Dealing with phobias

@graeme-ogg 

BUT, envy can be a great motivational force. 

Yes, and I suspect it may motivate Mr D. to respond with quite considerable force, despite his possessing the relatively placid nature which is typical of the lesser simians (a term which I use as an expression of the deepest respect for their place in the natural order, you understand).

Over the years since I received my hard earned Certificate of Attendance and had my IQ graded at the drug store (machine next to the blood pressure cuff monitor) I have struggled with the jealousy of others.  Being a deep thinker I see this as inevitable but prefer to look at it as a positive inducement for others to forge ahead with their education.  I humbly consider myself a role model for intellectual enlightenment but I'm sure that is quite apparent.  I suspect that Forum member and Jeopardy winner Paul Rouffa may have also experienced such pettiness over the years as I quietly suspect that his IQ may actually be even a touch higher than mine; (either that or he is just really quick on the buzzer).  I do however draw the line at basically being called a daschund (low, cunning animal) by our latest Think Tanked inductee from the GMT.  If this was true I wouldn't now remind him that my IQ is in fact the lower figure of 89.1 as per the printout on the Walgreen's test machine, not 97.8 as he suggests.  I will address his questioning the existence of my academic certificate however and provide the images posted below.  

@graeme-ogg Hey wait a minute now Oggmeister....who are you calling a flaccid monkey?!

@perrone1 Tony; thank you once again for your positive support.  To think that my achievements were graded on any kind of curve is ridiculous; everyone with half a brain knows a Sting Ray would waste a Jag every time.

@jack-dodds It is a mercy for us all that you didn't have the presence of mind to test your IQ on that blood pressure monitor. The endless reminders of your score of 180 would have become unbearable.

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@perrone1 Tony; thank you once again for your positive support.  To think that my achievements were graded on any kind of curve is ridiculous; everyone with half a brain knows a Sting Ray would waste a Jag every time.

@graeme-ogg I'm not positive but I do think that, unlike the BP monitor, the IQ machine lacks a high and low score (eg: 145/78) unless you think really hard during the test

Wait! That's a blood pressure machine? This explains why my rewards balance never changed in my Piggy Wiggly Customer Loyalty account whenever I played that weird game!

@jkuvakas Ummm....yes JK that would explain it for you.  And, to come full circle on this riveting thread, it may also explain the cerebral process behind your penchant for pink and green cars.

All this talk about therapy by Graeme and presentation of that magnificent Pontiac Aztec has made us miss that truly frightening final image in his original post. Behold the new Concept Jaguar type 00. As a Jaguar lover this concept could produce massive phobias on my part. This is not the Jaguar that I have grown to love.

@david-green Surely they can't be serious in presenting this block as a look toward the future??

Maybe I am just getting too old.

Well, we know he has a temperature.

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@graeme-ogg 

BUT, envy can be a great motivational force. 

Wow Tony, 

Add a "T" and nix that comma and you've started a brand new topic 😉 

Just don't involve those news hounds called kardashian.