natives assume I’m going to be bossy. (Hey! Wash your hands, you darn kids!)
11. darlene replies at 27th January 2008, 12:09 pm :
I am 51% hippie. Says I’ve got an open mind but a couple of the questions didn’t have an answer that fit me, either, like the one about being vegetarian. I’m not but I won’t just eat anything either…hahaha.
12. sherry replies at 27th January 2008, 4:40 pm :
Darlene! I just read your prose poem in the latest New Madrid last night. I’ll have more to say about that later.
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